So is it a unwritten rule

Yes it is. Be sur and use a roger beep in case they are writing down your criticisms in their quest as rookies to become better drivers. The roger beep will signal that you have completed your rant.

 

Pretty sure I actually did read that on a bathroom stall once.

According to one of you people the new guys are already better. Even posted a link to a study to prove it.

 

Guess i still have another year to wait on my gloating of my skills

 

5 or 10 years? It's perfectly acceptable to start doing that in today's trucking after 2 weeks in your own truck. That's all it takes to be a seasoned veteran these days.

 

No not really. Most all us 10+ years drivers are past this and just laugh at the whole thing. The drivers you are talking about most of the time are around 3 years and under.

 

Make sure your echo is turned good. So they know your serious.

 

It depends on several factors.
First, you have to have some stories to tell, like how one winter, when there was 13 feet of snow on wolf creek, and you had to get the load delivered and it was still snowing but you just did the job, you went over the pass at 65, almost jack knifed twice but saved it at the last minute. Didn’t even chain up. Then you got to the reciever and the place was locked up tight because no one could get in due to the snow storm, so you had to sit for three days waiting on them and a snow plow to clear the driveway.

Or
You once did a run from new jersey to california in 37 1/2 hours straight, no stopping except for fuel, no sleep, but hey the load paid $11.75 a mile.

 

Oh don't forget that super secret load where helicopters was overhead and marshals told a DOT cop to stuff it.

 

One load from a secret navy base, can’t tell you where, they made me sign documents that I would not tell for 30 years. I was loaded inside the underground part. They made me park the truck and go inside a dark room and wait. When they finished loading and put some big locks on the doors, then told me that I would have no paperwork or bills, just a piece of paper with an address and two phone numbers. I had to call the first one anytime I had to stop. I was also told that other than fuel and maybe food, I was not supposed to stop anywhere. They put a sticker on the door and said no scales or POE’s.The second one was when I arrived at the address. All the time, 3 unmarked SUV’s with tinted windows and no license plates followed me. When I did have to stop for fuel, these very, and I do mean very, large gentleman appeared out of no where and kind of milled around. Was a good paying load too, like 18.50 a mile.