Letters to the Editor

With respect to the senators, when planning the needs for surface transportation, what practical experience do they or anyone reporting to them have in transportation?

I have just finished reading the article “Trucking Faces Core Changes, Hebe Says.” I am not usually a man of few words, but the only thought that comes to mind at the moment is “hogwash!”

I agree wholeheartedly with op-ed writer Ryan McDonald’s opinion on the value of tail-ride checks, when they are performed by safety professionals. These on-the-road driver observations are an integral part of my company’s services to the Canadian transportation industry.

Outside of short-term survival, the biggest risk to a trucking company operating in a recession is how it is positioned when freight levels return.

I agree with the letter writer’s arguments concerning the liability aspects of drivers on top of trailers unless proper fall safety equipment is used.

Are they nuts? Is AIG truly nuts? While it’s very easy to jump on the bandwagon and be fashionable in our displeasure with AIG’s bonuses, if we simply moan without pausing to really explore what we are truly mad about and why, we will not do this issue justice.

Here we go again — the safety freaks filing yet another challenge to the current hours of service, led unfortunately by my illustrious leader, James Hoffa. I think he needs to pull his head out of the sand on this one.

Someone needs to read the article that was published about the truck driver shot and killed in Knoxville, Tenn.

Passage of this legislation — the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as “card check” — would further erode American business competitiveness in the global marketplace.

Teamsters International Vice President Al Hobart brags that “due to the effectiveness of the [union] strike,” Oak Harbor Freight Lines has been forced to cut its workforce by more than 50%. Is this something to be proud of?