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Being a truck safety consultant from Grants Pass Oregon and having
customers in Washington, Oregon and California, I have the
opportunity to talk to a lot of motor carriers about the proposed
CARB regulations.  The following is what I hear from motor carriers
from out of state:

1.  They will quit traveling in California.

2.  They are looking of ways to drop their loads at the     border
with California (reload yards).

3.  They are worried that their states will be dumping grounds for
equipment from California.

As far as my customers in California, most of them are small
companies (mostly in construction) and have older equiment.  There
is the assumption that "old iron is bad" when in reality with the
"BIT" program in California, that "old iron" has to be kept up just
as new trucks are.

To make these small companies comply with the proposed new set of
rules will put 90% of them out of business. The funding isn't there
to assist them if they want to come into compliance and with the
State of California $15,000,000.00 short in their budget, who is
going to help them? Do the math, less trucks on the road, less
vehicle registration fees, fuel taxes, less jobs, who are the real
losers?

I would hope the board would take into consideration our economic
hard times and at the very least consider the alternative set of
rules before you.

We all want cleaner air and less pollution but with the state of
our economy, now is not the time to add any further burden to the
very people who work hard everyday and are trying to survive.

Respectfully Submitted

Wes Curtis, Owner
Commercial Truck Consulting, LLC