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Cities Banning Trucks and New Truck Stops
Truckers Report ^
| 12/21/12
| Samuel Barradas
Posted on 12/21/2012 6:53:42 PM PST by Domandred
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I'm not long haul driving anymore (got a local gig) but still get trucker news in my email. Saw this earlier today and thought I'd post it.
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posted on
12/21/2012 6:53:46 PM PST
by
Domandred
To: Domandred
I know the stats. Professional truckers, with their truck, are considered at fault about 0.0025% of the time, about 1 out of 400 accidents.
Still, it can be a bit intimidating, if I’m driving in the middle lane and I’ve got two semis on either side driving at the same speed I am, and I can’t go faster. :)
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:00:52 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Domandred
Maybe truckers should boycott some towns or cities.
Probably only take 2-3 days for the population centers to come begging for supplies.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:03:38 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Republicans have made themselves useless, toothless, and clueless.)
To: Domandred
OK, then the city can compensate the truck drivers and the businesses that have to have two vehicles haul instead of one.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:03:50 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Jonty30
Makes you feel like you’re running with the big boys. ;-)
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:04:04 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: Domandred
“The mayor of Columbiana, Alabama has called for a ban on semi-trucks driving in their downtown area. He says that trucks are the main cause of traffic jams in his city..”
Okay, how is the mayor going to have food delivered to the grocery stores?
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:04:40 PM PST
by
Bronzy
To: Domandred
Columbiana, Alabama. At the 2010 census the population was 4,197. Who would have thought they were plagued by traffic jams.
I guess they all hit the road at the same time.
I don’t know about Columbiana, but where I live even the Coca Cola trucks are semi’s. The beer trucks are too, now maybe Columbiana doesn’t need Coca Cola, but surely they drink beer.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:09:09 PM PST
by
Venturer
To: Domandred
Wait! All of those Obama phones are probably shipped by trucks.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:15:28 PM PST
by
Mark
(For the first time in my life, I'm no longer proud of my country.)
To: Bronzy
I've never been to Columbiana, Alabama but I can imagine that some cities might reasonably want to restrict long rigs in
parts of the city, without any overall prejudice against trucks, trucking, or their drivers. It just depends how the city is laid out: width of streets, types of businesses, traffic patterns, pedestrians, etc. If large trucks do not need to make deliveries in a certain part of the downtown, why do they need to be there?
But no denying there are idiot liberals in some places who hate trucks and can not comprehend the consequences if trucks were banned throughout the whole county or country.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:19:08 PM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
To: doc1019
No. I feel like a soon-to-be-goner, if one decides right there to move into my lane. :)
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:21:50 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Jonty30
1. Trucks can drive in lane 1 where you drive?
2. If you’re in lane 2 and not passing the people in lane 3, why are you in lane 2?
3. If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:22:06 PM PST
by
Dartman
To: Domandred
I lived in Columbiana Ala. as a youngin'.
Had to check our gunbelts at the door to the (private) kindergarten.
Heard they have an illegal immigrant problem now. It's difficult to believe that they could possibly have an issue with semi's.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:23:21 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Domandred
Seen any of Wal Mart's new "high cube" rigs?
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:24:28 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: Paladin2
If the mayor told me they had a semi issue, I'd tell him "get out'a town".
He should move to Chicago.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:26:10 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Dartman
Where I live, we don’t have specific trucking lanes.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:27:43 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Dartman
2. Perhaps it’s because the vehicle in front of me is not allowing me the speed to pass.
3. I drive a small car.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:30:26 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: nascarnation
Don’t think they’ve made it out here yet. We have two distribution centers near here but I haven’t seen that type of truck.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:30:46 PM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
To: Dartman
" If you cant run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. "
Turbo-Diesels rule, even if it is in a car.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:32:31 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Domandred
“Cities Banning Trucks and New Truck Stops”
Nothing to be worried about here.
Truckers and trucking companies should just withdraw from delivering to those cities.
Problem solved.
To: Paladin2
And Dodge Cumins Pick-amup Trucks!
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:39:33 PM PST
by
TaMoDee
( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2012! Allez Pack!)
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