How do you handle stress?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by SlammedSh1fter, Jan 26, 2011.

What helps you with the stress?

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    Other, if so what?

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  1. celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    I see the 4-wheelers like the little dogs running around the big boss dog. On occasion they remind me of little bugs squirying around after you lifted the big rock.. my wife used to call the mad scramble on either side of a tool booth an easter egg hunt. So I refer to them as easter eggs.. getting through traffic with a big truck sure is easier than in an ambulance, so it really doesn't bother me much. I made it out of the LA Basin, the DC 495 loop and Queens intact.. I am good to go..
     
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  3. Bumpy

    Bumpy Road Train Member

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    :biggrin_25511:Unfortunately Celticwolf...,its not a 1 run deal..:biggrin_255:
     
  4. Flying Dutchman

    Flying Dutchman Road Train Member

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    I was tought that as the truck driver, you are the herdsman of a herd of cattle. Just herding them along. They've been doing it their whole life, they still dont get it, they're dumb. Just be patient, hang back, and get them all on their way.
     
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  5. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    Thats what TTR is for!!!!!!!!




    American Trucker
     
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  6. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    I don't really get stressed....I've been doing this for so long that driving a truck is easier than driving a car.
    I just relax and let it go on by...

    Sometimes when I see something particularly amzingly stupid, I come here and share it with you.:biggrin_2559:
     
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  7. Bumpy

    Bumpy Road Train Member

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    Careful..:biggrin_25524: Many a "STUDENT" on here has called us a bunch of "whiners":biggrin_2559:
     
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  8. Flying Dutchman

    Flying Dutchman Road Train Member

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    LOL....no doubt man
     
  9. celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    I know that, but I did survive once :biggrin_2551:
     
  10. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    is that 3-4 dozen cars...?? or a total of only 3-4 separate cars..???....:biggrin_2559:

    [​IMG]
     
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  11. Flying Dutchman

    Flying Dutchman Road Train Member

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    I think that dash is a mistake, 34 cars.
     
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