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I think this is a bad idea. CARB has already laid down the law as
to what us carriers are supposed to do to be compliant. So we spend
a lot of money and time as well as resources to pull this off, and
you decide to extend the rules out to very people who ignored your
regulations. They are not going to ever get compliant. Now, those
of us that followed the rules and became compliant, are not going
to be able to raise our rates that were going to pay for the
investment we had to do to be compliant with the new CARB
regulations. Our economy is based on supply and demand, and with
the new CARB regulations, this would create a supply issue that
would allow us to raise our rates to pay for your rules. Now I
won't be able to raise my rates and pay for all of this new
technology you made us get. You go thru with this decision, and the
very people that complied may go out of business trying to make the
payments on this new equipment. We qualify for four new trucks
under the Prop 1B funding program, and now I can't afford to do it
because you are going to change your rules to accommodate the very
people that ignored your regulations in the first place. I will now
not be going thru with my four new trucks thru Prop 1B now because
you are going to let these people continue to operate. I won't be
able to raise my rates to pay for this new equipment. I simply will
not be able to afford to stick my financial neck out there, and run
myself out of business. This is defeating the purpose and direction
of which CARB intended it to be. It simply makes no sense. I feel
like I am a yo-yo on a string and CARB is the head yo-yo in charge
that is making these absurd decisions. Make up your mind people and
stick with a program. If I ran my business the way you run yours, I
would have been out of business by now. I wish common sense was
more common in your industry.