Comments on: dealing with the idle threat http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2007/06/05/dealing-with-the-idle-threat/ Getting around the Bay Area with Denis Cuff and the Queen of the Road Tue, 17 May 2011 06:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Whatever http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2007/06/05/dealing-with-the-idle-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 Whatever Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:45:22 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2007/06/05/dealing-with-the-idle-threat/#comment-1944 retrofitting older trucks in numerical numbers of several thousand will only make a difference? A few hundred new trucks spread around the nation will make only a few people feel good, and do nothing for the poor guy working for someone else who does not have to sleep every night sandwiched between two 500HP engines spewing smoke all night?

Notice how people that write about truckers barely mention their comfort, but mainly talk about the money? And what good is 10 hrs if you have to take a 34 hr break because you have to “recharge” your batteries, and are “not safe to drive”? If people only knew? Blame Congress for idling trucks?

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