Lady trucker counts the miles

Unfortunately that's the way it is. People get complacent and get distracted, they're already breaking the law so there's not much you can do about it. There's a lot of dumb people out there and you just have to be aware of them and keep a safe distance. A similar scenario is riding a motorcycle but in this situation you're the one potentially getting murdered by the machines. I tell people when I'm on the bike I have to act like I'm invisible, I don't assume no one can see me, I KNOW no one can see me. That same mentality applies to any vehicle you drive.

 

I totally agree, I know a driver who brags about watching Netflix while driving. I told him the first thing a defense attorney will do if he’s involved in a wreck (even if he’s not at fault) is subpoena his phone records. If they see that he was driving while streaming Netflix on his phone at anytime. It will show a pattern of distracted dangerous driving, and a jury will convict him for negligence. Unfortunately most drivers out here anymore are so unprofessional, it’s pathetic.

 

I myself always wondered how they get away with it. Or, do we actually have that many drivers out there that are so new they haven't gotten caught yet? When in the coup, do they make the scale man wait until the scene is finished on Netflix before they pull up. LOL

 

Sad to say the professionalism of yesterday is gone .
Bag lady's dress as well as some drivers now .
Buttt and I'm not kidding when I pulled into the pilot at stratford tx this afternoon there was a clean cut black gentalmen waxing his swift company truck ...I bet that man is a good driver too !

 

I use a handsfree bodycamera clipped to my hat and film my driving like it is a dashcam except it is on my head and have caught tons of professional commercial drivers using their cell phones while driving . But overwhelmingly I have caught a ton of hate for doing it from other professional commercial drivers who call me a snitch, threaten me with bodily harm and threaten to key up my truck if they see it in the truck stop. So overall truckers really don't care what other truckers are out there killing the public while being on the phone. I warn them that the DOT will come up with a solution like mandating driver facing cameras in all commercial vehicles and/or cell phone blocking technology into the ELD whenever the unit is in Drive mode.

 

huhuhuhu get a life!!

 

One of the ones that always stuck with me was the chic in the Volvo passing me doing about 75 with her legs folded up under her.

 

Mind your business. Is worrying yourselves about all of this changing anything? How many inattentive drivers have changed their ways because of your concern for them or whatever you call it?I call it being nosey and the correct answer is zero.instead you're gonna end up like dingaling worrying about your truck getting keyed in the parking lot and bodily harm coming to you. Nobody likes a nosey neighbor. Mind your business before you're own bad habits are exposed.remove the tree limb from your eye before you worry about the splinter in theirs

 

How could one conscientiously live with oneself after witnessing a professional commercial driver holding a cell phone while driving and decided to mind their own business and not report it, and that pro/com driver went on and killed someone?