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Topic	Bernie Sanders introduces legislation for 32 hour work week
Colonel_Lingus 03/19/24 2:10:13 PM #55:	adjl posted... Reducing truck driver hours would probably necessitate a paradigm shift in how we ship things (namely, moar trains for long hauls, shift to using drivers primarily for shorter trips), but that's still an example of a field where reducing individuals' hours worked will reduce individual productivity because there's no real way to increase productivity per hour by being less tired. Agreed. Truck driving hours are already heavily regulated. I would welcome a reduction in those hours as long as it allowed for me to still do my job and go home every night. Right now if I go over my regulated allowed hours I have to shut my truck down and get a hotel, or jump in the sleeper berth if my truck is equipped with one. Much rather be able to go home and sleep in my own bed and bang my own wife for a change More trains would help. It wouldn't necessarily impact my job in the short-term. There would need to be substantial infrastructure improvements, specifically with rail travel, to have any great effect on my job. Even then, what I do is somewhat specialized in moving people's cars around so I imagine I'd go from picking up and dropping off at dealerships to picking up and dropping off at rail yards and dealerships. But I'd be happy to change careers if it meant the US was moving away from truck-centric freight movement and fossil fuels. The US needs a drastic increase in rail-support to address both freight and commuter needs. Hopefully it occurs in my lifetime. Until then it's easy money for me <cite>Colonel_Lingus posted [p:979452208] in Bernie San... [t:80721506]...</cite> <quote>adjl posted... </cite><quote>Reducing truck driver hours would probably necessitate a paradigm shift in how we ship things (namely, moar trains for long hauls, shift to using drivers primarily for shorter trips), but that's still an example of a field where reducing individuals' hours worked will reduce individual productivity because there's no real way to increase productivity per hour by being less tired.</quote>Agreed. Truck driving hours are already heavily regulated. I would welcome a reduction in those hours as long as it allowed for me to still do my job and go home every night. Right now if I go over my regulated allowed hours I have to shut my truck down and get a hotel, or jump in the sleeper berth if my truck is equipped with one. Much rather be able to go home and sleep in my own bed and bang my own wife for a change More trains would help. It wouldn't necessarily impact my job in the short-term. There would need to be substantial infrastructure improvements, specifically with rail travel, to have any great effect on my job. Even then, what I do is somewhat specialized in moving people's cars around so I imagine I'd go from picking up and dropping off at dealerships to picking up and dropping off at rail yards and dealerships. But I'd be happy to change careers if it meant the US was moving away from truck-centric freight movement and fossil fuels. The US needs a drastic increase in rail-support to address both freight and commuter needs. Hopefully it occurs in my lifetime. Until then it's easy money for me </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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