What are a truck driver's top 5 problems?
My team and I are doing research on the problems and issues faced by drivers and want to come up with tangible solutions that make a difference in your lives.
What are are difficult, expensive, annoying, cumbersome aspects of your work?
What do you wish you had a solution for?
Examples of problems: Customers' docks always being late loading/unloading you, finding safe parking to sleep at night, etc.
Give me your top 5!
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Truckers - What are your top 5 problems?
Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by paragur, Apr 13, 2017.
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1.4 wheelers.
2.Lack of parking.
3.Emission laws.
4.Fuel cost's.
5.Low pay for being a "professional".Canadianhauler21, Rideandrepair, LoudOne and 2 others Thank this. -
1. People who have not, and never will, set foot in a truck but are trying to solve driver's problems anyway.
2. - 5. Getting rid of #1 will probably work out the other 4 eventually.BUMBACLADWAR, Rideandrepair, Canadianhauler21 and 20 others Thank this. -
1 Health insurance
2 time lost in traffic
3 regulations
4 poor quality of trucks these days
5 motorists on there cell phones driving like idiotsRideandrepair, bullhaulerswife, cybill234 and 2 others Thank this. -
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1 New England
2 New Englang
3 New England
4 New England
5 Seeing a pattern here?Oldironfan, Mr Ed, 6wheeler and 4 others Thank this. -
You want #4 to go back to 2015 costs? $2.50 MORE per gallon
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As a driver who stays out for long tours. Finding places to do 4 loads of laundry every 4 weeks, and finding places to buy groceries is a problem for me. I won't deal with truck stop laundry machines.
otterinthewater, Oldironfan and DoubleO7 Thank this. -
1.Unfair regulations with no avenue of recourse for appeal
2.Poorly maintained highways
3.Overnight parking scarcity
4.Abusive or lying managers
5.Expensive showers and bad food
6.Prima donna Teamsters
7.The tendency of truck drivers to be conservatives
8.Lot lizards who don't give receipts
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Rideandrepair, agent13, RockinChair and 3 others Thank this. -
Nope-dont want to go back to 2015.I am referring to the 90's.Diesel 1.20 a gallon.Didnt fluctuate .40-.50 cents in like 12 years----------that was the good ole days,black smoking the pipes,hammer down.Shoot man-hammer down now-you go broke.Even at todays price-paying 1/2 of that would help the account.
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