Managing sleep schedule?

This is straight bs, I don't know where people come up with this stuff.
Just because a person isn't able to do nights doesn't mean they shouldn't be a driver .

Fact is that's how I am with days, always tired no matter how good I slept and its because I'm naturally nocturnal some people are day shift people some are night. The sleep scientist have a term for it YOUR EITHER A LARK OR AN OWL

 

One of the hardest things for a new driver is to adjust to the "trucking lifestyle." Its a different cycle than the ol' 9 to 5. Some folks can never get past awake during the day/sleep at night. Others can adjust more readily.

Hint: never pass up the opportunity for a nap.

 

What those statistics won't say is who caused the accident its been show time an time again that approximately 80% of truck accidents were caused by 4wheelers.
This was proven by a number of trucking publications that dug into actual city,state and county records

 

I would say it's because you're not use to the job yet. The extra stress and anxiety can wear you out. Once you get into a rhythm and it becomes routine, and you get better at backing and traffic and whatnot, the stress levels go way down, you should feel better.

Plus there are things that you can do to make you feel better.
1. Exercise. If you exercise, when it's time to sleep, the brain will shut down faster.
2. Get out of the truck when you can. Grab a motel for a day or so.
3. Someone already mentioned it, nap when you can. If the trucks in the shop for a PM, I'm in the sleeper. It's sleep. Waiting at shippers and receivers, I'm sleep.

'How do you go to sleep in the middle of the day?'

Crawl under the covers and close my eyes. Anyways, I think you are doing well so far. Keep it up.

 

Also, and this may make you feel better or scare you I don't know but I sleep better in my truck than I do at home.

 

#3. It's a hard core trucker that sleeps in his truck while it's in the shop, lol......

 

You have appointments to make... you have to be on time or early. That's the job... sleep gets fit on where you can fit it without messing up your performance.

 

he was implying that you need to double check the route with your atlas instead of blindly following the qualcomm directions.