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Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.

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  • propublica@newsie.socialP propublica@newsie.social

    Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.

    Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

    #News #Georgia #Congress #Immigration #Trucks #Transportation #Driving

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    @ProPublica

    #uspolitics #democracy

    while we still can

    https://vote.gov/register
    Voter registration deadlines vary by state and territory.
    Once you register, you can vote in national, state, and local elections.
    CHECK YOU ARE REGISTERED REGULARLY,
    THEN EXERCISE YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND ACTUALLY VOTE!

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    • propublica@newsie.socialP propublica@newsie.social

      Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.

      Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
      https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

      #News #Georgia #Congress #Immigration #Trucks #Transportation #Driving

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      @ProPublica

      What about Canadians?

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      • p__x@mastodon.socialP p__x@mastodon.social

        @ProPublica "If you cant read english traffic signs?" US traffic signs in the meantime:

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        Still way too much language in there. Have a look at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Signs_and_Signals, "dear" USA!

        @P__X @ProPublica

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        • propublica@newsie.socialP propublica@newsie.social

          Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.

          Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
          https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

          #News #Georgia #Congress #Immigration #Trucks #Transportation #Driving

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          @ProPublica note: delete everything after the ? on URLs, that is tracking!!! Or does privicy mean nothing???

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          • antipode77@mastodon.nlA antipode77@mastodon.nl

            @soviut @ProPublica

            One of those incredibly loooooooooong freight trains, because profit maximising is the one priority trumping EVERYTHING.

            First we need to set an upper boundary on train lengths.

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            @antipode77 @soviut @ProPublica

            But long trains are the best, especially when your house is on one side of the tracks and the local hospital or school or your workplace is on the other.

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            • pomegranate_stew@kind.socialP pomegranate_stew@kind.social

              @antipode77 @soviut @ProPublica

              But long trains are the best, especially when your house is on one side of the tracks and the local hospital or school or your workplace is on the other.

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              @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @soviut @ProPublica or when it's full of improperly marked hazardous substances

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              • libramoon@mastodon.socialL libramoon@mastodon.social

                @ProPublica

                #uspolitics #democracy

                while we still can

                https://vote.gov/register
                Voter registration deadlines vary by state and territory.
                Once you register, you can vote in national, state, and local elections.
                CHECK YOU ARE REGISTERED REGULARLY,
                THEN EXERCISE YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND ACTUALLY VOTE!

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                @libramoon @ProPublica if they let you*

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                • propublica@newsie.socialP propublica@newsie.social

                  Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.

                  Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
                  https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

                  #News #Georgia #Congress #Immigration #Trucks #Transportation #Driving

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                  @ProPublica The whole industry is in a horrendous state. My info may be a few years out of date, but the turnover in truckers is enormous--it even exceeded 100% at one point (lots of retirements, etc. that weren't offset by new drivers.)

                  About half of truckers on the road have less than one year experience. That should change your expectations of driving near semis!

                  Many new drivers receive negative paychecks, since the cost of the their shiny new rig outweighs what they earn through driving.

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                  • wonka@chaos.socialW wonka@chaos.social

                    Still way too much language in there. Have a look at the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Signs_and_Signals, "dear" USA!

                    @P__X @ProPublica

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                    @wonka @ProPublica Lemme translate from US Fascist to Normal Human Language: they feel that it's impolite to say straight up bigoted things like "immigrants are the cause of all problems in America". So they think it's much more palatable to say stupider shit like "one has to be a citizen to be able to "read" traffic signs".

                    It's similar to when someone's dumping their bf/gf because they're overweight, but since it would look shallow, they say it's because of their busy online gaming schedule

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                    • linza@kamu.socialL linza@kamu.social

                      @libramoon @ProPublica if they let you*

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                      @Linza @ProPublica

                      have you encountered difficulties?

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                      • libramoon@mastodon.socialL libramoon@mastodon.social

                        @Linza @ProPublica

                        have you encountered difficulties?

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                        @libramoon @ProPublica Yes, for ten years.

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                        • pomegranate_stew@kind.socialP pomegranate_stew@kind.social

                          @antipode77 @soviut @ProPublica

                          But long trains are the best, especially when your house is on one side of the tracks and the local hospital or school or your workplace is on the other.

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                          @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @ProPublica This is so car-pilled. There are solutions for getting past train tracks; don't build level crossings!

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                          • linza@kamu.socialL linza@kamu.social

                            @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @soviut @ProPublica or when it's full of improperly marked hazardous substances

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                            @Linza @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @ProPublica You're right; put those on the roads instead.

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                            • soviut@hachyderm.ioS soviut@hachyderm.io

                              @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @ProPublica This is so car-pilled. There are solutions for getting past train tracks; don't build level crossings!

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                              @soviut @antipode77 @ProPublica
                              It’s small town Midwest US life. My hometown, around 5000 people, has tracks directly through the center that have been there for over 100 years. They don’t have the money to even build pedestrian bridges over the tracks.

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                                @soviut @antipode77 @ProPublica
                                It’s small town Midwest US life. My hometown, around 5000 people, has tracks directly through the center that have been there for over 100 years. They don’t have the money to even build pedestrian bridges over the tracks.

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                                @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @ProPublica Your town got hosed. It had a direct rail line and still only has 5000 people in it? Sounds like it got gutted by the interstates. Remember that; cars ruin cities. Asphalt is expensive to maintain, has terrible drainage issues and is destroyed by heavy trucks that could have been delivered literally straight to your town via rail.

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                                • soviut@hachyderm.ioS soviut@hachyderm.io

                                  @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @ProPublica Your town got hosed. It had a direct rail line and still only has 5000 people in it? Sounds like it got gutted by the interstates. Remember that; cars ruin cities. Asphalt is expensive to maintain, has terrible drainage issues and is destroyed by heavy trucks that could have been delivered literally straight to your town via rail.

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                                  @soviut
                                  It was incorporated in the 1870s. It’s a small town in the Midwest, just like thousands of other small towns which also have railroad tracks through them. Believe me, no one there would consider themselves “hosed”. They enjoy living in a small town. I don’t, which is why I don’t live there.

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                                  • soviut@hachyderm.ioS soviut@hachyderm.io

                                    @Linza @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @ProPublica You're right; put those on the roads instead.

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                                    @soviut @pomegranate_stew @antipode77 @ProPublica You know that's not what we meant. Your response is particularly useless and you're going in the block pile.

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