I'm looking for a few good hearted drivers

I know this will get a bunch of eyes... But I'm looking for a few good drivers to help on a thread I started to help give a little guidance on a thread I started on the... ??? from new drivers forum... I just spent 4 days in an orientation program... and saw some of the remnants of destruction left by misinformation... I listened and talked to other drivers which led me to want to start something here for newer drivers.... I want a few drivers to give their opinions and perspective ... I'm approaching this from the human perspective of the damage to relationships that can be left behind in this business, and how to find a job in this industry that will give you a decent paycheck and have a strong family interaction... there's a lot of you guys out there who have lived through and understand what you can lose... wouldn't you hope that maybe you could help another man or woman driver not have to make the same mistakes... so they won't hurt or lose their loved ones like some of us may have.... because there wasn't somebody like us... to help us.
It's bad enough that the family unit is already an endangered species.... Ya know what... as I referenced... check out the million miler post and read a recent one from a "Dying Breed"... we all are a dying breed if you've been around... Please treat this as I wanted it to be.... this is what we leave behind us... our legacy... and maybe a few of them will pass the good advice along to the next generation of driver... We've all had a multitude of experiences... this isn't about companies per se... I don't want it to be about companies... I want this to be about the human element... the good and bad about choices that you now see in hindsight... in some way affected your family in a positive or negative way... whether you felt you had no choice and how you'd do it now... and what you think the future is negative and positive.... let's try to steer NOW... not a truck but the young ones who might have a chance to have some control in steering an industry that we loved or hated and became a victim of.

I know there's a bunch of you guys and ladies out there who all have the choices they made different than mine.... I believe my theories and judgements are sound... but I have no doubt that there are lots more that are just as justified as mine... we all just come from different angles.

Ya know... the way the industry has gone... the powers that be have done their best to keep us splintered so we couldn't come together. Does that mean that all is lost... NO... This is our opportunity to leave the little brothers and sisters... our sons and daughters with information that will empower them... to cause the strong powers that have worked hard to break us to have to negotiate fairly... with those who follow.
They're trying to replace the driver with technology... our choices... our control... our judgement calls.... the scary thing is I was seeing technology that is getting too close... At the present rate of technology.... God I hate to say this... but I can see it happening within the next generation... and anybody who says that's not possible.... I'm sorry but you are not informed... or you just choose to ignore it. Anyway... I think you get the idea of where I'm coming from... Anybody that feels that they have something positive and empowering to share with those coming up behind us.... Please... grab a piece of chalk and step up to the board... and let's pay it forward....

I was empowered here by two things... spending the last 4 days in a.... God I hate to say this... JB orientation for a local grocery job in NE... HELLO... I know what I said 20 years ago.... that's another reason... but my second point was... and I don't know if it was original from the poster... and he can defend that here if he wants... but it was original from some truckdriver... talkin' about how things had changed... Let's make it positive... Thank You to all you drivers out there for your indulgence... Drivers... I thank you for your sacrifices and service to the health and welfare of me and my fellow citizens...
"If you were my son or daughter"

 

No organization... you got it right Captain... one thing I learned this week... why do we have CSA...? MADD... they didn't stop going after what they felt was needed through their representatives... so it shows some sign of organization and perseverance can create change.
Of course there are a lot of factors that play into it... but it's possible. Also too I said sometime back with fuel costs that if drivers just started piling their rigs into DC... shut her down get out lock it up and walk... bumper to bumper totally surrounding the capitol and congress... I'll bet we'd get their undivided attention...

 

I just spent 15 months unemployed because I was not going over the road... not even regional but that is my choice, along with my wife's consideration... i had a couple of companies hounding me... it was getting very close to necessary.. but things changed and I was able to get what I sort of wanted... I know that doesn't work for everybody... and we had money put away... plus unemployment.