26,000 Truckers Plan A Nationwide Protest Tomorrow

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{"text":"'Black Smoke Matters' - a Facebook Group consisting of 26,000 members have organized a shut down that will begin tomorrow, April 12, 2019. Group organizers are encouraging truck drivers across the nation to take the day off as part of the protest activities.\n\nThe group’s website outlines the changes that they are protesting in order to see, which include:\n\n1. Hours of Service reform\n2. Updated truck driver training and safety standards\n3. A change to ELD regulations so that they are only required for companies with more than 10 trucks or trucking companies that have a poor safety rating.\n4. Standardization of inspections and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulation enforcement\n5. More involvement from truck drivers in the creation of new FMCSA trucking regulations.\n\nAre you going to participate? Tell us your thoughts!\nImage source: https://blacksmokematters.us/","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[{\"description\":\"\",\"height\":1378.0,\"name\":\"980/bsm1_1555000715_1555000715.jpg\",\"url\":\"\",\"width\":1068.0}]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"One day is a JOKE. It won’t affect much .. we ought to protest for ONE WEEK for consumers to feel the pain. As truckers we must DEMAND RESPECT!!","replyToPid":0}

366847

{"replyTo":"","text":"There are 3million truckers and all they could get was 26000?! Y’all need to learn to organize better. They’re called unions. You should hit the truck stops and get drivers in a union that way you can organize better. ","replyToPid":0}

366847

{"replyTo":"","text":"FMCSA regs aren’t the issue. They have caused an overall decrease in accidents involving Commercial trucks since their creation. Rates are the issue. The regulations make us safer at the cost of our time. You’re thinking like a company that recruits by saying “We can get you 3000 miles a week!” I don’t care about mileage, I care about pay. If you work less for more money you will be just as happy if not happier than working more for less pay. I’d rather drive 1500mi@$1/mi than 3000mi@50cpm. ","replyToPid":0}

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623924 发表于 2019-04-11 16:51:04 Where it’s taking about rates who gives a Fck if u don’t include scumbag brokers

","text":"#notocheapfreight","replyToPid":11614}

651983

{"replyTo":"","text":"I’m afraid this will not work... because over 40 trucks shutdown for MATS and GATS each year and it doesn’t even slow anything down. I wish you all luck and I pray it works but it hasn’t yet. Sucks though ","replyToPid":0}

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613074 发表于 2019-04-11 17:30:15 If they reach that number then I guess the government is really going to do something about it

","text":"Man even half of that can really slow down the economy","replyToPid":11654}

613074

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613666 发表于 2019-04-11 17:26:12 Really? 26,000? LOL

","text":"If they reach that number then I guess the government is really going to do something about it","replyToPid":11652}

613101

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614914 发表于 2019-04-11 17:31:22 Man even half of that can really slow down the economy

","text":"they can. but the economy is really bad already/","replyToPid":11655}

623924

{"replyTo":"","text":"Where it’s taking about rates who gives a Fck if u don’t include scumbag brokers ","replyToPid":0}

613643

{"replyTo":"","text":"I really don't think that this protest is going to work","replyToPid":0}

613646

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613643 发表于 2019-04-11 17:22:24 I really don't think that this protest is going to work

","text":"Why is that?","replyToPid":11648}

613666

{"replyTo":"","text":"Really? 26,000? LOL","replyToPid":0}

613668

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613666 发表于 2019-04-11 17:26:12 Really? 26,000? LOL

","text":"That's the number of the people the FB thing is","replyToPid":11652}