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Originally Posted by .Cd
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080322/slower_truckers.html
People start to do the right thing when it hurts them in their pocket book.
" The company said the move also would eliminate 72 million pounds of carbon emissions annually, or the equivalent to removing nearly 7,300 automobiles from U.S. highways. "
Do you think anyone would have done this voluntarily ?
Nope !
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Driving extensively on the Nation's highways every week, I have to announce a resounding NO! They're usually riding my arse and speeding like mad.
The theory: with Diesel as high as it is, the philosophy might be to cover as much ground as possible within their "legal" operations day -- and recover the cost by squeezing-in that extra load.
My observations are mostly in the Midwest: Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. Other regions may show different behaviour patterns.
RH77