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Message:: [QUOTE="wsyrob, post: 3534319, member: 10487"]The key is to hire the proper person. It requires a face to face personal interview. Experience in a van first can cause lots of problems it bad habits are engrained before moving to tanks. If an individual has that always in a hurry aggressive driving attitude he shouldn't drive tanks no matter how much experience he has. Give me a laid back easy going guy any day as long as he is intelligent enough to learn the job. Its more than just driving and requires a different type of person.  You also need to examine your safety statistics. The most dangerous time for a new driver is from years 3-10 after they lose that initial fear and become comfortable driving large trucks. Most rollovers happen to experienced drivers not rookies. The rookie is more likely to back into another truck in the truck stop but the guy with 5+ years experience is more likely to have the catastrophic wreck.[/QUOTE]