Change

It depends on what kind of changes your talking about. With the government involved a driver will be leary. A politician is going to do what will get him or her votes and very few drivers take the time to vote.Senators and Reps won't touch the biggest problem and that is hours of service.

Comment By:
roadhzrd on Sat, Sep 15 2007 @ 4:45 PM [EST]

Now wait a minute...You come on here off the bat complaining about the government..How do I know your not a shit stirrer?...Be careful gentlemen I smell a rat...VM-out!

Comment By:
VM on Sun, Sep 23 2007 @ 2:39 AM [EST]

if u want to make diffrence n the trucking industry than stand up and take a stand with the rest of us ..join ooida . start voting and writing letters to the government that u critisze so much , be part of the soluiton and not the problem ...i if u r not willing to do some of these things for yourself and the industrty then please sit back ,,drive your truck and let the rest of us out here that r trying to make differece out here do it for you e .. have a great day

Comment By:
skyrider on Wed, Sep 26 2007 @ 8:14 PM [EST]

hey ya'll check out my column, I give addr's to politicians to write to online. www.truckertotrucker.com "On the Road" category. I write about this stuff every week, news and stuff, I'm a driver.

Comment By:
the original florida kid(on the road) on Tue, Oct 02 2007 @ 10:22 AM [EST]

If truck drivers do nothing but complain, and do not participate in helping change the industry, then all this talk is in vein. Look, I have been sating rhis for years.. Drivers have been mentally programmed to take what the goverment puts out. In this politically inbread society we live says, "Trucks should be Regulated until their heads explode", then somewhere in the future we will find thousands of dead truckers with exploded heads. I know that is a bit colorful, but if we all learn how to say "No" instead of just letting people run over us, then we could have a revolution in the trucking industry. BigMACK http://truckersroom.com

Comment By:
Jason "BigMACK" Hilton on Sat, Oct 06 2007 @ 1:00 AM [EST]

Not one free man left in the industry . thats ok cause their given out cdl's south of the border like hotcakes . I still cant believe a bartender makes more than most truckers, and save more too. I doubt it will ever turn around. Of course all 9 million could go to washington and burn their cdls that might get some attention.

Comment By:
REVVER on Fri, Nov 09 2007 @ 9:39 PM [EST]

Start correcting the problem within your own company and see what happens. Every time they sit you, even for 2 hours, bitch like hell, and ALWAYS ask for money even if it is for an hour. I have heard enough of this "well we need to give the broker or the customer at least 4 hours" crap. I don't have to give them anything. I am working and should be getting paid just like the dipstick on the other end of the phone line is. He's sitting on his butt in front of a computer telling you that you can't have any money for working! Does this work? Yep. I'm getting alot more money then when I first started, and I'm sitting alot less because I bitch every single time that they make me sit or don't have a back haul set up when I get unloaded. Believe me it works, and it will change the entire industry as it will filter up hill. EVERYONE, including the old timers who have the "that's truckin" attitude, need to make an effort to do this as it does work. Don't start at the top, start at the bottom.

Comment By:
madashell on Sun, Nov 11 2007 @ 2:50 PM [EST]

Well, the change i see over in trucking industry is the use of more automated software for the business. I have been using Masslogics a trucking software that have automated whole system and is great to use. get it at http://www.masslogics.com this will surely help in getting more work productivity

Comment By:
trucking software on Sun, Dec 16 2007 @ 1:02 PM [EST]