If you've read my posts here, you prolly know I am not a fan of the Republican Party at this junction, *and* would welcome Bernie Sanders being elected president. But don't confuse me for someone who auromatically supports Democrats or the left. And this HuffPost hit piece on trucking regulations is a perfect example.
Why? Because in an attempt to paint how Congress (cough, cough, the *Republican* controlled Congress) has been negligent regarding trucking safey by referencing two horrific trucking accidents, the author disingenously leaves out how these accidents were *completely* unrelated to the trucking regulations specifically mentioned in the article?
How so? In both cases, the truck drivers who caused those accidents violated rules that are *already* in the book! Adding the rules the article mentions would have done absolutely *nothing* to change the outcome of those accidents.
Here's the article. Read it, research the news stories of these accidents, and tell me if you think you can figure out specifically how the author is pulling the wool over the reader with the accident examples he mentions.
Trucks Are Getting More Dangerous And Drivers Are Falling Asleep At The Wheel. Thank Congress.
The inside story of how the trucking industry and politicians have conspired to make our highways less safe.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/congr...b0a06d58052ee8