Driving night hours from 12am to 6pm.

Which is precisely why I asked the question. Some drivers don't have your blessed night owl mentality, but do respect and appreciate guys like yourself who keep the bread and butter flowing so guys like myself can run days and sleep at night.
My simple wish shouldn't preclude me from being a vital part of the trucking industry and contributing to society simply because I prefer to run around those crazy cooky hours. What about the other half of drivers ironically who are opposed to driving day hour's? And beileve me I had the privilege and favorable time and honor to pick their brains about such. Should they be told as you indicated in your beginning of your response that since you didn't roll or deliver the load in the afternoon you're fired?
With respect to our early predecessors and the American industrial revolution of the late 1890's, technology and science has taken us all into a new dimention and direction as you indicated with more rail and freight rolling at night for better economic prosperity.
Lastly, and completely true that if all of those 200,000 18 wheelers decided to sleep at night the economy would suffer severe catastrophic consequences. But what if we all got together and worked more closely bridging the gap between adversity and conflict? Our economy would surpass and America as we and the entire world know it to be the super power still full of leadership, diversity and opportunity.

 

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Hi there and thank you for the reply:

I understand you're not a morning person and your wife is.
First off..you're both blessed and lucky to have each other being able to work together striving for a secure future.
Most couples are either in divorce and family court arguing over $$$ and chattel.

I also agree that drivers shouldn't be punished if they're late with deliveries or pick-ups. We don't live in a perfect world and within the trucking industry there's a lot more gray areas I would prefer not to paint.

Why is it that us truckers are subjected and held to such a time constraint with deliveries and pick-ups especially when lives are paramount over freight?
Simple amswer: $$$$$$$$$$$$$....sadly.

Always remember....you'll be told when you're doing a ####ty job..but rarely and once in a while will you be told otherwise.

 

Thank you for your optimistic sentiment