Open Letter To All Truckers
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Trucker Dan is proposing a National Trucking Shutdown as follows:
April 1, 2008 is when My trucking Co & thousands of others are shutting down at 8 AM on that date. From that time on we will no longer accept any loads at ANY price until such time as our FED Gov admits & puts into action a plan that will give all O/Os some help.
Here is what I would like to see happen,
1# suspend ALL Fed & State fuel taxes until such time that this economy is back on its feet
2# Fed create a FED Oversight Committee to oversee Ins Premiums Charged for Class 8 trucks Insurance
3# Stop allowing Large Trucking Fleets to self Insure, this would make a more level playing field for all trucking Cos
4# Fed Regulations for Brokers & Shippers that are enforced, with set max amounts they can charge.
5# Standardized Fines from Coast to Coast for safety violations. In other words if a log ticket cost $50.00 in Missouri then a log ticket in California should only cost $50.00
I will not return to hauling until our Gov. the people we put into office gets off their butts an does something to help this Industry my email address is
dlittle@uscattlehaulers.com
Send me an email if you plan on shutting down on April 1, 2008
Mish note: I corrected numerous typos, spelling errors, and grammatical errors in the above clip for ease in reading. The text one would see if clicking on the link is slightly different than posted above. This statement is not intended to be a criticism of the literary skills of "Trucker Dan". His intent after all was not to write a piece for the New York Times, or even a blog.
Some forum rumanizing: National Trucking Shutdown
Only 9% of US truckers are independents, out of 1.8 million drivers total. Don't know how many of their company colleagues would join in.
Dan's Letter at Trucker2Trucker.com: Open Letter To All Truckers
We had a recent topic on Trucking itself.
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