Comments on: OOIDA… http://lifeontheroad.com/2009/05/09/ooida/2511.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:57:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Porter Corn http://lifeontheroad.com/2009/05/09/ooida/2511.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3891 Porter Corn Mon, 18 May 2009 18:15:26 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2009/05/09/ooida/2511.html#comment-3891 The latest chest pounding from these ineffectual bozos is they are threatening the FMCSA with a lawsuit if another cross border program or anything regarding Mexican trucks is DISCUSSED at todays MCSAC meeting, which regretfully I missed despite being invited to participate. Customers come first and all that BS, you know. But the question begs to be asked, exactly how many members they do have. Over the past couple of years, they only seem to be able to mobilize a couple of thousand for their silly little "calls to action". The latest chest pounding from these ineffectual bozos is they are threatening the FMCSA with a lawsuit if another cross border program or anything regarding Mexican trucks is DISCUSSED at todays MCSAC meeting, which regretfully I missed despite being invited to participate. Customers come first and all that BS, you know.

But the question begs to be asked, exactly how many members they do have. Over the past couple of years, they only seem to be able to mobilize a couple of thousand for their silly little “calls to action”.

]]> By: Mark Spearman http://lifeontheroad.com/2009/05/09/ooida/2511.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 Mark Spearman Sun, 17 May 2009 06:47:07 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2009/05/09/ooida/2511.html#comment-3880 I was really turned off by them when I seen that there office had no parking for anything other than a bobtail. How is a driver supposed to meet this great organization if they can't get a truck into them? As far as I know, they don't even have a representative at a truck stop office anywhere. Even brokers understand that they need offices that trucks can get into. I don't think I've ever seen an organization I've thought was actually for the truck driver. If one did exist, it would be powerful and effective considering the size of potential membership. Maybe the Internet will one day bring one about, but probably wishful thinking. I was really turned off by them when I seen that there office had no parking for anything other than a bobtail. How is a driver supposed to meet this great organization if they can’t get a truck into them? As far as I know, they don’t even have a representative at a truck stop office anywhere. Even brokers understand that they need offices that trucks can get into.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an organization I’ve thought was actually for the truck driver. If one did exist, it would be powerful and effective considering the size of potential membership. Maybe the Internet will one day bring one about, but probably wishful thinking.

]]> By: Porter Corn http://lifeontheroad.com/2009/05/09/ooida/2511.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3844 Porter Corn Tue, 12 May 2009 01:27:42 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2009/05/09/ooida/2511.html#comment-3844 That's a good write up Marshall, although I wouldn't give them the sweat off the twins for a lifetime membership. They were founded with the best of intentions but somewhere along the line got sidetracked and too full of themselves. Taking credit for things they had little to do with. Take the Mexican truck issue in 2007. They claim, as you say, 160,000 members but in the comments, FMCSA only received a total of 2443 comments, the majority of them opposed not to the program specifically, but to the dastardly idea that we would dare to allow those dirty Mexicans into our country. And the comments, the misspellings and lack of punctuation, as well as the common theme of the comments, Welll.. You get the idea! But good words old fart, from another one! That’s a good write up Marshall, although I wouldn’t give them the sweat off the twins for a lifetime membership.

They were founded with the best of intentions but somewhere along the line got sidetracked and too full of themselves. Taking credit for things they had little to do with.

Take the Mexican truck issue in 2007. They claim, as you say, 160,000 members but in the comments, FMCSA only received a total of 2443 comments, the majority of them opposed not to the program specifically, but to the dastardly idea that we would dare to allow those dirty Mexicans into our country. And the comments, the misspellings and lack of punctuation, as well as the common theme of the comments, Welll.. You get the idea!

But good words old fart, from another one!

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