Talk:Motor Carrier Act of 1980

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the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, did have the effect of increasing the number of firms involved in trucking. However, the larger firms were able to cut costs on maintenence and wages, forcing a lot of independant truckers out of the buisness. The larger firms then maintained the de-emphsis on maintenence and working their truckers longer hours, resulting in many more accidents on the road.and therefore rule of dirving for 11hrs was implemented, which state that the diver's can only drive thier turck for only 11 hrs per day. and can restart the work after 8 hrs break.

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The edits of 10/15/07 the start date of the series of transport dereg initiatives to 1976 (The Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 contained provisions designed to start opening up rail competition, but these had limited effect until the Interstate Commerce Commission's membership was changed later in the decade. The Staggers Act of 1980, which included workable contract rate provisions, opened up rail market price and service competiton to a much greater extent.)

The edits add a bit to the description of elements of the Act, as implemented, which opened up price competition in trucking.

In addition, the edits add a paragraph on the political process leading up to the Motor Carrier Act, citing two books which described this process, one by Derthik and Quirk, published by the University of Chicago Press, and one by Dorothy Robyn, published by the Brookings Institution. I will not comment on the Springerlink comments in detail, as I understand this talk section is intended to address page changes rather than the substance of what happened in the world. Understand the expressed concern, but have seen no documented studies which could be cited showing this concern was actually realized. Ordermaven 22:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)