Good Night From II

Been along time. I quit swift/Driving in Oct 2015. About to go back driving. Not sure if it be swift or lessors Inc. Waiting on results of a second opiion on sleep study

 

I was just not happy driving, the money was ok with making around $50k for the final 2 years but wasnt worth it. It just wasnt the lifestyle for me especially with little kids. My youngest is now 18 months and I get to watch her grow up which I missed with the first 2. Just trying to figure out what I want right now, I know I want to find something to do at nights, dont have to work but want to.

 

If you want a truck with a manual transmission, can you still one?

 

Think depends where you are, before I quit driving one of the guys who went o/o was told he could only get an auto being in California.

 

That was for a brand new truck with swift, I'm sure you can buy whatever you want elsewhere

 

All the newer trucks are auto and have CMS ... Company or O/O. Manual trucks are becoming rare in the fleet.

 

What is CMS?

 

Collision Management System ... Also known as that stupid radar.

 

Is that the system that beeps when you get too close to another vehicle and also has the auto brake feature? I remember driving a truck with that and just a 4 wheeler cutting me off triggered it and the camera. I had to argue with safety a couple times from these videos and my driver manager had to argue for me too. Seems to them you can avoid being cut off.....

 

Yes it is.. a friend that drives for another company has it on their trucks and he says a shadow from an overpass with even set it off. Drives him nuts.