TRUCKS REGULATIONS * USA - Task force won't back down
New York,NY,USA -cnykink, Miranda L. Pennock -11 Dec 2008: -- There is no backing down now... That message was clear on Thursday when the Upstate New York Safety Coalition Task Force met at the Skaneateles Village Hall... According to Chuck Murphy, legislative aide for Sen. John DeFrancisco’s office, Vinny Gramuglia of the Mohawk Valley Citizens and Truckers Unite called him the Tuesday following the Black Friday truck protest throughout the Finger Lakes and asked if the task force and legislative representatives were ready to back down... “No, we are not going to back off our support for the regulations,” Murphy said. “These things were not made by the senator. They were an executive order by the governor”... Throughout the weeks since the truck demonstration on Route 20, members of the task force have continued looking over the state Department of Transportation’s draft regulations that ultimately restrict long haul tractor trailers from driving on seven specific state highways. The regulations do not affect local trucks or deliveries, one aspect of the law the task force feels area truckers have been misinformed about...
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