What Is Wrong With The Trucking Industry In USA.

Most highways are land locked good luck trying to expand them. I'm on I 65 in Indiana daily and they are going to start working on a few bridges south of Lafayette last year it sucked having 1 of 2 lanes in each direction closed, there is no room to widen them.

With multi-lane highways, one are two lanes are closed during repairs while one or two lanes remain open for traffic. I was in Germany with the army in the mid-1990's. The Autobahns were always as smooth as glass. It snowed there during winter. One solution might be to construct more lanes if need be. Always have enough lanes for traffic while other parts of the road are under repair. I never complain about the presence of orange cones on the highways as long as my vehicle keeps moving. Perhaps widen highways as needed?

Todd, errr J.w. Dover we're quite aware of your time spent in the military. Certain areas of the country do not have the extra space available to add unnecessary lanes. With our climate in the north I don't see how we can avoid potholes. Due to the age and stress on our roadways small cracks form. In the winter moisture gets in the crack and then freezes and refreezes which is what makes these potholes so bad. They patch them as best as possible then the next batch of weather comes in and cause the issue to reappear in the same place they just fixed. It's something you become accustomed to and know that you're going through Indiana (as most people mention) and know you're in for a bumpy ride. I'm not familiar with Germany but a Google search tells me their average January temp is 38 degrees Fahrenheit. In Iowa ours are 14 degrees Fahrenheit in January. Some years are worse than others it really just depends on how the weather was. Repaving entire sections of the interstate will take weeks or months and by the time they're finished we'll enjoy this smooth as glass roadways for a couple months before they get rough again. Are you willing to have the Gov't take even more money from you to build and maintain more infrastructure to make it a smoother ride? I'd much rather them use funds to repair current infrastructure such as bridges that are in dire need of it. The inconvenience of having a bumpy ride is nothing to the inconvenience or traffic backups needing to reroute due to a bridge collapse. Not to mention the lives possibly lost.

You sure do choose some interesting things to nitpick at. A lot of what you focus on is things many of us have never even considered. Are you trying to give yourself a reason not to jump in? Trucking isn't for everybody. If you don't think you're cut out for it, or that it wouldn't mesh with your lifestyle it doesn't make you any more or less of a person.

There needs to be a standardized national truck route.

We have that already. It's called the Interstate System. It's wonderful. Wait, maybe you want a roadway system designated for truckers only - no 4 wheelers allowed. That sounds great! Who should pay for it? I have a feeling most taxpayers would insist that Big Trucking foot the bill. There goes your competitive salary, and here comes increased regulation.

Old School... maybe we just neeD a more strenuous enforcement of the already existing "Where Are Your Papers!" rules. Indiana Toll Road was 3 trucks per car yesterday on my way to PA...