Crowded City Turns

not even close buddy. but thanks.

5 years experience when i started driving at 20 years old, stopped when I was 25, and now I am married and 31 years old and have been way out of the game for a while, and had some questions. When i was 20-25 i was a youngin that did not really think about safety as much as i do now as i am older with a family.

you are completley wrong about me and my questions.

5 years of driving doesnt make me an expert by any means, im looking for opinions from people who have had alot of experience. anyone who has driven for 5 years, 3 years, whatever...and feel confident and or ####y about their driving their knowledge are the ones who let their gaurd down and have accidents...just my opinion.

my backround: obtained my cdl from coca cola when I was 20ish in alsip il, began driving for them for 6 months and left due to 40 stops a day. most of my experience is with cpc logistics driving for walgreens, and nuway.

 

city driving is such a pain, ya got the bike messangers, and in chicago what i really really get annoyed with is the CTA which is the constant running of buses that crowd the street every direction. in the summer you get the kids on the crotch rockets and 3 times the amount of people walking around.

my issue with local companies was sending me out all the time in 53 ft trailers that were not fully loaded when we had 45 ft trailers just sitting in the yard looking pretty, it would have made it so much easier. I continue to see local companies sending their drivers in the city with 53 ft trailers. I am trying to find a job right now for local p&d and looking at the equipment i wonder why some companies dont use more 45 ft trailers or even pups.

 

thank you.

nah i dont let anyone bother me, it is the internet ya know.

i think il feel better once i get the dust off of me and start to drive again, i think that is what has been weighing me down a bit.

 

thanks injun, i am one of those people who have seen drivers get taken to the cleaners and it is unfortunate. For me and my question in this thread it kind is on the same topic that you are actually describing, im more concerned that it might happen to me, and i worry about what it would do to me and my family. that is the reason for the thread, so you were right to some degree just i am the one who is concerned about being a victim of the flashy lawyers going for me.

As i look at this forum there are so many people on here it is incredible, so I can understand you have seen people post trying to get info on drivers....so i do understand why you were thinking what you were thinking. im not mad at ya just wanted to clear the air.