FMG wrote on December 07, 2008 10:55 PM: Is there any evidence that controlled stop lites,at 35/45 mph on streets such as Charleston or Rainbow would cut down on speeders and move traffic better. Also why not show auto accidents, Showing why and whom is at fault,the cost of the tickets and the court ruling.

Joe Bama wrote on November 30, 2008 09:18 PM: california has lane restrictions on trucks and split speed limits. Have you been on I-15 lately? And use spell check dummy.

7.62mm FMJ wrote on November 30, 2008 04:44 PM: TimeRanger:

Hmmm-interesting, so it will hard to merge? that's your position huh?-doesn't seem to be in issue in other states. That's like saying all the bars will go broke if we ban smoking-so they must be allowed to poison the rest of us with second hand smoke so they can make a profit. Well, I don't see any for sale signs popping up on PT's, and I never see traffic backed up because of a correct and proper merge right law either.
Good argument dummie......

TimeRanger wrote on November 30, 2008 03:48 PM: 7.62 FMJ - Be realistic for a second or 2 - can you imagine trying to get on or off of I-15 if all the trucks were restricted to the right-hand-lane? You would rarely get on, then when you finally DID manage to enter the freeway, you might be stuck there - for miles past your intended exit ramp.

"That way-we "non-commercial" drivers would not have speed up to get in front of you because you are going 20 miles under the limit,..." Gee, why not have a little patience and WAIT until you get to your exit. These drivers are "going 20 miles under the limit" because they don't want to end up in the back seat of fools like you.

As for your other comments, I highly suggest that you spend a day in a Big-Rig before you spout your drivel. But then again, maybe YOU should be required to have mandatory physical exams and drug tests on a regular basis, just like the Professionals.

ET wrote on November 30, 2008 03:30 PM: Lets face it we all hate trucks(not the drivers),however, we like the Goodies they bring.We hear a Semi truck = 8000 or more cars in damage to the road.

7.62mm FMJ wrote on November 30, 2008 01:07 PM: And another thing:
Before all the "poor me" I'm a trucker and pay a lot of taxes stuff starts-Listen closely- you pay a lot in taxes because your heavy trucks ruin the roads that we average taxpayers have already paid for. You are paying us back for destroying our roads.You think you should pay the same as me with my Ford Explorer? I don't think so!
That's it that's all-now I'm going out on the 215 and will probably be cut off again by a "professional driver"

7.62mm FMJ wrote on November 30, 2008 12:54 PM: Why don't all of you "driving professionals" lobby for forcing you to ALL stay in the far right lane, like most other states laws are? That way-we "non-commercial" drivers would not have speed up to get in front of you because you are going 20 miles under the limit,or watching all you "professional drivers" try to get in the fast lane then CUT OFF all of us, including us with "children in the back", when you need to get off on your exit. And I read talk about mind boggling? Are you kidding me? Why don't you people address the real problem, and we would never have to deal with you at all! Then you can continue to get all hyped up on your crystal meth and drive 20 hours a day-we wouldn't care less!

TimeRanger wrote on November 30, 2008 12:21 PM: Gotta agree with Marc D on this one. And, just why is it that truckers are limited to "hours of service", but there are no regulations on cars, SUVs or motorhomes?

Lets apply the "hours of service" to evrybody - Lets say that you work in an office or factory...you leave home at 7:AM. While at work, there is a problem that requires you to work until 9:PM. Now its time to go home, but you can't drive because you are "out of hours".

Clay wrote on November 30, 2008 11:48 AM: You should also point out, since as I read it, your article sounds one-sided against the trucker driver, the fact is a in full 72% of the accidents on the road, where a tractor-trailer is involved, with a non-commercial vehicle, 100% percent of the time the fault, as determined by the POLICE REPORTS, is found to be the with the NON COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.

And, don't go comparing our time off with that of "other full time employees". We aren't you. We don't want to be you. And, if we did, we'd choose a different profession.

All that said, yes. Perhaps I am the "non-typical" trucking professional considering the massive pile of money I spent getting multiple higher education degrees from good schools. Sure, that by itself makes me a bit different, but the fact is, I do what I do because I like it, and I don't like people much..... especially the kind that sticks their nose into business that IS NOT their's in the first place.

Marc D wrote on November 30, 2008 08:36 AM: wow,another uninformed column in the R-J.

all you would have to do is spend one day in my dump truck riding around in this town to see what the real danger is out there.

I see parents with children in the backseat do the stupidest things you can imagine so many times daily it boggles the mind yet you are worried about truckers running one more hour a day.

if trucks were as dangerous to everyone as they get blamed for then the carnage would be shocking because when you have to deal with cars doing things like flying by you at 20 miles an hour over the speed limit then diving into your lane, slamming on the brakes and turning into a friggin Wal Mart because we see that silly crap multiple times daily and ppl do it with their kids in the darn car.

the real safety problem on Las Vegas roads are ppl that drive like jerk offs,always in a big hurry that don't care what red light they run or who they cut off.

the courts need to take away the licenses of ppl that get convicted of running more that two red lights for 6 months and get real with the rest of the penalties doled out for idiotic drivers,make taking stupid chances a serious crime, then ppl will be safe on the road.