Dear FMCSA, please issue a rule to ALL carriers that driver pay is required to keep up with inflation so we can pay your fines that keep up with inflation. Thank you
The DOT needs to be audited and investigated. If they must rely on fines to covert their annual spending then there is a problem with misappropriation of tax payer funds.
The government needs to read the 8th amendment of the constitution ‘’Prohibiting excessive bail, excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishment”. Not our fault inflation exists.
The dealership gets us, the truck stops get us,the repair shops get us ,the brokers and agents get us ,but we get nothing .I'm getting tired of trucking
Parked and sold my truck in 2018, never looked back! The American truck driver is nothing more than a cash cow not only for the DOT, but every sleaze bag lawyer you see on TV! Well not me, I'm done with it.
@@stonearcher603 American trucker is the dumbest part of society. Yes, I said it. Everyone is running at a loss or just break even and does nothing about it. Park the damn trucks for 2-3 weeks, move nothing not even medical supplies. Let gramps go bye bye
Only one's getting more are the Greedy Corporation's when you run through their State. Google Saturnalia, nothing has changed from ancient enslavement ........
They just recently raised the fines, not even two years ago and now they’re doing it again. Where’s the truck drivers raised since 1938? We got no overtime pay because of the fair labor. It was made by corrupt politicians. Do not have to pay truck drivers overtime can you imagine working 70 hours a week and not getting overtime?
The roads are raggedy and not painted. Every hand that can fit into a drivers pocket is in there. And they're now trying to take as much as posible can. But the driver is defenseless. He gotta accept whatever is thrown at him like a mut in the street's.
ha 24 years ago the few times i got stopped they always gave ya a stern warning unless you did something really stupid because they didn’t want it to mess up your license….. man times have changed
Sounds like their trying to drive all truck drivers away which doesn't make any since but does a little it sounds as if you get rid of the drivers then they could bring in the self driving trucks which is free labor I guess 🤷🏿♂️ but how much would it cost for them to fix on the self driving trucks once they break down 🤔it confusing smh
@@casteel765yeah because your answer would probably be a big zero. He may be bragging but anyone who has that many miles can brag a little. I won’t bore you with what my 45 years added up to
@OldTrucker958 no one gives a crap either. I gotna few million miles as well and I don't have dick small enough to where I need to make it seem bigger.
Its crazy to me that all we the people do is complain and wait for a savior to come and say something for us. We get on these websites and drop a comment and cry, BUT we do nothing about it. We should just organize and do action instead of leaving comments.
We won’t won’t organize. Due to the fact you have drives that will they have child support and mortgages etc. Beside all that will happen is the mega carriers will keep hauling cause their drivers won’t park it and the foreigners will hall it dirt cheap like that do now. Would be good but it won’t happen. 33 yrs driving and 6 o/o. Thinking of parking mine and getting a local job. God bless you all my fellow road dogs be safe and keep the rubber on the road and hammer down
I just got my CDL October of this year, and I wanted to upgrade from my speinter to a semi wich i did and very proud of myself for doing so. Now that all this is going on in the trucking industry, I'm thinking of just getting back into my sprinter but keeping my CDL until things get better. Me and all these hard-working truck drivers out there don't need these BS.
Good luck brother you’re in my prayers. You might look into hauling mail. They don’t mess with you as much. But the hours for big trucks stink but pay is good. Can’t have any black marks on your record.✌️
It's completely ridiculous. What are they doing to hardworking truck drivers? I was laid off six months ago due to the immense pressure on our company, which was driven by the DOT's actions. It feels like they’re deliberately pushing us to quit our jobs or shut down our operations. Everything seems designed to hinder transportation in this country.
I would rather just quit trucking altogether. We’re not making that much money we’re away from our family and friends it’s just getting to be a real pain in the ass. Keep up the great work, Alex.
Anywhere anyone in this country is making any bit of money the govt wants a cut of it. Truckers deal with so many hassles! The good drivers deserve much more respect than they get or the lack there of!
