If you're just starting out as a truck driver, do yourself, your boss, and anyone around you on the highway a favor. Skip the music. Skip the talk radio. Skip the distractions. For the first year. Just drive and listen to the truck.
Pay attention to what you're doing, which is getting paid to safely drive a truck from point A to point B.
But Lobo, I can do a bunch of things at once. I do it in my car every day. I DO pay attention (most of the time).
BULL HOCKEY! You're now driving an 80,000 # death machine at 62 mph. You can kill someone in an instant. Do you really want to live with something bad, because you felt deprived of something, youngblood?
Please, just learn how to manage and drive a truck safely. Good luck.
And, stops are good. Take a short walk, stretch, and refocus.
Do/Can you listen to music while driving a truck?
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Do some brisk walking at rest areas or truck stops.
Get a folding bicycle and keep it inside the truck; there's room for it inside the truck.
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Can you stop often?
Yeah you can... But you wont always have the time to do so. Its not uncommon for me to drive 7 hours straight, partly because I dont want to stop... Partly because I dont have the time to stop.Trucker61016, JolliRoger, Coffey and 2 others Thank this. -
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I like listening to podcasts or radio talk hosts. Keeps me awake in the morning and I get to learn things while driving. Also keeps me updated on current trends.
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I have about 6 of my favorite Pandora stations that I shuffle through in a 10 hour shift. But occasionally I will branch out and try some different genres of music.
The rule I set for myself is that if my music is too loud for me to hear emergency sirens, then it's too loud. I also really like driving with my windows down so that helps me to keep in tune with whats going on around me, since my one and only working ear is on my left side, it works for me.hopeful eyes Thanks this. -
I listen to podcasts exclusively when I drive. I just jack it in from my smartphone to the trucks radio. I download them before I start my driving, set up a playlist and I don't have to put my hands on the phone when I'm behind the wheel. I do see drivers with ear buds in while driving and I've often wondered if it's legal or not? Probably not.
As for stopping, when I get rolling I don't like to stop until after at least 6 hours. Take my 30 minute break, start driving again until it's park time.hopeful eyes Thanks this.
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