the dangers of trucking

Just as easy, yeah ok.

There's no doubt that trucking is one of the more dangerous professions. There's also no doubt that we can kill other people more easily than most due to a mistake in our daily work.

My instructor in school used to love ending sentences with 'life as you know it will be drastically changed forever'. That was preceded by different examples of how a screw up on our part or someone else's part could lead to a disaster of some sort.

Driving any vehicle is something to be taken seriously, all the more so when it's a big truck.

It's true that just going shopping at the mall can somehow end in disaster but we do have a higher risk of being involved in something bad than most.

It's the one's that make it sound like our odds of making it home unscathed are on par with winning a coin toss that get the drama queen label.

Treat the job with the respect it deserves and the odds of a life ending or career ending accident are pretty small.

 

LMAO! Now I understand. You have no idea what you're talking about.

900 lbs? LOL Did you really post that? Try 80,000 lbs.

Attentive? If you can't get stopped on a bike just pull onto the shoulder. Try that in a truck and see what it gets you.

And I said SIXTY TO ZERO. Not zero to sixty. And yes I have driven a bike. Drove one 100 miles a day back and forth through Toronto for 8 months. Yeah I know all about what you're talking about and you still have no idea. Carry on.

 

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Danvitt
sounds like one of the many people that ending up hitting me because they think they can drive any vehicle in any type of weather. WOW Driving a truck in a parking lot is easy thats just like saying I can fly a 747 jumbo jet just caz I can coast around run way and didn't crash. 6/10 crashes of a 18wheeler it a starting result of a stupid 4wheeler thinking they can drive. And many of u thinks its ok to break check us or cut us off. Just like DANVITT thinks he can drive. Im SMH!!!! no amount of words can fit

 

You're right about that at least.

 

So a guy who has done many miles on a bike in Toronto (worse than Chicago in some ways) and many miles in a truck says you can't compare the two.

A guy who says he has never driven a truck says he knows better.

Danvitt, I'm with you on the idea that some over state the dangers of driving a big truck but you may want to take what people are saying with more than just a single salt grain.

Come back after a few years in the 18 wheeler and let us know what you've learned.

 

I think some of the old non trucker trolls that got outed have come back under new user names.

 

It can get a bit farfetched at times.