Jim in the Great White North

From an early age we are taught to listen to people of authority our parents teachers etc they know best in the younger years this is good advice.But as we age we should be wary of this line of thought.Some police officers will give you that age old line IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO EXCUSE FOR BREAKING IT!But deep down he or she are praying you are ignorant of the law,case in point that traffic ticket he or she is writing you if you are ignorant of the law they are hoping you will just pay it.Traffic tickets are a cash cow for law enforcement and in other instances a way to go fishing for information like WHERE ARE YOU GOING OR COMING FROM it is none of their business where you have been or going,Ride checks have you ever been asked those same questions at a ride check again none of their business.In fact the SUPREME COURT has ruled once it has been identified as a ride check it is not authorizing an open invitation for fishing expedition of information.Should be have you been drinking t

When I started trucking in the late 70's the average cost of the top of the line highway tractor was $50.000 and i do have ads to prove this.Now your average cost is between $137.000 to $160.000,fuel was around $1.00 a gallon compared to todays prices of $119.00 PER LITRE.Tuck drivers where paid 21 cents per mile now around 40 cents per mile owner operators where paid a $1.00 a mile back then we still have owner operators gettin paid$1.20 per mile and are happy about it.Costs have tripled in the 35 years since I first drove a truck yet we have people workin their collective behinds off for a 1/4 percent raise in pay "DOES THIS MAKE SENSE!"Some will claim I'm whining here but any other industry wages go up with inflation not in the trucking industry.I see all these people going to truck driving schools in droves to get that prized truck driving licence paying big dollars either by government funding or out of their own pockets I just shake my head.Only the drivers and

Stevie Harper reminds me of another Blow hard from the West,John Difenbaker former prime minister who in his wisdom cancelled the AVRO ARROW project which threw thousands of Canadian workers out of work,but helped the U.S.A. raid our job force to develope the Modern day N.A.S.A.All on the say so of a U.S. president yes people we do not need a state of the art fighter jet,you need state of the art Made in the U.S.A missles ,sucker shot by the U.S.A.Point we have tar sands lets rape Canada to satisfy The U.S.A. sure we create jobs but in the long run who profits?

Hey I'm been runnin my my mouth for several years "TRUCK DRIVERS CAN DETERMINE THE ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD,YES CHECK IT OUT LOW LIFE TRUCK DRIVERS CAN AND WILL CONTROL THE ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD,THING ABOUT IT EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD HAS BEEN ON A TRUCK AT SOME POINT ON IT'S WAY TO THE END CONSUMER!"IF TRUCK DRIVERS DON'T WORK NOBODY WILL WORK"Five millon truck drivers go on strike in India,if they can do it over there "Why can't the North American truck drivers grow a big set of balls and go on strike!I will tell you why we are so into ourselfs we blame others for our problems in our indusrty,yep this company or race cut the rate I can't compete or we need speed limiters to level the playing field "Fuck off get a life".Stand together drivers and wee can and will run the economy of the world."You know what I had a low life employer state no truck driver will ever dictate to me,and guess what this employer is the largest used truck

I would like to apologize for naming identifying factors in a previous post which I have taken off my blog. I am sorry to those individuals who privacy may have been compromised in my doing so. So I ask that they please accept my apology for this.

TOPIX FORUM IS NOW FULL OF POSTS CALLING A NATIONAL WIDE TRUCK STRIKE FOR APRIL 1 2008.This action is being called fo over escalating fuel prices,rates and wages not keeping pace with fuel prices.As a truck driver I feel this would be a much needed action,keep in mind Ontario/Quebec are on the verge of passing speed limiter laws which will further erode the earning power of drivers/ow/op alike.The general public does not realize if all trucks stopped deliver goods and services the economies of both the U.S.and CANADA would implode within a few days."IMPOSSIBLE SORRY TO BURST YOUR BALLOON ALL CONSUMER GOODS IN BOTH COUNTRIES ARE ON A TRUCK AT SOME POINT ON THEIR WAY TO CONSUMERS."A small group of drivers/ow/op's successfuly shut down major border points in North America in the late 80's this shut down was starting to effect the economies of both the US/CANADA.Governments on both sides of the border we're quick to pass laws ,that would include the use of force to re