Originally published at: New bill seeks more relief for livestock haulers - FreightWaves
Colorado’s Jeff Hurd introduced legislation to further relax truck driver hours of service rules and ELD requirements for livestock carriers.
If ELDs are unsafe for livestock haulers, they are unsafe for someone pulling a Van, Refer, Flat, or any other trailer. Every truck driver should be afforded the same safety feature as livestock haulers. ELDs have been proven to be unsafe. The Government is saying it is safer to fudge or lie on paper logs, and it is. Paper logs give drivers leeway on every duty change and ELDs count every single minute. If they want to keep ELDs, then eliminate the 70-hour limit for all truck drivers.
ELD is a gov’t controlled weather-modification device and with millions of devices across the country at all times, they are able to control the weather in every city. Think the floods and adverse weather happening all at once is a coincidence? HA.
The DOT says Livestock Haulers can’t do their job safely using an ELD. Why do they think that? If it is unsafe for one, it is unsafe for others. The DOT knows ELDs are unsafe, and studies have shown that to be true. Common sense should have told them they would be unsafe. When you put someone on a strict time clock where every single minute is counted, and they get paid by only the miles they drive, what do you think would happen? ELDs force drivers to rush, speed, hurry, and find other ways to cut corners to save or gain minutes. The Government is saying it is safer for the animals if drivers can fudge or lie with paper logs. Shouldn’t all humans be afforded that safety feature?