The U.S. Department of Transportation is cracking down on hundreds of truck-driving schools nationwide, including three in Central Florida, over what federal officials say are safety and training violations. https://t.co/ihba8mP2XW
This government takes zero accountability and continues to place blame and kick the can down the road. With literally the highest retail diesel price on record and it turns into a whataboutism.
Fox & Friends weekend host Charlie Hurt gives Trump credit for record high diesel prices: "Uhhh, they'd be a lot higher if it wasn't for the efforts of the administration"
"When you look at diesel, you have to look at Russia and Ukraine," Duffy replies ๐ฅด
This is false. Donโt look to โDMsโ as a basis of reality when we have access to data. Trucks are โgreen lightedโ thru weigh stations upon entering in all states based on weight of the truck once it passes the sensors/scales and the ISS score.
Prior to entering, weigh in motion (for the states that have it) preliminary determines if a truck needs to be further reviewed based on ISS and truck sensor weight.
The image is inspection volume by state over the past 30 days.
Social media amplifies views and not occurrences. The whole red state vs blue state ridiculous argument doesnโt work in truckingโฆ.
It's full-day official: GasBuddy data shows yesterday's full-day official national average price of diesel at $5.848/gal, setting a record, beating $5.819/gal on June 17, 2022.
I mentioned this several times in the past. The overall consumer economy on one side is feeling the pressure already and retail comps also showed that recently.
6 weeks and a day later, we've hit that milestone. U.S. diesel prices have never been this high. and now the countdown starts for the trickle down to everything consumers buy... record diesel will start funneling down into the economy