Getfit Tommy
Highway Hero
... but it still won't work. People don't seem to know a dead Horse when they see one.
Here is the article and link:
Open letter from Larry Klimek Trucking urging reps to delay ELD mandate
"I am writing in reference to the ELD mandate and the negative effect it will have on our company and other small companies nationwide. Larry Klimek Harvesting was first founded in 1978. The company continued to grow into a small trucking company and eventually a brokerage was formed. We have five trucks and fouor drivers. The President and owner, Lawrence J. Klimek and his brother, Michael Klimek, drive for the company. The Vice President and wife of Lawrence Klimek, Billie Klimek, is among the clerical staff. Larry Klimek Trucking and Brokerage, Inc., is genuine family-based business. The type of business this country was built on." (nice catch-phrase)
(This is the one that still catches my attention)
According to an Overdrive magazine survey of small trucking companies, we find ourselves included in the 71 percent of respondents who [in 2014 intended to] retire or quit over the road trucking [if the ELD final rule was implemented].
I still wish that when people write these letters, they would think a little longer and also maybe have a professional journalist do their thing, like spell-check, etc., etc....
Anyway, I guess trucking companies will try until the bitter end.
Congress still has not changed its stance or response to these requests. It's very simple: "Drivers just want to keep cheating on their Hours of Service"
Isn't that what it really comes down to? I mean, if you can't get there on time, yeah, that's an issue. Losing accounts, that is an issue. Turning solo drivers into Team operations, that's an issue, but it seems to me that the answer has been repeatedly stated and that there is NOTHING at this point to change things.
The answer is "NO"
Now, maybe after implementation when people realize how the economy is affected... well, maybe, just maybe, there will be some type of reconsideration on the matter, but at this point, I feel it is just a complete waste of time to keep trying. I mean, we're not even on the ELD mandate now... we've (they've) moved on to dashcams and other electronic devices.
I dunno... what do I know? I'm just a dumb truckdriver.
Can't believe I even posted this, but then... I can't believe they are STILL trying....
Here is the article and link:
Open letter from Larry Klimek Trucking urging reps to delay ELD mandate
"I am writing in reference to the ELD mandate and the negative effect it will have on our company and other small companies nationwide. Larry Klimek Harvesting was first founded in 1978. The company continued to grow into a small trucking company and eventually a brokerage was formed. We have five trucks and fouor drivers. The President and owner, Lawrence J. Klimek and his brother, Michael Klimek, drive for the company. The Vice President and wife of Lawrence Klimek, Billie Klimek, is among the clerical staff. Larry Klimek Trucking and Brokerage, Inc., is genuine family-based business. The type of business this country was built on." (nice catch-phrase)
(This is the one that still catches my attention)
According to an Overdrive magazine survey of small trucking companies, we find ourselves included in the 71 percent of respondents who [in 2014 intended to] retire or quit over the road trucking [if the ELD final rule was implemented].
I still wish that when people write these letters, they would think a little longer and also maybe have a professional journalist do their thing, like spell-check, etc., etc....
Anyway, I guess trucking companies will try until the bitter end.
Congress still has not changed its stance or response to these requests. It's very simple: "Drivers just want to keep cheating on their Hours of Service"
Isn't that what it really comes down to? I mean, if you can't get there on time, yeah, that's an issue. Losing accounts, that is an issue. Turning solo drivers into Team operations, that's an issue, but it seems to me that the answer has been repeatedly stated and that there is NOTHING at this point to change things.
The answer is "NO"
Now, maybe after implementation when people realize how the economy is affected... well, maybe, just maybe, there will be some type of reconsideration on the matter, but at this point, I feel it is just a complete waste of time to keep trying. I mean, we're not even on the ELD mandate now... we've (they've) moved on to dashcams and other electronic devices.
I dunno... what do I know? I'm just a dumb truckdriver.
Can't believe I even posted this, but then... I can't believe they are STILL trying....