On Mar 26, 10:42*am, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:26:52 GMT, Jim Chandler wrote:
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Mar 25, 8:00 am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Since truckers get paid by the mile, a speed cut is a pay cut. That can
really hurt a professional driver.

That is why the independent truckers are getting creamed.

Truckers get paid by the MILE, not MILE PER HOUR. *Slowing down does not
cut what they are paid. *They can only drive so many hours in a day,
regardless of the speed and a five or ten mile per hour reduction will
not make that big of a difference. *Twelve hours at a five mph reduction
is only 60 miles. *120 for a 10 mph reduction. *The same load will still
go the same number of miles, it'll just get there a little later. *As
for the "Bush gas prices", if he is screwing us so badly, why then are
the folks in England, Europe, Australia, etc., paying $6-$7 per gallon?
Can you explain that? *Didn't think so.

* Truckers are getting paid by the mile, and in the USA there are
strict duty limits on drivers that dictate how many hours per day they
can drive - they can't just 'drive an extra hour a day' to make up for
it... *Even with Team Driving, where two drivers can swap off and move
24/7, they can only move as fast as the speed limits allow. *So any
speed limit cut WILL have an effect on their bottom line, period.

* Whether the extra income from driving faster offsets the extra fuel
they have to burn to get there is a mathematical exercise for the
driver if he is an independent contractor, or their employer if the
freight company he works for is footing the fuel bills.

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Good points Bruce.

The fact that the company is spending money and time to force the
trucks to go slower tells you that conservation works.

Carter was right.

And a Democrat.

TMT