Basically everything you own came to you on a truck. Stopping trucks from driving in rush hour would basically stop U.S. Commerce. Most of the time the only thing moving on Interstate highways after about 10pm at night are trucks.

As mentioned its the drivers, not the trucks. Start issuing citations for Impeding Traffic to the run side by side for miles truck drivers and it will stop.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Can I be the first to point out this sounds an awful lot like a gun control argument, only using Big rigs as the scapegoat.....


Pony up and take responsibility for yourself, don't expect your life to be easy nor fair, and realize there are things in life that can kill you, rare, but they are out there.

I would rather someone make a living than restrict what they can do for a living.


Seriously, some of you guys can sure not see the trees through the forest sometimes.

The people saying “ban big rigs, trucks, 18 wheelers, commercial vehicles, make more laws for them”.
For someone who owns and operates said machinery, it’s the same as hearing “ban guns” “make more firearm laws”.
It ain’t the truck it’s the driver.

Can I be the first to point out this sounds an awful lot like a gun control argument, only using Big rigs as the scapegoat.....


Pony up and take responsibility for yourself, don't expect your life to be easy nor fair, and realize there are things in life that can kill you, rare, but they are out there.

I would rather someone make a living than restrict what they can do for a living.


Seriously, some of you guys can sure not see the trees through the forest sometimes.

I am absolutely not for more rules and regs. We all know the government needs way less control of our lives not more.
I’m also not ever going to tell another man how to make his living. Just thinking out loud.

SA Hunter, not interested in spending more time behind the windshield. 👍
I would assume we have probably driven countless hours down the same stretch of road. Probably at the same time.
Obviously you are a professional and good for you. Lots aren’t.
It ain’t personal.
It would help immensely if they would quit adding one lane at a time year after year.
35 is THE major artery from Canada to Mexico. It needs to be treated as such.

Prayers out for those folks up North today. Makes me sick to my stomach to even think about.

I rarely drive in DFW but I do drive a ton between Round Rock down to the valley and west Texas.
I spend more hours behind the windshield than most and I can’t believe more folks aren’t killed on I-35 every day.
The big rigs ARE a problem. We all have our thoughts, but mine are as follows.
1. Them dudes don’t get to do 70-80 mph down the road. That’s just too damn fast for the stopping distance.
2. They should not be able to drive in major cities during rush hour

I certainly don’t want to tell another man how to do his job, but if I was a commercial driver I would NOT want to be anywhere near Austin, SA or DFW except after 8PM.

There are definitely some good truck drivers out there but most these days are time crunched, selfish A-holes. They cause or are involved in almost every wreck or traffic jam I see. Again, there are some good ones.
When do TXDOT and DPS bear some of this responsibility? (Sh!t traffic patterns and 18 wheelers not getting pulled over for speeding or aggressive driving)

Absolutely... It's not the gun it's the reckless, lawless, careless owners.

When they governed their speed is when these congested problems came up. Now one will try to pass and there's no way he can pass going up a hill against the governor. I've seen countless road rage accidents caused by these rigs stacking up traffic. This didn't happen before, back when drivers were looked at as the knights of the highways. I hardly ever see a courteous driver anymore.

Wife and I try to stay off I-35 as much as we can. We really do call it ‘the highway of death’.

We take 281 instead........much safer and pretty scenic......

Yeah, man. We are already heavily regulated. We have bigger fines, no defensive driving, have to take Dot physicals, drug test it goes on and on, and thats just on the drivers side of the business. The companies have to jump through far more hoops.

Don't forget the Texas Hammer S.A. hunter <Grrrr>

I hate those scum of the earth lawyers......

I just love those "truck drivers" that ride along side by side for miles and miles with traffic backed up behind them. Aren't they a special kind of idiot?