Booze in the truck?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Hopfrog, Sep 5, 2007.

  1. wackyncrazy

    wackyncrazy Bobtail Member

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    So you can't pick up a bottle of wine in like CA for you friend or someone as a gift. Even if its not opened. Just a question.
     
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  3. Brickman

    Brickman Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Not in the tractor. If you can put it in the trailer you might get away with it.
     
  4. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    I think you're asking for trouble. Have you tried to use PM's or Simply Sleep? I think they work better than anything else and they're over the counter.
     
  5. L.B.

    L.B. Third Generation Truck Driver

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    FYI, Simply Sleep in nothing but benedryl, read the label. Same stuff, they just charge 4 times the price of benedryl for it. Also, benedryl used to used as a sedative before it was used as an allergy medicine. My sister-in-law is a nurse in a looney bin and they use it to subdue the crazies when a doctor is not around to prescribe something. I take 3 or 4 when I really need to fall asleep. 4 will make me groogy in the morning. 3 works and I am go to go after 6 hours of sleep.
     
  6. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    That's the whole point. The OP said he had problems falling to sleep and used a shot of booze to help him. The PM's would work just as well and be well within any legal sanctions. I'm aware what's in the over the counter medication because I read the labels and just used those names so it might be easier to find.
     
  7. Pur48Ted

    Pur48Ted Road Train Member

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    When I was hitchhiking around the US (when I was 17...several hundred years ago) I caught a ride with a couple gals from Chicago heading south to visit their husbands in the military, they had a "stash can" full of weed and the cop that ticketed the driver for speeding in Arkansas didn't find it. But today's drug sniffers would have located it in a heartbeat.
     
  8. goobboy

    goobboy Bobtail Member

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    I am not one to judge, but if you can't keep alcohol away from your hands then go ahead and give up now
     
  9. Brickman

    Brickman Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Probably a wise plan.
     
  10. LogsRus

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  11. Hopfrog

    Hopfrog Light Load Member

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    Having one drink a night hardly classifies me as a raging alcoholic who can't keep alcohol away from his hands. I won't have any problems replacing that 1 drink with a sleep aid.

    And yes, you clearly are one to judge. Thanks.
     
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