Trucking takes strong mental strength

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by RogerThat72, Jul 20, 2014.

  1. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

    22,474
    20,134
    Jul 19, 2008
    Sioux City,ia
    0
    How do you know there wasn't a car seat?
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. MachoCyclone

    MachoCyclone Road Train Member

    4,417
    3,907
    Jun 13, 2012
    Texas
    0
    You called the police over that? Come on driver; what are you going to do the first time you see someone receiving road head while driving?

    You will see much worse out here. It is best just to keep moving along.
     
    GenericUserName, pattyj and TruckDuo Thank this.
  4. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

    22,474
    20,134
    Jul 19, 2008
    Sioux City,ia
    0
    There's awole lot bigger fish to fry on our roads.Next time you feel the need to call the cops make sure its worth it like seeing someone get beat , road rage or drunk driving.
     
    MachoCyclone Thanks this.
  5. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

    22,474
    20,134
    Jul 19, 2008
    Sioux City,ia
    0
    My boyfriend seen that lots of times,lol.
     
  6. Lowa3468

    Lowa3468 Heavy Load Member

    889
    648
    Feb 10, 2014
    Portland, Or
    0

    Really.......it's people like this that rules etc...keep getting shoved down everyone's throats....

    when I was growing up, and those older than me know that at one point in time there were no seat belt laws what so ever in fact allot of the vehicles didn't even come with seat belts. Man do you also call the police if you see kids riding bikes without helmets, how about bikers (motorcycles) who don't wear a helmet....really.... Again growing up helmets for kids and bikers weren't required

    ever get spanked growing up? I know I did and got quite a few good whoopings, but do that now a days and cops get called, Child services divisions get involved etc....etc... And people wonder why kids turn out the way they do.

    if everyone would just mind their own business, and watch out about what we do individually on a daily bases we would all be happier and wouldn't have to deal with allot of the rules.

    i bet your next posting is how you called the cops because some guy at the truckstop didn't wipe his arse properly and or used too much toilet paper.....really?
     
    Joetro, Hegemeister, pattyj and 7 others Thank this.
  7. mitchtazz

    mitchtazz Road Train Member

    1,826
    502
    Sep 6, 2009
    Lake Wales, Fl
    0

    not a tough crowd, most of us just know something such as that really doesn't warrant a phone call to the police.

    heck, i've seen a man and woman going at it at a traffic light in their car.. i mean full on fist shots, heads bobbing side to side and everything.. i chuckled and figured that is what it must have looked like inside Chris Browns car when he and Rihanna were going at it.

    I switched lanes and went on down the road.. i didn't know the story, and it wasn't my place to jump in.

    And it seemed well matched, it most likely ended in a draw.
     
    blairandgretchen and pattyj Thank this.
  8. millsjl01

    millsjl01 Light Load Member

    298
    375
    Jan 24, 2012
    Driver seat/sleeper berth
    0
    I can respect what the OP is getting at. I also get really upset when I see children not in car seats, or in car seats too small or too big for them. I don't call the police...no, but I do have this horrific image reel going through my head for a good long while after I see it. You know...of that child going through the windshield should anything happen.

    Saw a child, not a baby, a child maybe 6 or 7, sitting in her mothers lap in the front seat today. Made me sick to my stomach. Because I know that if something happens and I am the one that tangles with that car...that little girl is going to die. Its a dreadful feeling to worry about that, and some of us are just worriers.

    Unfortunately, they are correct about one thing...you will see much worse. That is one of my least favorite things about this job, seeing the accidents, or worse yet, watching them happen and knowing you can't do anything to stop it.
     
    pattyj and MachoCyclone Thank this.
  9. Dark_Majesty_06

    Dark_Majesty_06 Road Train Member

    1,072
    332
    Jun 15, 2009
    Poplar bluff, mo
    0
    I know many times, on longer car rides, my wife had to take my son out to feed him or soothe him. No one died, no one got hurt. I really dislike people who have this outlook that you should do everything you are told by the government.
    How the hell did we get here then? They sure as hell didn't have seatbelts or bike helmets 30-40 years ago.. Yet somehow the world is still populated just as much. Don't even get me on the subject of spankings... Its all ridiculous.
    They make kids ride in booster seats till their almost grown now... The world is a sad place and this shows it. No wonder police never respond in a timely matter. Everyone keeps them busy with baby's being out of car seats and dads trying to punish their children according THEIR beliefs not this screwed up worlds... Jeez.
     
  10. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

    22,474
    20,134
    Jul 19, 2008
    Sioux City,ia
    0
    very well said
     
    Dark_Majesty_06 Thanks this.
  11. millsjl01

    millsjl01 Light Load Member

    298
    375
    Jan 24, 2012
    Driver seat/sleeper berth
    0
    Dad's trying to punish? Lord, I wish my Dad had been the disciplinarian in our house...he was much nicer that Mom...She could be downright vicious.... :)
     
    Dark_Majesty_06 Thanks this.
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.