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<blockquote data-quote="uplandnut" data-source="post: 1494074" data-attributes="member: 24555"><p>I am not disagreeing that livestock should or shouldn't be considered differently for freight laws, and red bull breeder I agree that it is a stupid law and the down time is way to long. What I am surprised at is that the industry (trucking) knew it was coming for the last 2 years and only after it has come into effect has it created a stir amongst the people affected by it. I'm sure some of that is due to the lack of information the federal government was releasing but I heard many drivers saying they'll just see what happens when it goes into effect. We all know how screwed up our political offices work, and I guarantee you the insurance companies pushing for this weren't sitting around saying I'll see how it works in the end they were in the political offices getting there voices heard. Which is where all the cattle associations should have been getting there .02 in as well. As the old saying goes "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" . No matter which side of politics you fall on you have to put a "bug" in there ear if you want change. </p><p> Gizmom your heading was " are you proactive" and, respectively, the answer to that for the whole industry is obviously no. When the trucking industry knew it was coming and decided to "see what happens" as a lot of the truckers I know did they immediately fell into the "reactive" category. </p><p> What I find the most frustrating is that there has been no communication from the enforcement bodies to inform the public about how the rules really apply to the different categories they affect. There is so much grey area in the language of the ruling that every dot inspector will have a different opinion about who needs it and when it applies. I encourage all of you to stop at a highway patrol office and question how it applies to you in your exact case so you are informed. I urged the cattlemans club I belong to in WI to set up a dot officer to come speak at our yearly meeting to clarify what affects us and what doesn't but the club didn't agree so instead everyone is getting there information off the world wide web trying to decifer it for themselves.</p><p> Sorry for the rant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uplandnut, post: 1494074, member: 24555"] I am not disagreeing that livestock should or shouldn't be considered differently for freight laws, and red bull breeder I agree that it is a stupid law and the down time is way to long. What I am surprised at is that the industry (trucking) knew it was coming for the last 2 years and only after it has come into effect has it created a stir amongst the people affected by it. I'm sure some of that is due to the lack of information the federal government was releasing but I heard many drivers saying they'll just see what happens when it goes into effect. We all know how screwed up our political offices work, and I guarantee you the insurance companies pushing for this weren't sitting around saying I'll see how it works in the end they were in the political offices getting there voices heard. Which is where all the cattle associations should have been getting there .02 in as well. As the old saying goes "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" . No matter which side of politics you fall on you have to put a "bug" in there ear if you want change. Gizmom your heading was " are you proactive" and, respectively, the answer to that for the whole industry is obviously no. When the trucking industry knew it was coming and decided to "see what happens" as a lot of the truckers I know did they immediately fell into the "reactive" category. What I find the most frustrating is that there has been no communication from the enforcement bodies to inform the public about how the rules really apply to the different categories they affect. There is so much grey area in the language of the ruling that every dot inspector will have a different opinion about who needs it and when it applies. I encourage all of you to stop at a highway patrol office and question how it applies to you in your exact case so you are informed. I urged the cattlemans club I belong to in WI to set up a dot officer to come speak at our yearly meeting to clarify what affects us and what doesn't but the club didn't agree so instead everyone is getting there information off the world wide web trying to decifer it for themselves. Sorry for the rant. [/QUOTE]
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