Changing the rules and making it apply uniformly if nothing else, should increase the cost for the consumer. Given the low margins, the beneficiary is not the

Changing the rules and making it apply uniformly if nothing else, should increase the cost for the consumer. Given the low margins, the beneficiary is not the trucking company, but the consumer, who then makes small savings in the price of goods but incurs a disproportionate cost in trucking accidents. Case in point of a driver who has not slept for 28hours - it is a matter of public hazard to allow someone in that condition to operate a heavy vehicle.