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>Do you think with less regulation suddenly trucker will be more careless ? I believe with less training and lower standards there will be more accidents? His

>Do you think with less regulation suddenly trucker will be more careless ? I believe with less training and lower standards there will be more accidents? Historically there were less regulations and more accidents. Licensing is only one component of the safety regulations enacted, but again historically yes without these regulations truckers engaged in more risky driving behaviors. Again it sounds like you are unfamiliar with the industry.

matz1 7y ago
I'm not suggesting less training or lowering standard, I'm suggesting less regulation. Company can still provide as many training or requiring as high standard as they want. One way to reduce risky driving behaviors is to impose high penalty/punishment for risky behaviors.
- will_brown 7y ago
  >I'm not suggesting less training or lowering standard, I'm suggesting less regulation. Except you want to remove those regulations that include training and licensure requirements. Rules already exist to penalize CDl holders for poor driving and they are a higher standard/increased penalties compared to none CDl drivers...what we don’t need is allowing untrained and unlicensed commercial drivers, that in no way will improve driver safety.
  - matz1 7y ago
    >Except you want to remove those regulations that include training and licensure requirements. yes but the company can still train their trucker as much as they want, the trucker can still get training as much as they want. >what we don’t need is allowing untrained and unlicensed commercial drivers These untrained trucker won't get hired, do you think you will want to hire untrained trucker ? Regarding the unlicensed, why not ? provided they can prove that they can do the job well and has good track record ?
- karthikb 7y ago
  Regulation sets a floor for the race-to-the-bottom. Companies could set high standards, yet they usually meet the bare minimum. Improving standards costs money. Unless it's a requirement, it gets cut.
  - matz1 7y ago
    Regulation create barrier to entry, not about safety. If safety you want, impose high penalty/punishment for reckless behavior.
    - karthikb 7y ago
      Everyone believes they're going to be the lucky ones. Simply imposing high costs doesn't deter reckless behavior. People still drive drunk, jaywalk, drive on bald tires, smoke...all activities known to be dangerous. Regulation creates a barrier, sure - a good barrier is one which requires training, practices, and equipment to promote safety.
      - matz1 7y ago
        imposing high costs doesn't completely remove reckless behavior but it reduce reckless behavior. Likewise, with high regulation, there still people who drive recklessly. Regulation creates a barrier, so its not easy for newcomer to enter and compete. Becoming a good trucker still requires training, practices, and equipment to promote safety regardless of regulation.

matz1 7y ago

I'm not suggesting less training or lowering standard, I'm suggesting less regulation. Company can still provide as many training or requiring as high standard as they want. One way to reduce risky driving behaviors is to impose high penalty/punishment for risky behaviors.

will_brown 7y ago
>I'm not suggesting less training or lowering standard, I'm suggesting less regulation. Except you want to remove those regulations that include training and licensure requirements. Rules already exist to penalize CDl holders for poor driving and they are a higher standard/increased penalties compared to none CDl drivers...what we don’t need is allowing untrained and unlicensed commercial drivers, that in no way will improve driver safety.
- matz1 7y ago
  >Except you want to remove those regulations that include training and licensure requirements. yes but the company can still train their trucker as much as they want, the trucker can still get training as much as they want. >what we don’t need is allowing untrained and unlicensed commercial drivers These untrained trucker won't get hired, do you think you will want to hire untrained trucker ? Regarding the unlicensed, why not ? provided they can prove that they can do the job well and has good track record ?
karthikb 7y ago
Regulation sets a floor for the race-to-the-bottom. Companies could set high standards, yet they usually meet the bare minimum. Improving standards costs money. Unless it's a requirement, it gets cut.
- matz1 7y ago
  Regulation create barrier to entry, not about safety. If safety you want, impose high penalty/punishment for reckless behavior.
  - karthikb 7y ago
    Everyone believes they're going to be the lucky ones. Simply imposing high costs doesn't deter reckless behavior. People still drive drunk, jaywalk, drive on bald tires, smoke...all activities known to be dangerous. Regulation creates a barrier, sure - a good barrier is one which requires training, practices, and equipment to promote safety.
    - matz1 7y ago
      imposing high costs doesn't completely remove reckless behavior but it reduce reckless behavior. Likewise, with high regulation, there still people who drive recklessly. Regulation creates a barrier, so its not easy for newcomer to enter and compete. Becoming a good trucker still requires training, practices, and equipment to promote safety regardless of regulation.