How many Million Milers do we have?

Started trucking in 1957 hauling bulls for 6 cpm driving a 1953 cornbinder with a 501 Red Diamond gas burner..Had one accident ( in the fog ) at Exit 24 on The New York Thruway on September 22 1963...There was a Mobil gas tanker...A Gorea Trucking pulling double freight boxes ....A 1959 Chevy four door and me...Diamond T cabover pulling a 46 foot bull rack....The driver of the Chevy was killed and my truck was on top of the part that wasn't shoved under the gas tanker..Up 'till that time...I had received MANY high speed driving awards from various police departments around the country...From that day until I retired on July 3 2002....I had one ( 1 ) more ticket and no accidents...From 1965 'till I retired ...I had a Teamster job..first hauling milk and then the most part I was a carhauler....I have no idea how many miles ...but a lot...Every year with United Transports and Jack Cooper ( They bought United ) I got a safe driving patch...I was chatting with an old friend who owned Carlton and Stubing Trucking ( we had known each other since the fifties ) and he figured each of us had driven around five and a half million

 

I am pushing the 4 million mark, with 1 no fault accident, and a couple of speeding tickets, both in speed zones. Whether I actually hit the 4 million miles will remain to be seen, as I'm thinking about getting out within the next year, if not, sooner. I've had enough.
After 32 years of marriage, to the same woman, my wife wants me home. I think she still likes me.

 

About 3 million ten years ago. I've slowed way down since then, so maybe only another million since.

2 accidents, both from 4 wheelers running into me.
Tickets? I could probably retire if I had all the money I've paid in fines.

For those that claim those of us with speeding tickets aren't safe, unless you were driving for Schneider or J.B. Hunt 30 years ago when their trucks were governed at 55, you know as well as I do the speed limit wasn't even a suggestion once we had half a dozen trucks or so running together. So we got caught a few times. That makes us unsafe? Get real. I can still handle a truck at over 100 mph better than most people can handle their car at 65 mph.

 

somewhere past the 2m mark, never kept to much track of it since it matters non to me

 

Approx 1.5 since 97. Trucking benn very very good to me but i'm getting out.

 

1.7 million over 22 years. 1977 to1999. 6 of that local in cement mixer. Not many miles there. A few accidents. Low speed rear ender. Fatigued didn't check trailer brakes. Jack-knife on glare ice-fatigued. High speed rear ender-fell asleep. Side swipe on bridge-blinded by AM sun & fatigued. Early yers-was FOOL! used Mexican overdrive ALLOT. Lucky I didn't kill or injure somebody.

 

After 33 years too many miles to count. Last speeding ticket 1983, last log book ticket 1988. Last accident 1979. Have only worked for 3 companies and one individual.

 

My father has been driving for about 28 years, has just under 3million miles. 1 preventable accident back in 2001, but nothing life changing. Kudos to every great driver out there. Keep on truckin

 

I've been drivin since Feb. 99. I haven't recorded my miles every year but while working with one employer I averaged 145k per year for 6.5 years. So , after 12+ years total I think I qualify for a million miler. No accidents, no tickets except overweight.

 

Who you thinking of driving for?