Wurzl@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoUS will allow truckers to drive 16 hours per day instead of the previous limit of 14 hourswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square157fedilinkarrow-up1605arrow-down15
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minus-squareblack0ut@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 hours agoWell, if they don’t eat, shower, take a walk or rest, never clean their clothes, do any chores or have free time, they can still sleep for ~7h after they park the truck and make sure the load is still secured. That’s totally not slavery!
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThat’s the cool part. You never could get those things. So don’t think this is anything new. Source: In my youth, I was dumb enough to drive for a few years, but I was never stupid enough to own one…
Well, if they don’t eat, shower, take a walk or rest, never clean their clothes, do any chores or have free time, they can still sleep for ~7h after they park the truck and make sure the load is still secured.
That’s totally not slavery!
That’s the cool part. You never could get those things. So don’t think this is anything new.
Source: In my youth, I was dumb enough to drive for a few years, but I was never stupid enough to own one…