Some questions.

jtrnr1951 · Oct 28, 2009

Now my eyes hurt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dukeofearl · Oct 29, 2009

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I appreciate what you are going through working in long term care . My stepson was in a vegetative state for a year before he passed away . But you have other options available to you as a nurse . From the questions you ask you have a pretty good idea what is going on in the trucking industry .
Yes , they check vision in each eye as well as peripheral vision . You must be able to correct the problem with corrective lenses .
There is no school I would recommend . While the course may meet standards the operators of these schools know the chances of graduates getting a job and keeping it a year are slim . But graduates quitting trucking generates the need for more graduates to replace them . Yes , training companies will starve you out then bill you for the schooling .
You can go to http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/safestat/SafeStatMain.asp , enter the name of a trucking company (the DOT number is better if you know it )and check out their safety record . For an example the DOT number of U.S. Xpress is 303024 . Click their history and you'll see poor safety management scores for 2007 .You will also see an enforcement in December of 2006 . This was for falsification of log books . Do a search here on posts about May trucking and read about how their drivers manage
their log books . Remember that Crete driver that killed 7 kids in GA ? There are documented records of his dispatcher coercing him to violate hours of service . Going from nursing to trucking will be jumping out of the frying pan into the fire as far as being expected to violate regulations goes .
Now the ultimate choice is yours . You can tell a dispatcher no - then sit twice as long waiting for your next load .
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Great post !!! Right on!! This should be required reading for all recruits.

dukeofearl · Oct 29, 2009

jtrnr1951 said: ↑

Now my eyes hurt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah, I know it was long. I feel your pain. But your post prompted me to realize that my "novel" (lol) lacked any drama about love or sex. I should have included some romance/sex to keep it interesting, to make it more worth reading? LOL

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