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Computers & Cell Phones * USA - Truckers Worried About Government Involvement in Communication Rules
Computers and cell phones have usurped CB, or citizens band radio, creating efficiencies in the trucking industry that save time and money
Lakeland,FL,USA -THE LEDGER, by Eric Pera -September 29: ... The new technology has come under assault by critics who argue that truckers are no different from the rest of the motoring public when it comes to distractions from cell phones and other portable communication devices... Parties on both sides of the debate will convene in Washington today to address the need for federal legislation that would distinguish devices that are safe from those that should be banned... A focus of the talks, hosted by the Transportation Department, is the use of computers and satellite systems that have been adapted for use in the cabs of tractor-trailer rigs... Marion Hampton, an owner/operator parked Tuesday morning at a roadside truck stop near Auburndale, said more laws aren't the answer; common sense should rule... Hampton, a burly cross-country trucker who keeps a laptop computer in his cab for e-mails and instruction from his primary employer, a frozen seafood supplier, said the wireless technology is much safer than hand-held phones... (Photo by PIERRE DUCHARME - THE LEDGER - Marion Hampton, Hampton Transport Services in Austell, Georgia, at a truck stop off of I-4 in Auburndale, Florida, on September 29, 2009)Labels: techno discussions
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