Critical truck plant for their profits. Pickups are pure money making machines for American auto companies because consumers are dumb and gullible. The margins on those trucks must be huge if they can afford to charter planes for the parts.
Critical truck plant for their profits. Pickups are pure money making machines for American auto companies because consumers are dumb and gullible. The margins on those trucks must be huge if they can afford to charter planes for the parts.Warehousing companies seem to be thinking more about rail spurs more these days. Trucking has a lot of issues that predate COVID but have been made much worse by it. If the railroads move, even slightly, away from their irrational obsession with operating ratio they could recapture a big chunk of the market.
Looks like GM has already started flying some parts. You can bet they're looking at rail for anything too heavy/expensive to airlift.
Critical truck plant for their profits. Pickups are pure money making machines for American auto companies because consumers are dumb and gullible. The margins on those trucks must be huge if they can afford to charter planes for the parts.
I am very sure every car plant here in Ontario has rail service. But rail does have its limitations.Yes, no automaker is going to let their truck lines go down if they can help it at all. They're just insanely profitable.
Bet somebody like Toyota is looking at what it would take to rail their parts into Ontario so they can get RAV4 production running again.
I am very sure every car plant here in Ontario has rail service. But rail does have its limitations.
You say it's not a shortage in the literal sense, because of how many people carry a CDL (a license will never dictate or represent a shortsge), but then go on to describe why we have a shortage that has nothing to do with having a CDL License. It is a shortage in the literal sense, because people are chosing not to do that job. I said it was due to the continually increasing DOT restrictions and low pay (poor conditions is really a by product of low pay), all you did was go into specific describing just that.It isn't a trucker shortage in the literal sense.
There are millions more CDL holders than jobs available.
It's a garbage-working-conditions-noone-wants-to-do-this-shit-for-shit-pay-and-hours problem.
Truckers don't get paid idling. They get paid per mile. If you're stuck at a dock waiting to load, you're spending time not getting paid - possibly losing money if you're idling for a while, burning lots of fuel.
Pay per mile worked great back in the day when dispatchers and companies had little in the way of tracking what trucks were doing. Pay per mile rewarded efficient drivers and crews.
Now trucks can be tracked every step of the way, driving a truck is easier and more fuel efficient (thanks to auto/DCT transmissions), and the barrier to entry is much lower in terms of who can drive. Trucking companies were petitioning the federal government to allow 18 year olds to be able to drive across state lines under supervision of an experienced driver. Currently I think it's minimum 21 with experience to do interstate trucking?
Trucking also has turnover as 90% per year in some areas. That's INSANE.
But companies continue to chew through drivers rather than provide better wages and conditions to retain drivers.
The race to the bottom to provide goods as cheap as possible is really a race to the bottom for wages and/or working conditions.
So you're ok with just never going back to normal? Inflation is at a 30 year high and it is going to only get worse if we actually keep this as the status quo. It's completely absurd that some people just want to keep everything like this. We need to move on, the economy and society cannot continue like this forever. Please, think about this.
The Tim Horton's in Ottawa near the convoy is has never seen this much business, and the truckers have been going in and cleaning the floors and even the bathrooms. They've also seen crime go down and the streets have never been cleaner. I do agree the horns was a bit much, but they had agreed to stop after a certain time. But yeah they should have really toned that down as it only end up pissing off people, and that can't be good for hearing either for those around.
At this point I think they need to leave since it's a matter of time until the government does something very drastic against them like taking their children which I heard rumours of, but they need to make it known that they are not done. From what I gather they do have some plans in mind that involve playing lot of games of confusion with the government, just like the government has been doing to us for 2 years. They also have rock trucks coming. Not sure where those are going. They don't even need to go anywhere, I'm sure the government are freaking out not knowing the intentions. This is what they need to do, keep the government on their toes and in the dark. Just like they do with us.
Still lot of work to do but I think the people are winning and the government is in panic mode, especially Trudeau. They need to be reminded that they work for us, not us for them.
This is P&N, dissenting views are always met with insults and aggression. It's popular because there are no consequences, everyone gets to be an alpha male.Why are you pro mandate people so hateful towards people who just want to live normal lives? All I see is hatred from people like you. This is not even a left wing vs right wing thing even though you people try to make it one. I just don't get the mental gymnastics that goes on inside a head like yours to be so defensive against the idea of letting people live normal lives again.
Conservatives are pretending to care about the national debt and monetary policy again; there must be a Dem in the White House. Throwing in the dig about white collar jobs vs blue collar is a nice touch.National debt has reached a staggering amount, inflation is roaring, and doing any kind of business that isn't handled entirely from a chair is a nightmare.
