Well I'm not new here and as long as I have been here I never see this :sad:
So a little about me, My name is Anna and I am 35 and a single mother of a soon to be 17 yr old son, I live in the Southeastern part of Ohio, I have 5 Ferrets and 1 cat and the only sports I like to watch is Bull Riding if I ever turn the tv on. BUT I have to SUFFER through High School sports, and am hoping to get started in truck driving school soon.

 

Greetings and standing ovations. Hello, I'm Terry (pauses for the addicts to reply in kind) and I too am a driver, thank you for having me and giving me this opportunity to confront my problems.
Actually i probably shouldn't call myself a driver just yet, i drove for CR England in 2003 for about eight months before I thought I fell in love and ran off to Indiana. Only to run back home two weeks later with a new understanding of horror.
I drove for US Xpress for about a week, at the end of which i felt like burning their truck to the ground and rebelling fellow drivers to take control of their headquarters and beat them with bats made from silly putty.
I worked off and on since then but never in a truck. Am currently in talks with CR England to go back to work for them starting next month (May). I miss England and the truck they had me in, I complained alot as a worm but am looking to reinvent myself anew. And carry some gloves this time.
I'm 26 years stupid and probably more smart ass than is smart to be. But i blame my mother for such things, all my other faults I blame on my father. See, I am young enough to get away with that psychological stuff, so you better believe I'm going to use it. Just kidding.
anyway, I'm a California kid, no wife no brats. but looking to change that soon.

 

I am on a "mission" that is to let the truckers know there is a non profit organization formed to represent the consumer affected by the smoking bans. It is FORCES, web site http://www.forces.org
We are an International organization, so it doesn't matter where you are at.

I am Secretary for the International Board of Directors and have a Chapter in West Virginia.

Please feel free to contact me.

Only by organization, like the NRA and AARP - can we have the political clout to stop what is happening.

I am happily married, have 3 children, 11 grandchildren - the last time I was behind the wheel (many, many years ago) I drove for "Mellow Yellow" in Oregon so he could get home for Thanksgiving. I am not, nor have I ever been a professional driver, but as a farm girl, I can drive most anything.

 

Whats wrong with smoking bans?

 

Question: Why is there No Need for local government to regulate tobacco smoke?

Answer: OSHA already does.


0.5 milligrams (expressed as a decimal 0.0005g/cu. M.) is the OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) of nicotine (secondhand smoke)

3.3 micrograms (expressed as a decimal 0.0000033g/cu. M) is the actual measured median level of nicotine (secondhand smoke) by St. Louis Park, MN Environmental Health Department (the first ever publicized air quality test results of bar / restaurant secondhand smoke in the nation)



Sutton, WV - Local Health Department bans of secondhand smoke, when the average tested concentration is 150 times below (safer than) OSHA permissible exposure limits, gives precedence that local Health Departments will have to come up with their own permissible exposure limits on thousands of workplace hazards.

An example, airborne chromium levels in stainless steel welding smoke need to be reset by local Health Departments since the OSHA permissible exposure limit is 1.0 milligram per cubic meter, if local Health Departments are going to override OSHA (pel) for chromium to the same standards of secondhand smoke they need to now regulate airborne chromium permissible exposure limits to 0.0067 milligrams per cu. meter.

And of course it doesn't stop there, there are thousands of regulated workplace substances which; to be consistent with the secondhand smoke level you've deemed hazardous; will all need to be reset to 150 times below the current OSHA permissible exposure limits.

In other words if smoking in buildings open to the public, or that have employees is banned by your local Health Department even though it has been measured to be 150 times safer than OSHA (pel), then the public should move for a regulation that all OSHA hazardous substances be regulated, in their local jurisdiction by their local Health Department, at levels 150 times below OSHA regulations for each & every substance on the Federal Standards List compiled by OSHA.

If not done in a consistent manner the courts will see through their arbitrary levels and deem their practice improper and unfair.

And businesses & individuals which suffered financial losses will be due compensation

 

that wasnt really my question.. but kudos for answering something

 

Smoking bans in Restaurants-bars-etc are Unconstitutional--These places fall under Private Property Rights and the Owner, according to the Constitution, can allow or not allow smoking--GOVERNMENT can't-It falls under a "Taking" which is against the 5th Amendment under private property rights.

 

The owner of the bar or restraunt should decided whether or not they want smoking in their place and if they do and you don't want to be around people who smoke go find somewher els to drink or eat.

My name is Douglas Bothern live in Bear Grass North Carolina hapilly maried with 3 kids also owner of Bothern Transportation.

 

Good point, thanks for answering my question. I don't really care who smokes or where they do it, but if they blow smoke in my face im spitting a stream of coppenhagen on their shirt

 

They call me Tater,just waveing a hand at ya'll from Gods Country !

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