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U.S. DOT unveils blockbuster 'Pro-Trucker Package' that promises to kill speed limiter mandate, expand truck parking, much more (cdllife.com)
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[–] 81 points 1 year ago (8 children)

(1) Speed limits gone. Workers encouraged to drive more recklessly and given tighter deadlines to meet. (2) More truck parking for the same reason. Cities filled with parking lots for truckers to sleep instead of being reasonable distance and deadlines for the routes.

None of this "helps truckers". This helps truck companies exploit their workers more while making the roads less safe and cities covered in more parking lots.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    According to the linked article It also includes changes to mandated rest periods to help ensure truckers are even more sleep deprived than they already are.

    I did see one good provision, allowing to split the 14 hours of driving time with a 30-180 minute break in the middle. But encouraging the mandatory 10 hour rest periods to instead be 2 5 hour rest periods will make for very sleep deprived humans operating 40,000lb machines at 70+MPH

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  • [+] -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It’s legal to drive with the speed of traffic for your own safety

    This is pure misinformation. It is illegal to exceed the speed limit. Simple as that. It is illegal to go 66 in a 65 zone. It is illegal to go 75 in a 70 zone. Anyone who says otherwise is spouting pure fiction.

    Now, what you might be referencing is police choosing not to enforce the speed limit on people speeding by a very small margin. That is a conscious choice by police officers, and they can and will find any moving violations to pull someone over if they want to.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    This isn't exactly true in all states, for example CA:

    "Under state law, speed limits must be based on the speed of the 85th percentile of those who travel the roadway, which is considered the safe driving speed..."

    This fact is used by many to challenge speeding tickets in court.

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