Retired four years ago what a gift from God I feel so sorry for the trucking industry because they are getting screwed and I’m gonna tell you 100 times more take a vacation everybody and this will straighten itself out believe me
if the dot was truly concerned about safety they would drop the monetary fines and go to only progressive license suspension and shutting down truck and trailer for a set amount of time, that incentivises the drivers and companies to do it right. too many just pay the fine and continue to operate. if they only shut down the drivers then the companies just throw another driver into the truck, but if they shut down driver,truck, and trailer, and progressivly make the shut down longer for each violation within a set amount of time.
They lied to the reason of the increase. Why didn't they just say the truth? We want more money so we are going to raise the already ridiculous high cost of our fines
Someone getting an excessive fine in relation to their income would be able to dispute it and have it removed. Legally, and philosophically, they can’t just make up ridiculous amounts of money to fine you. There are juris prudence principles at work here. A fine is meant to get your attention but never to steal your entire life savings.
It’s not about public safety. If it were the roads would look different today. They pick and choose who to enforce the fines and suspension of licenses on. Money money money$$$
I’m done with trucking making my way out of it now this is beyond ridiculous outta control there’s no money in this anymore they just coming with different ways to take from us I’m out
It's never been about safety. Corporations could care less . It's always been about generating revenue for the localities those scales are located. Inflation mi raassssss !!!
OK - Let's see if I get this right. If you are out of Service, (Which you shouldn't be anyways) and you have an issue following the law, There's a good chance "Money is Tight," and probably the reason you were put out of service to begin with. Let's go ahead and make you pay me (The Government) for you messing around, and having no money to get you put out of service to start with - Perpetuating the Problem, so that you can then be put out of service again easier to then have to pay another "Increased Fine" for which the cycle continues. Would someone tell me what "MIT" Course Level Idiot," endorsed this train of thinking... #JustSayin
Good Evening, DOT is a business, they are doing what business owners should do, raise their prices. I’ll never understand and I started driving in 96’, why on earth do we sit on our hands and allow this. Every industry has raised their prices, truck drivers complain and complain but do nothing, literally. We have the power, if you’re at home stay home, if you’re on the road go home. The dock workers are preparing for yet another strike and for many years drivers have done absolutely nothing. When will enough be enough. Stay safe.
Robert. Suggest learning about Equity in law. Check out Andrew Macdonald's stuff. Properly applied, it should wipe out he fines,without using Federal Resercmve Notes.
They don't wanna raise rates but they wanna charge us more in fines. It's more important now than ever to get yourself a legal insurance. It pays for itself and even more true with this new increases fines.
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I thought fines were a form of punishment and not a funding source for law enforcement?
Corporate Cop's have to steal from their Citizens to fund said Corporation...
So did I.
Dont forget their Senators and Union pension Buddies..
@@stickersb1236 we all did. It's just a means of padding pockets.
I dont see freight rates keeping up with inflation 💀
Your comment is spot on!
Facts
I don’t either, that’s why I stopped owner operating
Because you're not in any position to enforce it.
Underrated comment
Dear FMCSA, please issue a rule to ALL carriers that driver pay is required to keep up with inflation so we can pay your fines that keep up with inflation. Thank you
They have to fund their pension.........we are slaves.
I'm glad that I'm close to retirement. This country has gone to 💩.
Your retirement will be wurflezz.. when the dollar crashes soon. Dont say it wont crash cuz it will..
Oh it is worst than that...😊😊😊
It's been happening since 2010, but people only realized it these last 4 years and counting.
This is ass backwards. Because of inflation we can afford LESS, not MORE! So lower the fines!!
Govis your friend and needs your money , give it to them .
They want every human being out of the TRUCKS, can't ya'll tell?
They cant make money 9f drivers not driving.
@@someguyfromtheinternet5102 he’s saying they want trucks automated so they only have to pay for maintenance.
@Z_ii_0_N who? DOT? cause thats what this shorts about man.
People won’t be out of service. They will be out of business.
$30k for being put out of service?! That’s almost the medium salary in America! wtf?
😢😢😡😡😡😡😡😡
That’s if you’re put out of service but decide to keep driving and get caught
@ Ohhhh ok!! Thanks for clearing that up. 😂
Median is NOT medium.
