Experienced drivers how do you do...????

Stuffed grape leaves ftw.

 

My son has autism. For a long time I was in denial that he had it. Then I went through a phase where I blamed everyone and everything in his environment for it. People have always said that I was 'quirky', they were being nice, but I believe now that I may have Asperger's or some other undiagnosed disorder (a word I hate by the way).

Looks like everyone answered the getting lost question.

I don't like being around people too much anyway so loneliness is a plus with trucking for me.

 

i have alot of respect for the OP to stand up and make a life for himself and not have to rely on other to pay his way. i've followed some of his other threads and know how hard its been for him but he keeps plugging away. why don't you grow up and be a man and help him if you can. otherwise just get lost.

 

I am glad to see the directions question asked. I don't like GPS systems personally and when I get out there I really want to try to get used to using the atlas. While it isn't nearly the same, I delivered pizzas and just took a look at the local map and headed out. It really helps to know how roads and highways are numbered and how they progress. Learning the system and order of things made finding addresses extremely easy for me. If your training doesn't have it, I highly suggest you take some sort of map reading class or tutorial.

 

Try refreshing the page. If it's a post that showed up when you made a post, they don't always show up until you refresh!

 

not much i can add that others have not already said. to help me with the loneliness.. i bring bools with me to read. go into truckstops and just hang out abd people watch.company terminal i usually meet someone i can bs with for abit. while driving,i listen to music and sing along to keep from thinking about negative thing. just keep a positive attitude and try to let the negativity leave. i hope everything works out for you.

 

The Challenger, i think that you'll be alright. in this business of trucking, you have to have a strong skin, what dude6710 was telling you is nothing compared what goes on in the shippers or consignee's! if you give it your all, you will be succesfull. Like you said, you are ahead of any rookie! you have been in this Forum since 2007. There is no such thing as a dumb question buddy. Keep us posted on realizing your trucking dream.