Fed's Parking Study
Fed's Parking Program
(Long Winded Rant)
The Fed's are donating $25M to 7 states to track and maybe try and address the critical truck parking issues. We all know and I have sent several letters to Washington D.C., explaining to them that the most cost effective way to help with the parking dilemma is to reinstate the sleeper birth split back to a common sense utilization of the option. The response was always that is a very interesting and good idea and we will look into that (that is politics for screw you, you stupid little trucker).
They would rather waste millions on putting up nice electronic signs to tell all the steering wheel holders whether there is parking ahead or not. That will not solve the problem!
They would rather have an app to tell the steering wheel holder if parking is available or not. That is all we need more drivers looking at their dumb phones vs looking at the road in front of them. That will not solve the problem!
They would have been money ahead to have hired someone like me or you (a professional trucker) to consult for $1M and spend the other $24M on building additional parking in specific areas. Who really knows where the parking problems are? A trucker, a politician, a DOT official? Which one I wonder really knows the most about the problem?
These guys and gals in D.C., and our state capitols are so smart that they end up being so dumb. I have seen our wonderful government just blow money on study after study and very rarely get anything accomplished. Just think of the timing and logic of this study right now. With the slow down of the market and more trucks parking (in a dealers lot) each and every day, the study will now show that we have adequate parking, and they will not spend more money if they perceive there to not be a problem. Once again their stupidity and incompetance will result in spending money without any results.
I was just wondering how the rest of you felt about this?