im pro trump, but he’s not good for trucking.

The man has alot of trash to take out having said that their is a lot of surface issues I think could be a easy fix between both president/government and us as a industry.

Making my best effort to clean up the list feel free to suggest/discuss below.

Grammar is going to be messy starting out Will do my best to clean up later.

President/government

1)mandate us as drivers are paid for ALL on duty time including warehouse breakdown and dispatch.

2)rework 14 hour clock so we as drivers are not penalized for taking a nap

3)for the love of God please fix the truck parking issue we are not asking every place be a 16 million dollar 9 stall bathroom shack but a designated area that's not full before 9pm would be great.

4) pass bill H.R.3869 requiring drivers to have access to bathrooms at shippers and receivers. Note we need to call out drivers and companies and employ drivers that act like pigs and get them out of the industry. One kid poops in the pool ruins the whole party.

5) do a better job holding companies accountable for (run it until it breaks) mentality and not just blame the driver majority of the time.

6) develop a voluntary system for experience drivers to grade trucking schools and assist in suggesting updated curriculums.

6.5) keep the grandfather system but train a new drivers on different divisions of trucking IE. Van drivers, reefers, low boy, flatbed, and most importantly hazmat with a breakdown of different classes in hazmat IE explosives poisons corrosives fuels etc etc

7)develop a official ask an officer system with questions regarding maintenance issues and training on trucks without risk of repercussions.

8) mandate continued education for civilian (four wheelers) every 3 to 5 years with immediate mandate for violation involving commercial vehicles. Example cutting off truck to take an exit

9) incentivize/mandate truck stops allow gyms to open within walking distance of parking area. Example anytime fitness planet fitness etc etc.

1. This one would be hard to mandate with a free market but incentivize diners / salad bars and choke out unhealthy fast food chains that are slowly killing us.

Us as drivers in the industry.

1) designated group of drivers either active or retired that have time behind the wheel to form a council to bring up issues to DOT and government that come up with the industry as a whole.

2) develop a standardized report card for company drivers on what to expect before working for a company examples: ALL mileage paid ,average downtime for week loading/unloading, condition of equipment. Etc possibly have a way to back up reported statistics using elog system.

3) develop a training program to teach younger drivers that might want to work up in the industry (example) van driver develop into low boy work. 3)