My bad. I interpreted "shortage" asYou say it's not a shortage in the literal sense, because of how many people carry a CDL (a license will never dictate or represent a shortsge), but then go on to describe why we have a shortage that has nothing to do with having a CDL License. It is a shortage in the literal sense, because people are chosing not to do that job. I said it was due to the continually increasing DOT restrictions and low pay (poor conditions is really a by product of low pay), all you did was go into specific describing just that.
My bad. I interpreted "shortage" as
"there are not enough people WHO CAN do this job"
Instead of
"there are not enough people WHO WANT to do this job"
The whole trucking industry pushes the driver shortage narrative the same way other businesses say "no one wants to work", so I guess I'm a little salty when I read those particular phrases
FTFYThis is P&N, dissenting views based on lies, conspiracy theories and people refusing to justify their views are often met with insults and aggression. It's popular because there are no consequences, everyone gets to be an alpha male.
I share your attitude though, it's time to pull the plug on all of the covid restrictions. National debt has reached a staggering amount, inflation is roaring, and doing any kind of business that isn't handled entirely from a chair is a nightmare.
This is P&N, dissenting views are always met with insults and aggression. It's popular because there are no consequences, everyone gets to be an alpha male.
I share your attitude though, it's time to pull the plug on all of the covid restrictions. National debt has reached a staggering amount, inflation is roaring, and doing any kind of business that isn't handled entirely from a chair is a nightmare.
Because the amount of effort required to refute false statements that you guys make CONSTANTLY that you are then going to just IGNORE anyway is frustrating. You fucks are not worth more than a few seconds of our time, so you get concentrated vitriol. Enjoy the fruits of your ignorance.Why are you pro mandate people so hateful towards people who just want to live normal lives? All I see is hatred from people like you. This is not even a left wing vs right wing thing even though you people try to make it one. I just don't get the mental gymnastics that goes on inside a head like yours to be so defensive against the idea of letting people live normal lives again.
This is P&N, dissenting views are always met with insults and aggression. It's popular because there are no consequences, everyone gets to be an alpha male.
I share your attitude though, it's time to pull the plug on all of the covid restrictions. National debt has reached a staggering amount, inflation is roaring, and doing any kind of business that isn't handled entirely from a chair is a nightmare.
So you're ok with just never going back to normal? Inflation is at a 30 year high and it is going to only get worse if we actually keep this as the status quo. It's completely absurd that some people just want to keep everything like this. We need to move on, the economy and society cannot continue like this forever. Please, think about this.
I see you are fine with a 9/11 level amount of American death every 36 hours. But I'm sure you fully supported bombing Iraq over 9/11.This is P&N, dissenting views are always met with insults and aggression. It's popular because there are no consequences, everyone gets to be an alpha male.
I share your attitude though, it's time to pull the plug on all of the covid restrictions. National debt has reached a staggering amount, inflation is roaring, and doing any kind of business that isn't handled entirely from a chair is a nightmare.
I personally agree with ending all covid restrictions except for vaccine mandates, which should be expanded to cover all of society and all religious exemptions should be eliminated.Why are you pro mandate people so hateful towards people who just want to live normal lives? All I see is hatred from people like you. This is not even a left wing vs right wing thing even though you people try to make it one. I just don't get the mental gymnastics that goes on inside a head like yours to be so defensive against the idea of letting people live normal lives again.
Dude, do not pretend that you care about the national debt even for a second.This is P&N, dissenting views are always met with insults and aggression. It's popular because there are no consequences, everyone gets to be an alpha male.
I share your attitude though, it's time to pull the plug on all of the covid restrictions. National debt has reached a staggering amount, inflation is roaring, and doing any kind of business that isn't handled entirely from a chair is a nightmare.
Stupid is as stupid does. Long covid brain fog will just make the antivaxxers even more stupid each time they get reinfectedLOL
I just saw this:
Bomb threat to the wrong Ottawa by U.S. man opposed to Canada's mask mandate
The suspect searched for 'Ottawa Police Department' and phoned the force in Ottawa, Ohionationalpost.com
seriously, you can't make this stuff up.
Yeah, how these dumbasses don't understand this is beyond me.Truckers fucking with delivery of consumer goods actually increases inflation.
Because, like a child, they go through their entire life not understanding how the world around them operates. Like a child, they complain at the slightest change in their routine, or inconvenience. Like a child, they cry if their toys get taken away, if they are held accountable for their actions, or if they're given responsibility beyond the amount they want for themselves. They're fucking children and nobody is willing to parent them.Yeah, how these dumbasses don't understand this is beyond me.