[pp.int.general] Big Brother in NL?

[Reinier Bakels]

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>>> REINIER B. BAKELS PhD LL.M. MSc
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From: "jaromil" <jaromil at dyne.org>
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>> I  would not mind  if the  state monitored  all movements  of trucks
>> belonging to companies that aren't very small, in order to tax them.
>
> there  are quite  some labour  issues  involved behind  this issue,  a
> recent documentary shown on  italian television (Report) has shown the
> connection between  mortality rate of  people in street  accidents and
> the  common behavior  of truck  drivers  to run  longer shifts  (while
> recording different timings) because  the goods would be undeliverable
> otherwise.
Contradictory points:
1. Unless strictly monitored, truck drives make too long hours and drive too 
fast. Transporation is a highly competitive marginal business so they do 
everything they can to cut cost. As you say, the public road safety is at 
risk.
2. There has been talk about monitoring trucks for a long time, not for road 
princing, but to build advanced logistics systems. Managers like to know 
where trucks are. Truck drivers oppose: they can no longer visit a secret 
girl friend (boy friend, for female drivers) when they are on the rtoad 
without being noticed. Why does one become truck drive? Not for the money, 
but for the freedom ....
reinier