Letters to the Editor: Hours of Service, Fuel Prices
b>Hours of Service
Limiting drivers, especially longhaul drivers, to a total of 14 hours on duty means there are more fatigued drivers on the highways now than ever before.
With the prior rules, we could take a short break for rest and not have it charged against our total hours. We could then continue our run without fatigue. Now, we have to keep moving or we’ll run out of hours to complete the trip. That pressure is what causes accidents and misjudgments.
The best thing done to date is the 34-hour reset. The 11- hour driving time is good as well. Now, if we can get the break in hours back, there will be less pressure and less fatigue on the road.
Leigh Cromleigh
i>General Manager
ommercial Lease Services Ltd.
orth Royalton, Ohio
Fuel Prices
I think the government needs to step in and take charge of these outrageous fuel prices. The little guys are not going to be able to make it — and the ones that don’t give a darn are the oil companies making such a huge profit that people are going to start to lose their jobs because they can’t make it to work to support their families. Then, there will be a ripple effect.
Prices for merchants already are getting so expensive that people are having a hard time making ends meet. Oh, but not for the billionaires. They don’t care. The government needs to do something before depression comes again to the United States because they can’t get a handle on the situation.
Prices for gas and fuel should not be this way. When Katrina hit, did you see any of the oil companies pitching in to help the needs of others? No. They just kept raising the price of fuel. What a great country we live in. It’s sad, very sad.
Debbie Williams
i>Owner
W Trucking
affney, S.C.
These letters appear in the Aug. 7 print edition of Transport Topics. Subscribe today.
