I assume everyone is familiar, putting this here because it's going to be Political.
Driver had a CDL issued by California DMV. Does an illegal U-turn in Florida and kills 3 people. Perhaps it's time other states stop honoring California drivers licenses and turn them around at the state line.
ICE issued an immigration detainer on August 16, 2025, after Singh was arrested, to ensure he remains in custody after his state prosecution, preventing him from slipping back onto America’s streets. This detainer ensures he will be transferred to ICE custody the moment his criminal case concludes.
It is gruesome too. The minivan went under the trailer which turned it into a guillotine. At least they died fast.
Sanctuary states are endangering the rest of the country. In addition to the driver's license issue, there are no vaccination requirement if you enter the country illegally. No contraband checks and no criminal background checks. Everything is skipped when someone enters the country illegally. There is a reason why illegal border crossings are illegal. Sanctuary states like California encourages this illegal activity.
The sad part is they where close to exits and a rest stop in that area. It is scary out there driving now days with all the untrained drivers both legal and illegal.
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There was a similar thing here in Canada, but he killed 16 people - jailed for 8 years and has been deported back to India. Too many of them coming here buying their permits...
Sorry to be so blunt but I hate almost every dumbshit truck driver on the road. Most of them should be taken out behind the barn and shot.
Well, I can't whole heartedly agree with that but, there's a whole bunch of cage driver's that don't deserve to have a license, some of them are truck drivers but a whole bunch of them are in pickup trucks and cars. The problem in this deal is the state's licensing rules. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Unfortunately, this time it cost three people their lives.
Rams
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DeSantis says the illegal alien who killed three Floridians in the viral traffic accident will be extradited soon: “We’re extraditing him back to Florida. He will arrive in Florida today. And he will get the book thrown at him shortly after that.”
I assume everyone is familiar, putting this here because it's going to be Political.
Driver had a CDL issued by California DMV. Does an illegal U-turn in Florida and kills 3 people. Perhaps it's time other states stop honoring California drivers licenses and turn them around at the state line.
I remember back some time ago, Semi Trucks (trailers) had multiple plates on them for the States that they could drive through. But if I remember correctly, that process was eliminated?
I remember back some time ago, Semi Trucks (trailers) had multiple plates on them for the States that they could drive through. But if I remember correctly, that process was eliminated?
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AI Overview The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 established the nationwide Commercial Driver's License (CDL) program. This act standardized the requirements for operating commercial vehicles and aimed to improve highway safety by ensuring qualified drivers were operating large trucks and buses. While the act was passed in 1986, it officially went into effect on July 1, 1987. However, it wasn't until April 1, 1992, that drivers were formally required to have a CDL to operate certain commercial motor vehicles. Prior to the 1986 act, each state had its own regulations for commercial driving, and some even had what were known as "chauffeur's licenses" for commercial vehicles.
One doesn't have to look too hard to know that CA DOT licensing rules/practice don't follow federal laws. All Commerical drivers must be able to read and speak English (American version). CA rules don't follow federal licensing rules. The families of those who died should sue the hell out of CA. While we all already know it, the state doesn't want me on that jury. Yeah, I do know I wouldn't qualify to serve on a CA jury. :sad:
Rams
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Sorry to be so blunt but I hate almost every dumbshit truck driver on the road. Most of them should be taken out behind the barn and shot.
There's a lot to this... I somehow found myself watching a string of documentaries one Saturday afternoon when I was exhausted and didn't want to work outside in the yard or garage.
Bottom line, the port-unions (forget their name) have basically fought automation at the ports. There's also some sort of legal restriction that requires certain ships to go to only a few ports... and in turn, it means that these ships cannot deliver goods to the port that's closest to where the goods have to eventually go, but have to be spread out evenly across these major ports to provide equal work for the unions.
So, what does this mean? It means the major means of transporting things throughout the United States ends up being by semi truck. So, goods that need to be in Illinois, may come in from the port of San Diego... just because the union says so. Which means rather than transporting things from say, Norfolk, VA (I dunno, closest I could think of), they have to span twice the distance from Southern California. There's also a (because of the union), a limit on how many things can be transported via train... so that becomes another issue.
This has largely tripled the number of semi trucks on the highway over the past 3 decades. This has led to further regulation, which restricts how much time a trucker can drive (for safety reasons), which then further increases the number of trucks on the road to get more sooner, with many companies providing way-points along the highway where they can drop off a trailer and the next truck driver can pick it up.
