EOBR Mandate Awaiting House GOP Approval

Posted on March 20, 2012 
Filed Under HORROR STORIES, HOURS OF SERVICE, IN THE NEWS, POLITICS

Last week, the Senate passed a bill which will spend $109 billion on roads and highways over the next 2 years. In this bill, which passed 74-22, the Senate attached a mandate which will force everyone to get Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) in their trucks.

The bill now moves to the House. If the House approves the Senate version of the bill, it becomes law, and EOBRs will be mandated for everyone. Normally, I would say, no problem, the Tea Party GOP freshman have got my back. There is no way they are going to let this massive, expensive, burdensome regulation become law. Remember, the EOBR mandate was one of Obama’s Top 7 most expensive regulations, which was identified to Speaker Boehner in August, 2011.

But do they have my back? For one thing, the vast majority of the GOP representatives probably don’t even know this huge regulation is in the bill. Secondly, the House, and the Speaker are under enormous pressure by the Government Media to pass this bill, which will save the economy. Note: this bill will do nothing to save the economy. All it will do is spend another $109 billion of our children’s money.

Finally, the American Trucking Association (ATA) is pushing for the EOBR mandate, because they believe it will give them an economic advantage over the small truckers. So, on the one hand, you have the Government Media, the “safety” advocacy groups, the Teamsters, the Democrats, the FMCSA, and the ATA. On the other hand, you have small business. As Bob Dylan said, “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”.

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