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Truckers Upset * USA - As New York Governor bans trash haulers from back roads
"They continue to punish the truckers who are the backbone of this country”
New York,NY,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Clarissa Kell-Holland -May 13, 2008: -- New York trash haulers struggling to eke out a living as high fuel prices continue to punish their bottom lines have been dealt another blow – this time by Gov. David Paterson... The new regulations will require trash haulers to use the New York Thruway and other highways, while municipal and state police will patrol these back roads. According to the regulations, companies who fail to comply will be fined... OOIDA member Lou Esposito of Duanesburg, NY, who admits he travels the back roads as much as possible to avoid costly tolls on the New York Thruway, said the governor’s plan boils down to one thing – money... Esposito said he uses the New York Thruway once a week to deliver a time-sensitive load, but that’s about the only time he pays tolls... Trucker Dale Stevens, a Skaneateles native, said he is opposed to the governor’s decision to ban trash trucks from taking the back roads through towns in the Finger Lakes region... Stevens said it just doesn’t make sense to him that some lawmakers in his state are focusing on banning trucks from back roads at a time when the fuel crisis in this country is forcing small-business truckers out of business because they can’t afford to operate any longer... OOIDA member Charlie Claburn of Hudson Falls, NY, who hauls trash into the landfill at Seneca Meadows in Waterloo every day, said the governor’s decision to ban trash haulers from using back roads will be an enormous financial burden on owner-operators...
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