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The Runner Gunner Lunch Skippers are HATING the new DOT lunch rule
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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1167740" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>Jones, have you ever been pulled over by a cop, only to be told to slow down? I often have cops giving me the eye to back off a couple mph; instead of doing 70 in the 55, now I drop to 65 in the 55, but they don't pull me over. I once drove around an unmarked on his right onto the shoulder of the rode when he delayed in responding to a green light, basically making an illegal pass. I tried to excuse myself, when all he wanted me to say was I wrong and I wouldn't do it again. When he told me as much, I finally woke up, and drove away with a lecture, but no ticket. Most cops DON'T want to ticket a person, just be respectful. (BTW, none of this occurs in a UPS vehicle).</p><p></p><p>Many here are beginning to wonder if this law really meant for package at all, although it applies to us. Is UPS drivers sorting during their break periods causing a mass epidemic of tired drivers crashing or spinning off the road, that they must hunt down as many as they can!??! <span style="font-size: 9px">No. <span style="font-size: 10px">Shoot, I've heard from drivers busted by the FAA with their bulkhead doors open (that law, unlike this one, is meant specifically for Package cars), and they got off with a warning.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 10px">Unless a large rash of incidents that can be directly tied to UPSers sorting in the back of their cars</span></span> happens, making it a big safety issue, for the most part nothing will change. Couple guys may get dinged, bu it will be more about some small bureaucrat making a display of his authority rather than safety, the same as a trooper who pulls A car over in a group of cars going 5 mph over ain't thinking about safety, so much as his county's coffers...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1167740, member: 32753"] Jones, have you ever been pulled over by a cop, only to be told to slow down? I often have cops giving me the eye to back off a couple mph; instead of doing 70 in the 55, now I drop to 65 in the 55, but they don't pull me over. I once drove around an unmarked on his right onto the shoulder of the rode when he delayed in responding to a green light, basically making an illegal pass. I tried to excuse myself, when all he wanted me to say was I wrong and I wouldn't do it again. When he told me as much, I finally woke up, and drove away with a lecture, but no ticket. Most cops DON'T want to ticket a person, just be respectful. (BTW, none of this occurs in a UPS vehicle). Many here are beginning to wonder if this law really meant for package at all, although it applies to us. Is UPS drivers sorting during their break periods causing a mass epidemic of tired drivers crashing or spinning off the road, that they must hunt down as many as they can!??! [SIZE=1]No. [SIZE=2]Shoot, I've heard from drivers busted by the FAA with their bulkhead doors open (that law, unlike this one, is meant specifically for Package cars), and they got off with a warning. Unless a large rash of incidents that can be directly tied to UPSers sorting in the back of their cars[/SIZE][/SIZE] happens, making it a big safety issue, for the most part nothing will change. Couple guys may get dinged, bu it will be more about some small bureaucrat making a display of his authority rather than safety, the same as a trooper who pulls A car over in a group of cars going 5 mph over ain't thinking about safety, so much as his county's coffers... [/QUOTE]
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