Comment on US will allow truckers to drive 16 hours per day instead of the previous limit of 14 hours

supernicepojo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don't think most people understand how that will affect them.

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  • DaveyRocket@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    After being unable to convince anyone of anything that was going to happen and change even one mind, my only joy is watching them suffer the results of their shitty choices. My next high is schedule for next year when everyone scratches their head on why the governemt needs to double the national deficit to bail out Dario and Sam.

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    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Now that’s no reason to give up. After COVID his, I had a coworker that was anti-vaccine, and she talked to me about it, because she assumed I was as well. I had mentioned something about how whenever I accidentally drop food on the floor, I eat it as a challenge to my immune system. She expected that that thought carried over to vaccine hesitancy. I later sent her an e-mail telling her that my trick of challenging my immune system, was exactly what vaccines were. Then dove into what vaccines actually are and how they work. She later thanked me, and said that I helped her and her husband finally go and get their shots. It was real cool.

      So, sometimes, if you approach it the right way, you can still change peoples minds.

      Not like I’m an expert though, I’m still running into a brick wall of willful ignorance every time I try to engage with my trump loving parents 🙄

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      • DaveyRocket@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Here’s the thing, Fox News outspends me all the money to none. I just don’t have a shot in hell. Also, I’m the one that has to think up factual arguments while the other side is comfortable screaming crazy racist shit if they think no one is looking. I’d rather talk to allies and push them to greater action than waste another minute detangling the conservative mind.

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    • edible_funk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I hope they all die violent deaths.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well they won’t change how they vote, IMO.

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• TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is Elmo’s electric truck ready yet?

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Volvo’s is.

    www.volvotrucks.com/en-en/trucks/electric.html

    Ford and GM canceled their electric delivery vans though. Perfect timing!

    insideevs.com/…/gm-brightdrop-production-ending-2…

    fordauthority.com/…/ford-ev-van-also-cancelled-ne…

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    • Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      American car manufacturers are terrified of having to compete with Chinese EVs, so they’re not even going to make them at all.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      International is doing electric trucks too

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  • nomecks@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Best I can offer is a Canadian diesel electric hybrid.

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    • AmyAye@nord.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bah, we don’t need to Commiedian Hybrid nonsense, we’re MURRICA. We will just conquer Commieda and take their oil to lower prices!

      /s

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  • 3abas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Has been on the road for years and they’re expanding to Europe next year… Nothing close to original promised specs, but there’s videos on YouTube just asking their drivers what they think, they mostly like them.

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    • timochka@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Europe has had electric trucks from Volvo, Mercedes, MAN and Freightliner for years; forgive us if we’re not overly excited about the arrival of that ugly ass PoS…

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      • 3abas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I didn’t defend or promote it as a good thing, I just stated a fact. Pretending like it doesn’t exist just because you don’t like it or pedo-nazi Elmo doesn’t change the fact that it does…

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It has the full self driving working right?

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    • TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You know that scene in Logan with all the autonomous trucks driving around? That’s what it’s gonna be like.

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• DupaCycki@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not to worry. We can always increase the limit to 24 hours per day, and make them drag the trailers with a bicycle.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We can just import more meth from the drug boats we blew up.

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fun fact: it’s definitely not going to slow. It’s about to get even worse. Unless of course the government decides to subsidize the hell out of diesel to make it cheaper.

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• FundMECFS@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We’ve got to remove private monopolies on rail lines so freight rail can be used efficiently as a major alternative to trucking.

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