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You keep reinforcing my point. You want them punished in some way. The regulating business is the opinion business. People give their opinions on the way things should be done, and that's now regulation happens. That's precisely how the definition of "marriage" got changed to mean something...

Uh, I just explained above "why not." I was looking for you to explain why you want the government involved. This seems like a classic case of something that might feel good, but the unintended consequences are given no thought whatsoever. Once the government gets its nose in the tent, it's...

Joel Osteen and his church doesn't affect me in any way, shape or form, therefore I'm neither jealous nor disgusted. On that note, if you are so disgusted with God and all things religion, why would you want the government involved with it?

It's not as high as the 58% of 95% that some carriers pay their contractors for the linehaul and assessorials. That ends up paying the contractor about 55%, with the carrier taking 45%. My (and your) carrier takes 30%. I can live with that. I'd rather have 70% of something than 100% of them...

So I take it you're a big opponent to the separation of church and state, and you think the government and religion should be one in the same. Got it. What? No? Well, that's what you're advocating. There is no surer way to destroy the free exercise of religion (or anything else, for that...

"Scam" implies illegal activity, but all he's doing is taking advantage of the current tax laws as written by Congress. He's doing nothing different than a trucker taking mileage deductions on their tax returns, or someone entering their DOT number at the fuel pump in Indiana to be exempt from...

The carrier has to negotiate (or contract) and collect any assessorials, so it's not unreasonable for them to get their 62% or whatever. The carrier has no incentive to negotiate and collect hand unload or detention fees, for example, if 100% of it is passed to the truck.

I really like coming out west every now and then. It certainly breaks up the monotony of running the Midwest. Everyone should at least once get to see the Idaho Panhandle driving through Coeur D'Aline, The Columbia River Gorge coming out or Portland, and that little snippet of northwest Arizona...

Friday afternoon I deadheaded from Cincinnati to Indianapolis to pick up a load from the aircraft maintenance facility at the airport, and then "leisurely" drove it to the aircraft maintenance facility at the airport in Spokane. That was a hike.

For some reason, this article reminds me of this news story: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/portage_democrat_john_fisher_d.html

Uhm, I would think that if some Joker put DEF in your fuel tank, it really wouldn't matter if you run DEF or not.

When you accept a load contract you are also affirming you have enough hours to fulfill the conditions of the terms of the contract, like, you know, getting it delivered when you agreed to deliver it.

None of those you listed are valid WHTI ID for crossing the border, though. Of all the WHTI approved documents, the FAST card provides the most amount of background and historical information. As for more or less, the FAST card background check is far more thorough than the TSA or the HAZMAT...

I never had a FAST load, either, and let mine expire, as well. But I had border guards on both sides of the border tell me they prefer a FAST card to any other form of ID because of the amount of background and historical information they get from scanning that bar code on the FAST card.

Yes it will, but not nearly on the scale of getting caught intentionally tying to evade the regulations. Minor logbook violations, while they shouldn't happen, are gonna happen occasionally and aren't that big a deal unless they happen frequently. But the DOT takes a really dim view when someone...

Your carrier's BASIC scores are negatively affected, insurance rates go up, they get a DOT audit, you get dismissed. Your next potential carrier asks, "Why did you leave your previous carrier?" You reply, "Because I refused to abide by the DOT's draconian FMCSA Rules and Regulations. Ha!"...

$90 is nothing compared to getting caught fudging your logbook.

Well, most of those drones have cameras, recording or streaming.

Depends if it's public or private lands.

Current Events is hardly an arguable opinion. It appears you badly want this to be moved to The Soapbox. That's not gonna happen. I suggest reading the OP again, then you'll see what the actual subject is, and it's got nothing to do with open or uncontrolled borders. They don't even know when...