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Professional truck drivers have a lot of enemies. Many drivers perceive the DOT as one enemy . . . and without question it is the general public who looks at trucking as something that is just in their way: a big, slow 18 wheeler creeping up a hill at 25 MPH, making a huge wide turn that cuts them off, a dirty machine that smells of oil and diesel . . . enemies can even include entire towns or cities that proudly make it known by stating, “Truckers Not Welcome,” such as was the case of Greenwich, Connecticut.

The world of the professional over the road truck driver is a secretive one that few on the outside ever experience. Mainly, the trucker talks and converses with other truckers . . . few else would be able to relate. The nine-to-fiver has no comprehension of how a long haul trucker will run more miles in one year, than they will drive in ten. For those who jump into OTR trucking as a new career . . . statistics prove that most will only last six months. It takes a ton of stamina to be a professional over the road truck driver . . . stamina, that most do not possess.

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Fatigue is " The Truck Driver's Worst Enemy" IMO
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definately fatigue, and the poor excuse for food out here. reminds me i need to buy some gas-x
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Read the article.....it has nothing to do with fatique !!!!!!!!!
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definately fatigue, and the poor excuse for food out here. reminds me i need to buy some gas-x
ummm, ummmm, fatigue gives you gas ?
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Great article and it's dead on accurate too unfortunately.
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Good article. I wonder how many will actually read it, and of those that do read it, how many will really think about what the author is telling us.
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very good article my friend and right on the money, many thanks .southernpride
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