I see a lot of people on here asking about guns. What to do when someone attempts to hijack you. Lots of complaints about lizards and dealers threatening drivers.
With the amount of miles driven yearly (Central Refrigerated alone does nearly 250m) some drivers are bound to have "issues", sure. And the negative reviews are often the loudest, because if nothing happened, you have nothing to talk about usually.
So, vets of the industry. How many times in your career have you had issues such as getting "hijacked" or getting "attacked" in a truck stop? How many miles/years do you have? It can't be as dangerous as everyone makes it out to be, can it?
Obviously, situational awareness and smart practices like stopping at full/well lit truck stops, not smarting off to someone that might have a gun, not being aggressive are all going to help. But do I really need to assume that every car following me, every person approaching me, is going to try to mess with me? Or is this, as I think it is, simply a result of the negative voices being much louder than the positive?
Is Protection Necessary?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by gclayton86, Mar 5, 2014.
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