I wonder why the New Driver forum slowed down?

I've been too tired with all of this life changing money to spend.

 

Good analogy. I am the ONLY driver still remaining at my company from the original 24 drivers in my orientation 2 years ago. Although 1 other guy now works in Safety. So out of 24 new employees, only 2 of us stuck it out this long. Drug test day did eliminate a bunch. Others couldn’t hack life OTR. Others went on to other companies I guess.

 

Surprised no one has hit the real reason.
It's all ELD's fault. Everyone is now running so hard to get 10:59 drive time everyday that are exhausted at the ens of the day and have to fall into an exhausted stupor. You know, from speeding and weaving in and out of traffic all day.

 

New drivers waiting for approval from the Cops, The CDL school, Parents, Wife/Husband and Siblings. Interwebs is stranger danger Scary Truckers !

 

Well...,I am the only driver remaining from my glorious disorientation of one.

Those Porsche’s have learned to watch out for me.

 

First day of orientation is over, did road test, sorta passed, haha. I think I'm hired pending urine results.

I'm definitely not going to journal here or go out of my way to annoy you guys.

CDL school was just enough and the majority of time was spent waiting around. A month from now I might feel like I can post something worthwhile.

 

Well until then you can post un-worthwhile stuff like @IluvCATS does.

 

Lol that post Is very thoughtful.

 

Finally somebody who realizes most others don’t even read online journals.

 

My Journal-Day 1

Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh
'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.
"And I'm about to put the hammer down."
By the time we got into Tulsa Town,
We had eighty-five trucks in all.
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,
And them bears was wall-to-wall.
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;
They even had a bear in the air!
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck.
"We about to go a-huntin' bear."
Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
Like a rocket sled on rails.
We tore up all of our swindle sheets,
And left 'em settin' on the scales.
By the time we hit that Chi-town,
Them bears was a-gettin' smart:
They'd brought up some reinforcements
From the Illinois National Guard.
There's armored cars, and tanks, and jeeps,
And rigs of ev'ry size.
Yeah, them chicken coops was full'a bears
And choppers filled the skies.
Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
In a chartreuse micra-bus.
Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey shore
And prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a dog-goned dime.
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.
"We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll."
So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight
I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4."
'Cause we got a little convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a little convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the U-S-A.
Convoy!