If we are supposed to be these "profesionals"...

quickway · Jul 13, 2011

Kittyfoot said: ↑

Y'know, when I started trucking (up in Canada) we had no logbooks. We ran 24/7 on chemicals and dispatch sold us the pills. We had drivers burn out, we had drivers die. Companies didn't care. Nobody cared.

When govt forced logbooks, I heard the same thing from the "old pros"... nobody has the right to tell me..... gonna be death of trucking.... gonna quit. Many tried to keep on with the old way. Several logbooks, cheat the man..... big tough truckers. Gotta do it MY way.

Remember watching "big tough" go to pieces trying to get to the car he just ran over. Remember his wife in tears cause "big tough" was going to jail for Vehicular Manslaughter and they were gonna lose everything. Remember her asking me "What are we going to do?" and having no answer.

I know of no trucker, old or new, who hasn't pushed the envelope to get those "few more miles". No, we do NOT always "know ourselves better". Yes, we often do things that we look back on and think "Well THAT was stupid".

Things change. Better or worse is not always easy to see. But like every other "professional" in every other trade we gotta learn to adapt.

Kinda wonder what the "new kids" will be moaning about in another 30 yrs or so.
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For me its got nothing to do with being as you say "big tough" and you are right on one thing that I see from reading your post. And that would be there are some that "push the envelope" and they are the reason we have these nonsensical laws we have now. And for the not knowing ourselves better than the government....I totally dissagree. There ain't a soul on this earth that knows me better than I, the one and only that knows me better is god. So maybe YOU and some others DON'T know your limits as you stated....but as for myself and many others we suffer because of you guys.

okiedokie · Jul 13, 2011

The bottom line is no matter how well you know yourself you do not know what others will do. Even if you are doing everything right and some one else does something wrong and you are invovled by no fault of your own and you are illegal the outcome can be very grim for your job. Is it really worth it?

crzyjarmans · Jul 24, 2011

I've said many times that the 16 year old 4-wheeler driver should be called the proff. and we should be conciderd the novalist, but what do I know?

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