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We are the ones that should be 100% infallible and never make a judgement error, even when we're trying to outguess the idiots. \n \n The driver going too fast around a curve will be held accountable. If he doesn't lose his job, he'll have the accident on his mvr and the preventable accident on his psp. Either way, he's unemployable in a lot of company's eyes. He'll pay for this long after the mess is cleaned. From the corporate side, there are many more costs about which Mr Daniels won't have a clue. \n \n Do we cause more accidents? Statistics show otherwise. Are we involved in more? Possibly. Like the one fellow said, \"'...they're down the road not knowing what's happening behind them or the mess they've left.'\" (Paraphrased.) \n \n Aye yi yi. Today I'm aggravated; this only fuels it. Grain of salt, folks.", "contentHtml": "Does it really matter? We're the professionals; we'll always be the ones to take the brunt of the blame. We're the only ones the FMCSA mandates (as they reply every time it comes up in conjunction with new rules.) We are the ones that should be 100% infallible and never make a judgement error, even when we're trying to outguess the idiots. \r\n \r\nThe driver going too fast around a curve will be held accountable. If he doesn't lose his job, he'll have the accident on his mvr and the preventable accident on his psp. Either way, he's unemployable in a lot of company's eyes. He'll pay for this long after the mess is cleaned. From the corporate side, there are many more costs about which Mr Daniels won't have a clue. \r\n \r\nDo we cause more accidents? Statistics show otherwise. Are we involved in more? Possibly. Like the one fellow said, "'...they're down the road not knowing what's happening behind them or the mess they've left.'" (Paraphrased.) \r\n \r\nAye yi yi. Today I'm aggravated; this only fuels it. Grain of salt, folks. 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MAKE TRUCKERS PAY WHEN THEY CAUSE TRAFFIC-CLOGGING WRECKS - AND RESPONSE (8)

Posted on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:40 PM CST in Springfield, MO