Werner_ How they treat their Drivers

LOL! I appreciate your input RickG, I for one have a hard time volunteering for a ##$%ing from a co just to pay to drive their truck. I got my wakeup call when I started driving for Swift after school last year. My trainer told me to enjoy the training pay as it was probably better than what I was going to see as a solo driver, how right he was!

How do you go about getting one of those small co jobs in this economy? I'm currently unemployed and am hitting nothing but dry holes. I won't go to one of these big OTR co's after my last experience.

I signed up here on this forum before I got into trucking and I like so many other newbies just ignored the experienced drivers here by dismissing them as sour, bad apples. Don't do it!! Read these forums and do some soul searching if you are an outsider to trucking. Go to truck stops and if you see someone not in a huge hurry, try to strike up a conversation. Learn, learn, learn all you can before you jump in!

 

Whats the summons for?

 

You don't stay because you love it.You stay because it pays the bill's.Most driver's you find have lost a wife at least once and that's just the reality of this industry.It is not easy being a driver but for SOME it is all there is.If you think people stay in it because they love it you are wrong.Maybe some do it because they absolutly love it but not many.

 

Ticketed for impersonating a truck driver !!

 

Heh - not gonna dispute that, but you can count me in that 'not many'. Left a corner office for the road, and found I absolutely love it. Circumstances have me running local/regional for a small small company, but in the past year, we've gone from 2 trucks to 5, with at least two more coming on in January.

It's a lot of fun, and a challenge to grow, but I'd still rather be OTR.

 

I too loved the road. I want to go back but trying to figure out how to pay bills, since driving doesnt seem to be paying diddle right now...

Wife ain't behind that either...so thats a double whammy.

 

yah.. that can put the kabosh on a lot of things. fortunately, my wife and kids are at least not against it. And yeah, if it was just me earning for the family, no way would I even consider trucking.

 

Before the court starts (traffic court), there will be a line of people outside the prosecutors office. These are the lawyers lowering their defendents tickets. If you got a ticket for reckless driving, then your lawyer will lower it to careless driving. Sometimes, they will agree to a higher fine in lieu of points. This is done so that your lawyer dosent keep the judge and the rest of the clowns there till late. So, to save money, bring $100 bill to court and ask one of these attorneys to represent you before court starts to the prosecutor. Otherwise, you are going to have to get a an attorney to come to court with you which is not cheap. Plus your attorney will tell you that they are doing all of these things for your case, but in reality, her or she is just doing what the other attorneys are doing for their clients.