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ConstanceCee

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26. Also..

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Nov 18, 2021, 09:45 AM

Nov 2021

Truckers don't have enough places to park for the night. Highway rest stops are full, and truckers have started parking along the shoulder as you exit the rest stop. My husband and I frequently drive on I-64 between Richmond, Va, and St. Louis. We are getting the feeling that truck drivers are not being treated very well. At the same time, the highways are full of trucks. I want Pete Buttigieg to figure this out.

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40% of America's trucking capacity is left on the table every day, MIT expert tells Congress [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP

That truck driver may be spending 2 hours waiting to be loaded at one end and another 2 hours at the LiberalArkie Nov 2021 #1

May not? mwooldri Nov 2021 #7

Surprising with all the computing capacity these days bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #2

lack of system robustness Locrian Nov 2021 #3

Well stated and all true. Facts are often ignored. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #22

Truck drivers have been saying it for years. mountain grammy Nov 2021 #4

My daughter agrees with you. BlueIdaho Nov 2021 #9

My father only drove for special deliveries... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #12

Sounds like a manipulation of the statistics which ignores reality on the ground, or in traffic. Ford_Prefect Nov 2021 #5

Sounds like there's a need that needs filling tirebiter Nov 2021 #6

You try driving for 11 hours with GPS looking over your shoulder TrogL Nov 2021 #8

Now is the time for truckers to put the squeeze on. Unionize, unionize, unionize. Magoo48 Nov 2021 #25

What, a private enterprise is inefficient? Pobeka Nov 2021 #10

I asked a gas station clerk the other day... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #13

I still haven't heard nothing about the rail system . put them together! monkeyman1 Nov 2021 #11

Rail system was essentially abandoned to build interstate highways twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #23

28% of all goods in America are shipped by rail hack89 Nov 2021 #28

All true. We could do better. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #29

Yesterday we drove from the San Francisco Bay Area to Palm Springs and today to Phoenix kimbutgar Nov 2021 #14

That math is kind of shady caraher Nov 2021 #15

"Over the road" drivers work many more than 55 hours a week GregariousGroundhog Nov 2021 #17

Feels like middle management: They're allowed to drive 11 hrs a day therefore 4.5 hrs are wasted NullTuples Nov 2021 #16

As I said above...Statistics used without regard to laws of gravity, or reality on the ground, Ford_Prefect Nov 2021 #19

Leave it to some MIT dweeb who has never... Mawspam2 Nov 2021 #18

Is that what you got from the article? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #20

I had the same thought. Steelrolled Nov 2021 #31

Listened to a report yesterday where a longshoreman Deminpenn Nov 2021 #21

Sounds like some bean counter thought warehouse and storage space Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #24

Fads come along in business processes just Deminpenn Nov 2021 #32

The longshoreman interviewed was very perceptive Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #30

Also.. ConstanceCee Nov 2021 #26

Why would anyone want to drive a truck these days? ripcord Nov 2021 #27

Rather than waste valuable government time Philosophizing Fool Nov 2021 #33