@@tomek37330k is still outrageous
The DOT needs to be audited and investigated. If they must rely on fines to covert their annual spending then there is a problem with misappropriation of tax payer funds.
I rather quit trucking than to pay the money
23 years and 2.5 million miles.
Quit all you want. You'll be replaced by some foreigner with an H-2B visa.
Thats what they want. Accident prone idiots causing calamity and controversy
😂
The government needs to read the 8th amendment of the constitution ‘’Prohibiting excessive bail, excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishment”. Not our fault inflation exists.
Oo. They get to charge for inflation. But our rates don’t reflect inflation. Screw them.
DOT= Department of Thieves 😊
😂
The dealership gets us, the truck stops get us,the repair shops get us ,the brokers and agents get us ,but we get nothing .I'm getting tired of trucking
Our pay rate ain’t going up with inflation!
The eighth amendment of the constitution states that unreasonable fines shall not be levied.
Parked and sold my truck in 2018, never looked back! The American truck driver is nothing more than a cash cow not only for the DOT, but every sleaze bag lawyer you see on TV! Well not me, I'm done with it.
Your right
They’re just not pulling over cars on the freeways, always trucks for the money
this country is going to come to scretching halt real soon.
Thats the idea , you have no clue whats coming do you .
No it won’t. Truckers take it up the ass and keep moving
Nope not gonna happen because truckers will keep working for penny.
@@stonearcher603 American trucker is the dumbest part of society. Yes, I said it. Everyone is running at a loss or just break even and does nothing about it. Park the damn trucks for 2-3 weeks, move nothing not even medical supplies. Let gramps go bye bye
Why is everything and everyone else getting more money but trucker pay isn't going up!!!
Only one's getting more are the Greedy Corporation's when you run through their State. Google Saturnalia, nothing has changed from ancient enslavement ........
Because DFz won't strike.... so take it up the asphalt
Most of the truckers don’t even have $30,000 on hand.
30 dollars .
Fines are supposed to be a deterrent, not a way to collect revenue. Everyone knows trucking is a way for towns and the Government to make money.
Inflation has gone down since their last ticket increase "due to inflation" a year or two ago! DOT needs to be investigated.
Their plan is to get Trucking out of commission....Slowly but Surely
Somebody needs to tell them our rates are "deflated "
They just recently raised the fines, not even two years ago and now they’re doing it again. Where’s the truck drivers raised since 1938? We got no overtime pay because of the fair labor. It was made by corrupt politicians. Do not have to pay truck drivers overtime can you imagine working 70 hours a week and not getting overtime?
The roads are raggedy and not painted. Every hand that can fit into a drivers pocket is in there. And they're now trying to take as much as posible can.
But the driver is defenseless. He gotta accept whatever is thrown at him like a mut in the street's.
ha 24 years ago the few times i got stopped they always gave ya a stern warning unless you did something really stupid because they didn’t want it to mess up your license….. man times have changed
Its a continuing criminal enterprise,pure greed.
I’m left wondering what expenses the DOT pay to stay in Business let alone what does inflation have to do with the DOT all together… Just curious?
The DOT is a Government Created Job that pays for their job off the backs of Truckers Jobs.
Let's be honest, start investigating fmcsa & DOT because I'm sure someone is stealing money
This sounds like an 8th amendment violation
Sounds like their trying to drive all truck drivers away which doesn't make any since but does a little it sounds as if you get rid of the drivers then they could bring in the self driving trucks which is free labor I guess 🤷🏿♂️ but how much would it cost for them to fix on the self driving trucks once they break down 🤔it confusing smh
Didn't the supreme Court already 3:26 rule these agencies can't make up laws. The fines are in violation of our 8th amendment rights .
They are paid by taxes so this total BS
4.5 million miles 30 years plus trucking is a circus.
No one asked how many miles you have under your belt.
@@casteel765yeah because your answer would probably be a big zero. He may be bragging but anyone who has that many miles can brag a little. I won’t bore you with what my 45 years added up to
@OldTrucker958 no one gives a crap either. I gotna few million miles as well and I don't have dick small enough to where I need to make it seem bigger.
