I think the interstates should be open only to 18-wheelers. They are doing their job. Everyone else should get out of the way and take the scenic route. Without them, you would go to the grocery store and gas station and there wouldn't be anything there for you to buy. That house or apartment you live in couldn't be built without them. And they are not allowed to drive 15 hours at a time. Call any Texas DPS office and ask.

I know this is a controversial topic for a lot of people. My grandfather owned a transport business in southern California and my uncle is still a truck driver while his wife is a dispatcher. Regulation is the answer. We are safer with 18-wheelers on the road today than we were ten years ago thanks to rules limiting consecutive hours of driving, GPS systems that track speed and movement, and issues of liability. You better believe that truckers know that they are operating death traps and I should hope they take the responsibility seriously. We need big rigs, but we also need to be allowed to use the roads we (as taxpayers) pay for. The public needs to be educated on how to drive with big rigs on the road. I am sure that we can survive if we can learn to coexist.