Is that a woman behind the wheel?

rookietrucker · Jul 11, 2009

Is that a woman behind the wheel?

Years ago, seeing a woman driving a big truck was a head-turner. I started trucking in Arizona in 1979 for Highway Distribution Service. The owner then was George Prall, and hes now deceased. He changed my life when he acknowledged me as an individual rather than a subservient.

He actually teamed me up with another single woman 20 years my junior, Chris, and named us Georgies Girls. He knew he would take a lot of flak from all of his men drivers. His exact words were: If I can keep you South (out of the snow) and if you promise to call me at least three times a day whether you think you need to or not, Ill bet I can make one half-assed trucker out of the two of you! A team of two women not a husband/wife team was unheard of.

His policy was unique in another way, too. Which one of a team is the first driver? Answer: the one behind the wheel. Our whole experience made for two #### good solo truckers.

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notahappycamper · Jul 23, 2009

When I started driving truck OTR back in 1996, I got looked at as if I had two heads. lol!

tatnymph66 · Feb 8, 2010

it's a shame that company went to hell....

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