I agree the affront to liberty and personal agency is bad. The regulation exists because of the unacceptable collision rate that truckers were having on public

I agree the affront to liberty and personal agency is bad. The regulation exists because of the unacceptable collision rate that truckers were having on public roads. Citizens compel the government to act when their relatives die due to a few irresponsible truckers who fall asleep behind the wheel. The truckers in your family are probably responsible and know their limits. Brand new truckers ---or those who don't have the leverage to push back to an employer who expects them to drive dangerously long hours--- might not be responsible.