M. Mace Trucking LLC

A TRUCK DRIVER IS KILLED IN FRONT OF A CHILD. THE CHILD ASKS HIS FATHER, "WHO'S THE MAN THEY KILLED?" "I DON'T KNOW SON, ALL I KNOW IS THAT HE WAS A TRUCKER." ...THE MINOR GETS CLOSE TO A PERSON WEARING A WHITE SHIRT N VERY ELEGANT PANTS, IT WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRUCK LINES THE TRUCKER WORKED FOR. THE KID TOOK THE MANS HAND AND ASKED, "CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT A TRUCKER IS?" THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRUCK LINE RESPONDS WITH A BROKEN VOICE N HIS EYES FILLED WITH TEARS, "A TRUCKER...IT'S A PERSON WHO SLEEPS LESS THAN MOST PEOPLE DO, ENDURES COLD, HEAT, RAIN, HUNGER. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE HE HAS NO PARTIES, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT MOMENTS. HE'S ALWAYS WORRYING AND THERE FOR HIS FAMILY, HIS KIDS WHEN THEY GET SICK, ABOUT HIS WIFE, HIS PARENTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HE RECEIVES INSULTS AND SOMETIMES EVEN GETS HIT. HE CRIES, FEELS, AND MANY TIMES EXPERIENCES THOUSANDS OF SCARY MOMENTS AND GOES THROUGH MANY OTHER UNIMAGINABLE THINGS. WHEN HE LEAVES HOME REAL EARLY TO DO HIS LABORS, HE DOES NOT KNOW IF HE WILL EVER RETURN HOME OK OR REMAIN WORKING FOR MANY MORE DAYS OR EVEN WORSE, LOSE HIS LIFE. THAT IS PART OF WHAT A TRUCKER IS. SUDDENLY, A PHONE IS HEARD RINGING FROM WHAT SEEMS TO BE IN THE POCKET OF THE DEPARTED. THE PRESIDENT LEAVES THE CHILD FOR A MOMENT TO GET THE PHONE. WHEN HE SEES THE SCREEN, HE NOTICED IT'S FROM THE TRUCKERS HOME. HE SEES IT'S A MESSAGE AND READS IT IN A LOW VOICE...( HELLO DADDY, I TOOK MOM'S PHONE TO WRITE YOU THIS MESSAGE. IT'S TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I AM ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO SEE YOUR PRESENT SINCE AFTER TWO DAYS YOU HAVEN'T CAME HOME TO CUT YOUR CAKE. TODAY, WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER. I LOVE YOU AND I'M WAITING FOR YOU AT HOME. ) THAT IS THE LIFE OF A TRUCKER. SHARE THIS SO PEOPLE CAN STOP CRITICIZING AND VALUE OUR EFFORTS. WHEN IT'S MY TIME TO MEET MY FATE GUYS, DON'T BE SAD FOR ME. I LOVE YOU ALL. IT HAS BEEN ONE HELL OF A RIDE WITH YOU GUYS. HI, I'M TOM.

An open letter to the federal DOT. You try and try to make truck drivers safer. Yet every single one of your efforts have the opposite effect. Since you're too... brain dead collectively to figure the problem out, let me tell you what's really happening. The truck driving industry has been in a horrible deficit for decades. Drivers are parking their trucks by the hundreds to get away from it. The days are gone of the career truck driver. Why? Because of YOU! You regulate the industry to death. You make unrealistic expectations of owner operators. The small businessman has no hope in staying afloat in your sea of regulations and taxes. All of the experienced drivers are either retiring early, or just quitting altogether. Young, green drivers get rushed through truck driving school and in 4 weeks, are turned loose on the roads. In just 6 weeks, THEY'RE the instructors, teaching brand new drivers! Really? I can't imagine why commercial vehicle accidents continue to rise every year. Now these new drivers see what it's like out here with the B.S. from dispatchers, and the State Troopers trying to fleece them for every infraction they can possibly get. So THEY leave the industry. The federal government has turned truck driving in to a profession with the same turn over rate as the fry chef at McDonald's. Now, to fill the void of drivers, you're toying with the idea of letting 16 year olds behind the wheel of a tractor trailer. DON'T BOTHER! I can already tell you how that's going to end. You want the industry to fill back up? Lighten the hell up on drivers and companies. We know when we're tired. Your 14 hour rule is the worst possible thing you could've implemented. My 4 hour nap counts as ON DUTY time? Are you on drugs, or just stupid? When was the last time you got paid for sleeping on the job? Find a way to lighten the B.S. regulations and let the experienced drivers stick around. The more you tighten the screws, the worse it will get. Remember that when the store you love to shop at has empty shelves. You'll only have yourselves to blame. Feel free to share with your favorite congressman or DOT representative.

An open letter to the federal DOT. You try and try to make truck drivers safer. Yet every single one of your efforts have the opposite effect. Since you're too... brain dead collectively to figure the problem out, let me tell you what's really happening. The truck driving industry has been in a horrible deficit for decades. Drivers are parking their trucks by the hundreds to get away from it. The days are gone of the career truck driver. Why? Because of YOU! You regulate the industry to death. You make unrealistic expectations of owner operators. The small businessman has no hope in staying afloat in your sea of regulations and taxes. All of the experienced drivers are either retiring early, or just quitting altogether. Young, green drivers get rushed through truck driving school and in 4 weeks, are turned loose on the roads. In just 6 weeks, THEY'RE the instructors, teaching brand new drivers! Really? I can't imagine why commercial vehicle accidents continue to rise every year. Now these new drivers see what it's like out here with the B.S. from dispatchers, and the State Troopers trying to fleece them for every infraction they can possibly get. So THEY leave the industry. The federal government has turned truck driving in to a profession with the same turn over rate as the fry chef at McDonald's. Now, to fill the void of drivers, you're toying with the idea of letting 16 year olds behind the wheel of a tractor trailer. DON'T BOTHER! I can already tell you how that's going to end. You want the industry to fill back up? Lighten the hell up on drivers and companies. We know when we're tired. Your 14 hour rule is the worst possible thing you could've implemented. My 4 hour nap counts as ON DUTY time? Are you on drugs, or just stupid? When was the last time you got paid for sleeping on the job? Find a way to lighten the B.S. regulations and let the experienced drivers stick around. The more you tighten the screws, the worse it will get. Remember that when the store you love to shop at has empty shelves. You'll only have yourselves to blame. Feel free to share with your favorite congressman or DOT representative.

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Things would be pretty rough by day 2....

Respect ~Grumpy

Good Morning Truckers

This makes no sense at all...

Nice try, Mr. Babin...What is your opinion on ELD's and will this delay the ELD mandate?