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If the government fails to establish Justice and insure domestic Tranquility, then the government has failed in upholding its Constitutional duty.
And if the drivers are afraid to do their jobs, they should look into another professions. They have not required police escorts in the past, but for whatever reason they feel they will need them in the future.
Congratulations. Worst posting of the week, although it's only Monday and you could be eclipsed.
Truck drivers drive trucks. They shouldn't have to look for new jobs because you, Mr. Liberal, want to sit back and defund the police. Truck drivers keep the economy going, they are a backbone of the entire system. Please...… get a grip.
Anyone who is afraid to do their job should consider other alternatives. Its common sense, but it seems to offend you for some reason. Not everyone is cut out to be a cop for example, or serve in the military. Public speaking seems to terrify some people, so guess what? They should probably stay away from jobs that require lot of public speaking.
The next time a truck driver has to run over a crowd of people because they are trying to get into his truck, you shouldn't say a word. This is what you are asking for.
I drove a Truck for 30 years. In NYC, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Winston and Greensboro. Never had a problem. Followed Co. regulation's, kept truck locked, kept the keys in my pockets.
The issue's in trucking today is rates. They are too low. If the rates for those run's go up there will be no problem.
Because truckers aren't stupid enough to risk their lives over it, every necessity of life is about to get stupidly expensive if you happen to live in:
Seattle
Minneapolis
New York City
Los Angeles
What other cities have elected to disband or defund their police?
If the government fails to establish Justice and insure domestic Tranquility, then the government has failed in upholding its Constitutional duty.
And if the drivers are afraid to do their jobs, they should look into another professions. They have not required police escorts in the past, but for whatever reason they feel they will need them in the future.
There are bad areas. Going to them at the best of times is something a trucker does at great risk to his or her life. But these are not the best of times. We are experiencing non-stop riots.
I expect that a lot of truckers remember Reginald Denny. There's already been a couple of similar cases and this time the press is going to report you as the bad guy if you try like hell to get out of a bad situation. Truckers don't get paid enough to incur that kind of risk. At least 70% are saying "hell no" right now. The shrinking minority of them willing to deliver areas where riots are active will start demanding a lot more pay to do it. This will cause the price of everything to skyrocket.
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It's not only truck drivers who are afraid of the inner city. I had a friend's husband who worked for Verizon. He'd been shot at a couple of times climbing a pole to check out the connections. He was never happier when they switched him to another crew. Did it happen every day - no - but 1st time puts the fear of God in you.
Right. It has not happened yet, and not one city in US will elect to eliminate LE, but if the drivers think it is going to happen, then they might want to look into other avenues. There will be people who will take their places.
There is a shortage of truckers now-no one is really "stepping in". Particularly the useless, pathetic criminals and their supporters that whine "defund the police". These cities and their residents can pay the price for their foolish decisions. Alternatively-truckers can be provided with armed escorts, and deliveries to these occupied zones can pay a higher price to cover the costs, than those cities in free America. Any city that allows mobs of violent thugs to take over highways, block traffic and assault drivers has already fallen-if they are "starved out"-blame the criminals and those in public office that enable them.
I asked you what other things you would propose to insure domestic tranquillity. I know I don’t like Trump or his administration either, but what would you do to help out in this situation, instead of telling concerned driver to **** off?
No one is telling the drivers anything, the drivers are telling their employers that they choose where they deliver and where they will not deliver. If you own a trucking company and want to keep employees who won't do their jobs, then so be it.
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I don't think american truck drivers sign up for a job to get Reginald Denny'ed. They sign up to drive a truck in America, not Baghdad.
Its their choice. If they are afraid to drive a truck in America, they they should look for other alternatives. There are enough people who will get the job done.
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Congratulations. Worst posting of the week, although it's only Monday and you could be eclipsed.
Truck drivers drive trucks. They shouldn't have to look for new jobs because you, Mr. Liberal, want to sit back and defund the police. Truck drivers keep the economy going, they are a backbone of the entire system. Please...… get a grip.
What's up with the personal BS? Show me a post where I have said I want to defend anything. Do that, or admit you are here only to stir thins up with personal nonsense.
The truck drivers can decide to do whatever the heck they want. If they worked for me and refused to do their jobs due to political BS, I'd tell them to get the heck out.
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You are blaming truck drivers for being "afraid" instead of blaming thugs for violence and dangerous conditions. You are blaming the victims instead of the criminals. But sure, attack me. That makes you look SO much better.
Sorry if you are having a hard time with this, but THAT IS THEIR COMPLAINT. That's what this whole thread is about. They are saying they wont deliver to those imaginary cities which do not have LE (yes, such places do not exist) because they are afraid to go there.
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There is a shortage of truckers now-no one is really "stepping in". Particularly the useless, pathetic criminals and their supporters that whine "defund the police". These cities and their residents can pay the price for their foolish decisions. Alternatively-truckers can be provided with armed escorts, and deliveries to these occupied zones can pay a higher price to cover the costs, than those cities in free America. Any city that allows mobs of violent thugs to take over highways, block traffic and assault drivers has already fallen-if they are "starved out"-blame the criminals and those in public office that enable them.
The shortage of truckers has a lot to do with the career being considered close to being obsolete, (due to the rise of self drive trucks). Last time I checked, 'truck driver' (as a career choice), was labelled as the top career that will be obsolete within our lifetimes.
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