1st solo run. Didnt have a clue what the hell I was doing but had still have this super aggressive hardliner mentality. Got a load from ID to Long Island NY. A couple hours left on my 11 hours, I look at gps see a truck stop that was about an hour an a half away giving me about 15-30 minute cushion. An accident put me out of time, qcom started going ape sheet because I was in violation. Pulled over on side of I-80 so I would not get an HOS violation, put triangles behind my truck and slept there. Cool thing though, when I was trying to sleep I got woke up three different times by people knocking on my door seeing if I was alright. Three different truckers pulled over to see if they could help. Really gave me a good first impression of truckers and helped qualm my fears about being all alone out there. It was a great first experience. Driving threw downtown NY city on my first solo run with nothing bad happening really gave me a huge confidence boost in my own abilities as well. Removed a lot of worries and self doubt I had about weather I could really do the job well without any help from anyone.
The first time you"did it", how long did you last?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Pmracing, Mar 5, 2011.
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