Schneider newbies= lack of training

The American public makes the highways dangerous in this country. I have seen a lot more stupidity from private vehicle drivers than I have big rig drivers. I rarely see big rig wrecks - although they do occur - but I see car and SUV wrecks all the time.

 

I got a.pep talk from my Dad. Then he handed me the keys and said take this load to California.

 

Worried mom where are you getting your info from? Sounds like you have your son telling you this and he is having a hard time catching on. Whats going on? By the way I did have 3 days of training and off I went nothing happened to me.

 

Do you read this forum ? I sometimes see 2 or 3 semi accident reports a day here and I've seen plenty on the road . I've never seen a 4 wheeler cause a bridge to collapse .

 

Where are you getting that info? The student that I have right now, sitting right beside me has been on my truck 8 days already.

 

Check out the FMCSA records and compare Schneider to other large carriers (who train their students for several weeks). When I trained , I split time with another trainee for 5 days with one trainer. I don't know how Schneider does it, but they pull it off and have a good record compared to companies who train much longer.

 

When I first started you didn't need a CDL and I didn't take a road test they just gave the bill and told me I would be driving truck number 12, I ask a lot of questions before it pulled out of the yard and now I'm over 50 years and I haven't hit anything yet, came close but no noise.

 

So just because you don't see reports of car or SUV wrecks on this site means they don't happen as well? I stated in my comment that big rig wrecks do occur but that I see a lot more reckless driving in cars/SUV's than I do semi's.

I am not dumb enough to claim that there aren't any bad truckers out there. Inexperience is one thing. Plain stupidity is another as far as accidents/wrecks go. I was just saying I see a lot more wrecks caused by private vehicles and most of them are caused by "experienced" drivers that are just pushing the envelope.