TIPS FOR NEW DRIVERS

not to drive when you are tired/fatigue. nothing will be smooth and huge mistake will be ready to happen. and dont ever get too comfortable even though you have been doing it for more than a hundred time

 

Never trust a fart after eating @ iron skillet!

 

Never nap in the drivers seat. Muscle memory is your friend and enemy.

 

Work Comp? Should be.

 

All of my fingers work fine again. No workmans comp was filed. Perhaps I should have, but I did not. There was very little cost to myself beyond some padded gloves and a bit of discomfort.

 

If you couldn't close your hand to grip the wheel and it was caused by working then you should have put in a claim. That is a safety issue. You should have been sitting at home getting paid by WC until you were able to do your job safely IMO. I will make sure to be aware of the possibility of hand issues if I decide to pursue truck driving.

 

I thought i was having the same problem. But than i started to use my other hand. Or better yet a fifi.

 

I was able to grip. It was simply a bit painful, and after not using my hands for several hours, I had to use them for a while before they worked right. After the first few minutes in the morning, the rest of the day was irritating and a little painful at times, but I was able to maintain a proper grip on the wheel.

My original problem was that I was gripping too firmly, without changing hand position. I changed that behavior.

 

Make sure bar code on your BOL matches bar code on freight in trailer before heading across the border.
Also double check trailer #, twice.