Don’t paint all truckers with the same brush
have waited to see if a truck driver would write concerning your series “Big rigs, big risk” (Oct. 21-22), but all that I have seen was the letter from the retired Massachusetts Department of Transportation worker.
As a retired truck driver with approximately 35 years experience, I think there are some items that need some further exploration.
The articles continuously refer to dump trucks and tractor-trailers, when it seems that you were really going after the dump trucks. But when you do that, it seems that you have to get all trucks in some way.
Truck drivers are subject to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations from the U. S. Department of Transportation, parts 40, 380, 382, 383, 387, 390-397, 399 Subchapter B, Chapter 3, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Just like other federal regulations, the IRS in particular, they are lengthy and complicated.
