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I'm a long-haul owner-operator, I drive a perfectly good working
'06 Volvo Truck that you guys want me to practically give away just
to comply with these new regulations. In addition to that,
upgrading to newer equipment is not as easy as it may seem to you.
It will be a great financial burden for a lot of us that do not
have the resources big companies do, with rates ridiculously and 
sometimes offensively low that some brokers practically want you to
haul freight for free and higher maintenance costs. Some colleagues
that went through a lot just to comply are also frustrated because
they think we are being rewarded for ignoring the regulations, but
it is not that we are simply ignoring them we are trying to comply
but we need more time, at least a couple more years. We all know
that eventually we all have to get newer equipment, the time will
come. The State of California will also loose a lot of revenue from
people and businesses that would not be able to renew their
registration because they are not in compliance by July 1, 2014. We
would loose our jobs/businesses and be forced to take public
assistance & I do not want that. I do not want to be dependent on
the government.