@@casteel765experience matters to the weight of someone’s opinion
@SMD-i3v i mean it can but no one asked. At all.
Its crazy to me that all we the people do is complain and wait for a savior to come and say something for us. We get on these websites and drop a comment and cry, BUT we do nothing about it. We should just organize and do action instead of leaving comments.
We won’t won’t organize. Due to the fact you have drives that will they have child support and mortgages etc. Beside all that will happen is the mega carriers will keep hauling cause their drivers won’t park it and the foreigners will hall it dirt cheap like that do now. Would be good but it won’t happen. 33 yrs driving and 6 o/o. Thinking of parking mine and getting a local job. God bless you all my fellow road dogs be safe and keep the rubber on the road and hammer down
💯
Inflation? They mean extortion.
I just got my CDL October of this year, and I wanted to upgrade from my speinter to a semi wich i did and very proud of myself for doing so. Now that all this is going on in the trucking industry, I'm thinking of just getting back into my sprinter but keeping my CDL until things get better.
Me and all these hard-working truck drivers out there don't need these BS.
Good luck brother you’re in my prayers. You might look into hauling mail. They don’t mess with you as much. But the hours for big trucks stink but pay is good. Can’t have any black marks on your record.✌️
This is some 🐎 💩.
Point well taken 😢🙏
It's ALWAYS about the money and never about safety, never.
It's completely ridiculous. What are they doing to hardworking truck drivers? I was laid off six months ago due to the immense pressure on our company, which was driven by the DOT's actions. It feels like they’re deliberately pushing us to quit our jobs or shut down our operations. Everything seems designed to hinder transportation in this country.
Just tell your dispatcher hes going to have to drive the truck if you're out of time.
I would rather just quit trucking altogether. We’re not making that much money we’re away from our family and friends it’s just getting to be a real pain in the ass. Keep up the great work, Alex.
Fines going up but freight rates or not. WOW
Wow, they Have a New Grift....
Anywhere anyone in this country is making any bit of money the govt wants a cut of it. Truckers deal with so many hassles! The good drivers deserve much more respect than they get or the lack there of!
Retired four years ago what a gift from God I feel so sorry for the trucking industry because they are getting screwed and I’m gonna tell you 100 times more take a vacation everybody and this will straighten itself out believe me
Money Grab by a corrupt government. It’s not about safety, it’s about revenue. Be glad when I retire. I’m tired of the Target on my back.
if the dot was truly concerned about safety they would drop the monetary fines and go to only progressive license suspension and shutting down truck and trailer for a set amount of time, that incentivises the drivers and companies to do it right. too many just pay the fine and continue to operate. if they only shut down the drivers then the companies just throw another driver into the truck, but if they shut down driver,truck, and trailer, and progressivly make the shut down longer for each violation within a set amount of time.
This is the problem with appointed officials. Fines, rules, regs are not being voted on. They can do what they want. Why is this allowed?
Why can't the government adjust s. security benefits to inflation, but they are quick to get truck drivers.
They lied to the reason of the increase. Why didn't they just say the truth? We want more money so we are going to raise the already ridiculous high cost of our fines
Someone getting an excessive fine in relation to their income would be able to dispute it and have it removed. Legally, and philosophically, they can’t just make up ridiculous amounts of money to fine you. There are juris prudence principles at work here. A fine is meant to get your attention but never to steal your entire life savings.
It’s not about public safety. If it were the roads would look different today. They pick and choose who to enforce the fines and suspension of licenses on. Money money money$$$
I gave up OTR and plow roads for my town which is a whole other circus lol
I’m done with trucking making my way out of it now this is beyond ridiculous outta control there’s no money in this anymore they just coming with different ways to take from us I’m out
Retiring the 1st of January done with this bullshit
18 more months and I’m out of here retired in Mexico enjoying my new life after working 32 years in the Union new rules and regulations are a joke .
Everything has gone up but I'm makeing less a mile that I did in 2020. So wheres the extra money going to come from????
Why the hell isn’t the Teamsters union raising hell about this?🤬
It seems everything is going up but the rate is still down. This is just forcing the small truck companies to go out of business.
