Excellent example.
Bootlegger-and-Baptist Alert - The Beacon: "Virtually all long-haul trucking companies use GPS-based tracking systems to record the locations and activities of their drivers. Guess what? These firms support a proposed federal rule requiring independent owner-operators to install the expensive (up to $2,000) devices in their trucks. The rationale? Public safety, of course."
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Bootleggers & Baptists: Trucks and GPS Edition
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I was an independent truck owner and operator for almost 20 years until I went back to college. I saw the writing on the wall and decided to leave when the opportunity landed in my lap.
OOIDA has it down pat. They (ATA members) want these small companies (most with only under four trucks in their fleet) to be trapped by the electronics. It is NOT about safety. It is about making the business unprofitable for over 4 million owner operators.
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