There's so much involved in this, and it apparently all feeds back to union control at the shipping ports. Neither party really wants to deal with this, because they know it's suicide since they can strike and tank the economy. Since this is the politics forum, I'll talk politics. When Biden / Harris was on the way out (before the election), the port union (again, forget their name... let me look it up...) Longshoreman Union... yeah. Anyway... before the election (like two months before), the Longshoremen went on strike. Everyone pretty much knew that Harris was likely to lose this election, so they took action. They went on strike to get Biden to be conciliatory to them, because they knew the Democrats would do anything to prevent the bad publicity and economic fall-out from it). They also knew that this would give a nod to Trump who would then be more conciliatory to the union when he got into office. It was all strategy. In any event, I don't know what if any effect it had on Biden, but Biden basically gave into their demands, and Trump used it as an opportunity to trash Biden, further helping his campaign.
I'm no expert on any of this, so this might be only 80% accurate... but this was my understanding on these things.
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: There's a lot to this... I somehow found myself watching a string of documentaries one Saturday afternoon when I was exhausted and didn't want to work outside in the yard or garage. Bottom line, the port-unions (forget their name) have basically fought automation at the ports. There's also some sort of legal restriction that requires certain ships to go to only a few ports... and in turn, it means that these ships cannot deliver goods to the port that's closest to where the goods have to eventually go, but have to be spread out evenly across these major ports to provide equal work for the unions.
So, what does this mean? It means the major means of transporting things throughout the United States ends up being by semi truck. So, goods that need to be in Illinois, may come in from the port of San Diego... just because the union says so. Which means rather than transporting things from say, Norfolk, VA (I dunno, closest I could think of), they have to span twice the distance from Southern California. There's also a (because of the union), a limit on how many things can be transported via train... so that becomes another issue.
This has largely tripled the number of semi trucks on the highway over the past 3 decades. This has led to further regulation, which restricts how much time a trucker can drive (for safety reasons), which then further increases the number of trucks on the road to get more sooner, with many companies providing way-points along the highway where they can drop off a trailer and the next truck driver can pick it up. ...
I'm picturing the cartoon guy, sitting on the tree branch, and sawing off the branch where he's sitting.
When I first started reading, I was going to guess that the reason some of the ships were directed to different ports, was due to the depth of the water at the docks not being enough to accommodate the draft of the ships. (Remembering back to a few years ago when they dredged out the port of Savannah, so that larger ships could dock.) But your words make every bit as much sense, and knowing the history of unions in this country, it's probably right on the money.
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I'm picturing the cartoon guy, sitting on the tree branch, and sawing off the branch where he's sitting.
When I first started reading, I was going to guess that the reason some of the ships were directed to different ports, was due to the depth of the water at the docks not being enough to accommodate the draft of the ships. (Remembering back to a few years ago when they dredged out the port of Savannah, so that larger ships could dock.) But your words make every bit as much sense, and knowing the history of unions in this country, it's probably right on the money.
Yeah, it bums me out. The thing is... neither party wants to address it because it could effectively cripple the economy. They could literally shut down the ports and halt commerce... and then the president (whomever that would be at the time) would then have to decide whether or not to send in the national guard to take over the ports ... which, most of these ports are not necessarily public owned, but many of them are corporate owned. The Government can still do this under national security laws, but then you'd have the backlash of the union, and it would be an immediate shift of support from the union to whatever the other political party is.
The big issue to them is equality across the ports (which does not result in equality of service to the country), and resisting automation. I get it... they don't want to be automated out of a job. What they should do is allow automation and come to an agreement that existing employees will continue to get paid until they retire. But that doesn't work for the UNION itself... because the union is also a for-profit organization, and without members, they don't make money (a lot of people miss this huge fact). The thing is... almost every other country in the world does not have this issue. Sure, there are port unions, but automation is already being implemented across the ports everywhere else in the world, except the United States.
So here's the negative: - Shipping takes 3 times longer in some cases. - We are burning significantly more oil / gas, not only to move the ships to ports they really don't want to be, but also for all the unnecessary trucks that have to travel significantly more distances to get the products across the country. - This puts significantly more unnecessary wear and tear across our roads - The environmental damage is significant.
... all because the Longshoreman's Union is resisting automation and controls the ports.
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: ... So here's the negative: - Shipping takes 3 times longer in some cases. - We are burning significantly more oil / gas, not only to move the ships to ports they really don't want to be, but also for all the unnecessary trucks that have to travel significantly more distances to get the products across the country. - This puts significantly more unnecessary wear and tear across our roads - The environmental damage is significant.
... all because the Longshoreman's Union is resisting automation and controls the ports.
I am a firm believer that some unions have their place. But some of them are about armpit-deep in corruption and bullsh!t. The Longshoreman would appear to be one of the latter.
"And in labor news... today, Longshoreman walked off the piers. Rescue operations are continuing around the clock..." -- George Carlin
I am a firm believer that some unions have their place. But some of them are about armpit-deep in corruption and bullsh!t. The Longshoreman would appear to be one of the latter.
"And in labor news... today, Longshoreman walked off the piers. Rescue operations are continuing around the clock..." -- George Carlin
Yeah, I totally agree. Unions have their time and place, but in situations like this... they're holding back progress of the country, among a dozen other things.
