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Ok lets see if any one can give me a good answer to this. Trucks move america but yet every one wantsx to make us shut our trucks off  when we sleep. why is that? We start doing this and there will be more deaths in america then there all ready is. To me this country has things backwards they have also forgot with out trucks america stops. So i say screw there laws I will idel my truck when i sleep or they wont get there frienght. I understand why no one will shut there trucks down for the fuel but come on guys how are we supposed to get rest if we have no ac?

You gotta be just out of school,cause from your post you aint no owner operator. Most companys offer a fuel bonus you know for shutting that truck off when it aint moving. If your truck aint equipted with a gen pack they offer a thing called Idel Air. Alot of these companys offer it to there drivers for free. Some will even reinburst you for the receipt if you turn it in.If they dont you can turn it in with your taxes and get that money back,but be careful,if your company offers you a perdem on your mileage,then theyve pretty much got you by the tail...Check into it..Good Luck

well thats were your wrong yes i was an o/o till i had to park my truck due to high fuel prices. that is true some do and some dont. but wait you havent been to houston have you there are no idel air stations in houston and the only ones are in baytown well i hate to tell you this some of us cant go to baytown from katy the woodlands conroe so the laws need to look at that

now look who's talkin' about that"out of school" crap.yes,most companies offer a bonus for low idle time.but try to make that bonus in some companies.and,as far as idleaire,most companies expect us to pay for that out of our own pockets.and,if you look at what idleaire charges,it costs almost as much to idle the truck as it does to pay idleaire.i say this,if these states are going to fine us for idling our trucks,don't deliver in that state.or charge some rediculously high freight rate.for company drivers,if enough of you would tell your dispatchers you aint delivering there unless you have a load directly back out.and stick by it,maybe something could be done about it.but just bitchin' about it and talkin' smack to other drivers about this"just out of school" crap doesn't do crap to solve the problem.it's just like the crap i hear on the cb.all *** and moan.nothing ever done.so take your little b.s. attitude and stick it.if you're not a part of the solution,you're part of the problem.

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Ok lets see if any one can give me a good answer to this.

I'm awaiting an answer as well.

 Trucks move america but yet every one wants to make us shut our trucks off when we sleep, why is that?

Because Diesel engines cause pollution as evidenced by the smoke emanating from the stacks. The SIMPLEMINDED in this country are the ones responsible for the initiation of ANTI-TRUCK IDLING laws and they consistently FAIL TO REALIZE that even a poor running Diesel engine still burns most proficiently when compared to a gasoline engine AND that there are excessively more Gasoline engines polluting all environments than Diesel engines.

 We start doing this and there will be more deaths in america then there are already.

TRUE yet as stated above, the SIMPLEMINDED do not care about how many people suffocate, fry and/or freeze as long as the ANTI TRUCK IDLING POLICE are successfully administering their appointed duties of penalizing TRUCK DRIVERS that fail to heed the pointless and damaging "laws, rules, regulations".  Just another brainless way to generate money while simultaneously destroying a profession and increasing the ranks of the unemployed or unemployable.

To me this country has things backwards they have forgotten with out trucks america stops.

There are NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE (IF ANY) for filling an ORGANIZATION in order to implement any wanton resistance to these new "laws, rules, regulations".  Forget OOIDA and ATA as they're only for their own missions and actually stand behind what they believe whether or not it coincides with what you want or believe. When (if) there ever is some organized resistance, then AND ONLY THEN shall there be some changes initiated. The feds only comprehend FORCE or VIOLENCE and without these they don't see any problem or recognize any affronts to their decisions against TRUCKERS and TRUCKING.

So i say screw their laws I will idle my truck when i sleep or they wont get their freight.

Good idea in thought and when you have incurred numerous FINES FOR IDLING and/or have had your truck or combo impounded for lack of payment(s), let us know how that strategy is working for you.

States that have Idling restrictions: WA., OR., CA., AZ., NM., TX., LA., MS., GA., FL., SC., NC., VA., WV., DE., MD., The North East or new England quadrant,  PA., OH., MI., IN., IL., WI., MN., ND., SD., IA., KS., MO., AR., OK., etc. 

The idea of "Do not deliver to the states that have Idling restrictions" is a great idea if one is not a Truck Driver because there are more states against Idling than for Idling. One would therefore have a very short delivery frame and would verily spend A LOT OF TIME sitting and waiting for "those loads" that only go to "those states".  check www.atri.com for States having Idling issues and their aligned FINES and amounts.

I understand why no one will shut their trucks down for the fuel but come on guys how are we supposed to get rest if we have no ac?

IdleAire where/when available at $2.85 an hour (at last years price). It's CHEAPER to get a Motel/Hotel room where feasible/possible.

 When enough current drivers QUIT DRIVING and Newbies are not available, the companies will simply acquire FOREIGNERS to fill the empty seats as these companies have been doing for some years.

 

 

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Get one of those APU units. That is one of those motorized things that hooks up to the frame rails. It is VERY quiet and uses VERY little fuel. It is quite pricey but it works and is legal all over the country as far as I know. Owner operators like this because they do not have to idle the tractor engine to keep warm in the winter or cool in the summer. Idle air in another alternative. Thank the tree huggers and those who think those loud trucks idling all night make em mad. EPA is another bunch that contributed. BTW some companies have a policy for exteme conditions and you can idle your truck so you wont die. You might consider a hotel too.