right. they were talking about a recent accident where there was a 20 car pileup on black ice. a rig was goign 15 mph adn could not slow down and...
in class they talked abotu some situations where you can't survive, like going off the road will usually kill you, shifting while going down a...
i have the exact same thing as you. can you tell me how you explained it to the companies, and how it hurt you, if at all?
I checked out NTSB and it had kinda what I was looking for: http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/H_Acc.htm and http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/H_Stu.htm
I'm a newbie. but one very general rule - don't mention you have kids/baby to anyone looking to hire you. to them, that's nothing but a...
WHAT IS YOUR CRIMINAL RECORD? i HAVE ONE TOO, AND AM GETTING CDL SOON
just 20 hours? my CDL-A class is 200 hours! Maybe it's different in CA? doesnt your school have recruiters coming around?
I didn't say this well.... what I was thinking is it would be a great resource for a trucker to be able to review crashes and the reasons for...
they need to publish the causes of accidents more, so others can read what happened and learn from it.
a lot of drivers don't even have regular addresse. they use PO boxes. what if you got a PO BOX in the area they hire in and use that as your...
this is a lesson to everyone, not just truck drivers. ANY job can cause you mental and/or physical problems if you put the job above your own...
Are you turning to truck driving from a career as a lawyer? :biggrin_2552:
I know there's a whole forum for this... but anyone have any things to watch out for that can really get you killed. I just read a story about...
i dont have a problem with clostrafobia. but i had a problem with anxiety. real bad. finally i learned to mediate, and that fixed it.
hey good luck. I am similar to you - i am gona start CDL training in a few weeks. I have good driving record, and always had fascination with...
I just bought a laptop with a wireless connection built in. our house happens to be in a hot spot where the laptop can connect to the internet...
are you going for OTR or local?
there are A&W in the states, or used to be.. yup, great root beer, like nothing you ever tasted from a can.
was she dumping, or peeing?
I'm very new, and havent been out on the road yet - but i noticed that some companies, like Roehl, have a set hourly rate for lumping, like...
