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Someone in my family had both parents killed and was very severely and permanently physically and mentally disabled when a truck driver smashed their car after
by adhesive_wombat 3y ago
Someone in my family had both parents killed and was very severely and permanently physically and mentally disabled when a truck driver smashed their car after falling asleep while driving over his time (and was convicted). Truckers as a population couldn't be trusted to self-regulate, and even try to defeat actual regulations, so they get tighter and tighter. Blame those guys for the loss of fun.
- Aloha 3y agoNo one is saying self regulate here - not me or anyone else - but the rules need to flexible - the spirit of the rules is supposed to require that a driver gets 10 hours of off duty time, with the idea that they'll get 8 hours of sleep in there. If you're requiring drivers to shut down on the side of the highway (lack of parking for trucks is a real issue), then I dont think thats helping safety much. Being able to shutdown where I can get a parking space at a place with a bathroom, a shower, and a hot meal is better than on the side of the interstate, the next best place is a rest area on the side of the highway. Particularly in the case as a parallel commenters noted of a driver who runs out of hours 20 min from home.