65+ Law have change

Well with with 3 years under your belt, that makes you qualified to comment on other commercial drivers who are in there late 60'S, with 20 to 40 years of experience OTR? Id hire them over you to drive my truck simply because of your attitude.

 

can I thank ya more than once? crankit?

 

call me old fashion,,,,, but i wud rather hire a 65 year old 40 year experienced than 3 year know it all rookie .. with an attitude.... !!!
again .. you can see the me, me me me , come out with a dumb comment like "clog up opportunities for young people? maybe your mother thinks that your "special" we dont.. grow up !!! you disrespectful child....

 

Oh my look at the seniors get their dander up!

Do I have to drive otr 20 years to be good driver? What a joke I did 5 years with a 38 ft straight truck delivering in downtown city cores accident free and I bet few otr highway runners would take that kind of day to day stress.
And yes I call them clogs. After 3 years in the patch I have little respect for the skills of a guy with 20 to 40 years driving dock to dock on highways ... They usually end up nicknamed "rollovers" out where I work.
I have no problem with a guy who is 65 and wants to run his retirement truck but guys who want to keep company driving almost to their 70's??? Really? Is this a good idea for ANYONE??????

 

Actually longer than that, i switched careers. But really that's not important.
My issue is still not answred and it is NOT like an electrician at all. What benefits do we get by allowing drivers to hold a cdl until 70 or further?? It is absurd as 40 to 50 years of safe driving experience is irrelevant as it all took place while you were not semi geriatric!!

 

Well for one thing it helps keep know-it -all rookies off the road and up in the "patch".

 

yur joking right??? just yanking our chain.... and we almost fell for it..!!!!

what gave you up was.... "i switched careers" please tell us what your "previous career was " cant wait for that!! now dont bs us .. which was it...
mgr. at macdonalds or timmys ??? i actually know quite a few of those... and the reasons.... ( stress level to high in the corporate world...too much travelling on private jets... lousy food at those 5 star hotels... jet lag flying all over the world) so lets go and set those dumb ##### in the trucking world... great try lollll

 

Under a free and democratic society, this fool has expressed his opinion as he is entitled to. Just remember that opinions are like A_ _ H_ _ _ _, everybody has one. Now back to the Cabbage Patch Junior.

 

Wow.
My career change was from faller to trucking groceries then working in the patch. No timmies so your sense of smug superiority can sniff my arse.

As to staying in the patch pfft happily earn 70k a year and sleep with my wife every night. Think about that while your out for weeks at a time at .48 a mile and someone else is sleeping with yours.

And for all the shots at me nobody has said once why we need 70 year olds driving rigs still instead of 20 year old drivers trying to get a foot in the door.