Always nice when the working man can pick up that budget shortfall
What has done in darkness should come to light
I hate them
COME ON DOGE……. defund these people
why doesnt Dot make sure a driver makes a decent wage like they do.
Keeping up with inflation? This is b.s.! It's more like trying to put trucking companies out of business, is what it really is.
That's the idea , they have prepped you for decades with all the climate crap.
That fines thing is actually a business
Ohhh great America
Slowly but surely this and other things will push people away from trucking and open the door for automation trucking!
Let them, just don't save them
When it comes to trucking it's almost always bad news!
The fines are to collect revenue and nothing to do with safty this is theft
Warren buffet licking his chops waiting for all the freight on his trains.......
It's never been about safety. Corporations could care less . It's always been about generating revenue for the localities those scales are located. Inflation mi raassssss !!!
If I wasn't close to retiring I wouldn't choose Trucking for Work...😂
Going with the times of inflation? Wtf is that bs. Make it make sense
hopefully Musk and Vivek will take a close look at FMCSA and do some restructuring.
lmao yeah right. If you don't comply, Elon and Vivek will replace you truckers with a foreigner with an H-2B visa.
You think they know anything about trucking...They know nothing at all...Trump included....😊😊😊😊
Doubtful. Musk and Vivek want to replace American workers with foreigners. Less pay and longer hours
Oh you mean the guys defending more H1b visas and one is building electric, driverless trucks? Sure
@sasapopadic384 and Biden did🤔😆🤣😂 GTFOH, at least TRUMP will listen and hopefully help this industry.
That's some bull shit
I'm bout done driving too much bs laws that cost too much
Drivers need to leave the industry straight up
OK - Let's see if I get this right.
If you are out of Service, (Which you shouldn't be anyways) and you have an issue following the law, There's a good chance "Money is Tight," and probably the reason you were put out of service to begin with. Let's go ahead and make you pay me (The Government) for you messing around, and having no money to get you put out of service to start with - Perpetuating the Problem, so that you can then be put out of service again easier to then have to pay another "Increased Fine" for which the cycle continues.
Would someone tell me what "MIT" Course Level Idiot," endorsed this train of thinking...
#JustSayin
I’m sure one of the mega carriers are pulling strings to weave the lil guys like us out
They are forced to charge more for fines, but refused to spend less. Have you seen the size of these DOT weight stations they look like a mall.
They are doing this too precisely to get rid of more drivers so that they can have a reason to get unmanned electrical trucks to do the work
And more and more American people will not be truck drivers. America will have even more foreign drivers and that ain’t good.
This is why when i buy my truck, im using it as a personal vehicle so they cant charge more
Freight rates are not keeping up with inflation, and we can not afford it now, what makes them think we can afford it in the new year.
If it’s about inflation then why aren’t we getting payed more too? We’re getting lower rates. 🤬
Please realize, you or your type is the problem… if you all quit, then people treating you as their piggy bank won’t have anyone to steal money from.
Can we all pay more us driver can please make more money because we still get less than minimum wage and run for 70 hours
Revenue generators increasing the tolls I see
Thank god I just move my heavy equipment all within a 40 miles radius if that
So it's not about safety but revenue, shocker
Right
Like the background music. Who is the Artist?
Do the older trucks still run under paper logs
Good Evening, DOT is a business, they are doing what business owners should do, raise their prices.
I’ll never understand and I started driving in 96’, why on earth do we sit on our hands and allow this.
Every industry has raised their prices, truck drivers complain and complain but do nothing, literally.
We have the power, if you’re at home stay home, if you’re on the road go home. The dock workers are preparing for yet another strike and for many years drivers have done absolutely nothing.
When will enough be enough.
Stay safe.
Robert. Suggest learning about Equity in law. Check out Andrew Macdonald's stuff. Properly applied, it should wipe out he fines,without using Federal Resercmve Notes.
It's impossible to get everyone on the same page. I don't mind staying home because I've had over 15 jobs in 9 years.
Truckers are getting attacked all the time 😡
They don't wanna raise rates but they wanna charge us more in fines. It's more important now than ever to get yourself a legal insurance. It pays for itself and even more true with this new increases fines.
Fines, not fees.