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Philosophizing Fool

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33. Rather than waste valuable government time

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Nov 18, 2021, 08:32 PM

Nov 2021

He would have been better served to join a trucker for a few deliveries. Putting down the pen and picking up a hammer, or box in this case, would have taught this expert more than all his number crunching.

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40% of America's trucking capacity is left on the table every day, MIT expert tells Congress [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP

That truck driver may be spending 2 hours waiting to be loaded at one end and another 2 hours at the LiberalArkie Nov 2021 #1

May not? mwooldri Nov 2021 #7

Surprising with all the computing capacity these days bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #2

lack of system robustness Locrian Nov 2021 #3

Well stated and all true. Facts are often ignored. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #22

Truck drivers have been saying it for years. mountain grammy Nov 2021 #4

My daughter agrees with you. BlueIdaho Nov 2021 #9

My father only drove for special deliveries... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #12

Sounds like a manipulation of the statistics which ignores reality on the ground, or in traffic. Ford_Prefect Nov 2021 #5

Sounds like there's a need that needs filling tirebiter Nov 2021 #6

You try driving for 11 hours with GPS looking over your shoulder TrogL Nov 2021 #8

Now is the time for truckers to put the squeeze on. Unionize, unionize, unionize. Magoo48 Nov 2021 #25

What, a private enterprise is inefficient? Pobeka Nov 2021 #10

I asked a gas station clerk the other day... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #13

I still haven't heard nothing about the rail system . put them together! monkeyman1 Nov 2021 #11

Rail system was essentially abandoned to build interstate highways twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #23

28% of all goods in America are shipped by rail hack89 Nov 2021 #28

All true. We could do better. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #29

Yesterday we drove from the San Francisco Bay Area to Palm Springs and today to Phoenix kimbutgar Nov 2021 #14

That math is kind of shady caraher Nov 2021 #15

"Over the road" drivers work many more than 55 hours a week GregariousGroundhog Nov 2021 #17

Feels like middle management: They're allowed to drive 11 hrs a day therefore 4.5 hrs are wasted NullTuples Nov 2021 #16

As I said above...Statistics used without regard to laws of gravity, or reality on the ground, Ford_Prefect Nov 2021 #19

Leave it to some MIT dweeb who has never... Mawspam2 Nov 2021 #18

Is that what you got from the article? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #20

I had the same thought. Steelrolled Nov 2021 #31

Listened to a report yesterday where a longshoreman Deminpenn Nov 2021 #21

Sounds like some bean counter thought warehouse and storage space Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #24

Fads come along in business processes just Deminpenn Nov 2021 #32

The longshoreman interviewed was very perceptive Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #30

Also.. ConstanceCee Nov 2021 #26

Why would anyone want to drive a truck these days? ripcord Nov 2021 #27

Rather than waste valuable government time Philosophizing Fool Nov 2021 #33