Why #1...

Your brain can calculate the mouse movement much easier than the moose not moving. Seriously true.

 

It's called visual acuity. Your eye reacts to the movement of the mouse. The Moose moves much slower, so he's harder to see.

Plus, the moose is farther off of the shoulder where the mouse is right on the white line...

 

I used to think the world would end if I wasn't backed into some west coast dock 2000 miles from home every Monday morning... I was wrong.

 

Well to be honest, I do local driving for the same reasons as the OP, but the post sounds seriously judgmental. My dad drove OTR for my whole childhood and when I decided to drive I swore I would only drive local. I did give OTR a try and found out quickly it wasn't for me. When someone ask me about driving, the first thing I say is if you have a family, don't do it.

But that is me. For some people OTR driving is what does it for them. God knows, there are times I wish I could just take off for a few weeks to get away from the wife. The relationship is akin to a soldier or sailor who is gone for months at a time. I know people who function better as a couple because they ARE separate for a time.

It's not about which is better, OTR or Local. It's about which is better for you. Which one fits your demeanor and lifestyle more.

 

BTW...am I the only one that thinks that the sheer quantity of smilie choices make selecting an adequate one a daunting chose in itself?

 

i kinda see the point made here, but to some it's a way to provide a better future for their families. back then it was not so hard to find a job you could support your family on (not to mention the cost of living in some areas). i hear people piss and moan on here all the time about "ONLY" making 30-35k a year.i can understand this if you've been doing this 10 years or so. but, try supporting a family when you AND your wife work and still make less than 24k a year (a lil over 23k between the both of us). and please nay-sayers, don't say "oh you should get an education", because my wife is a certified phlebotomist, yet still cannot find work in the field. there are people in this area who have bachelor degrees, and still have to answer a phone for verizon due to the lack of decent jobs in this area. it might not seem like much to some of you old timers, who had it made back in the day, or have been doing this for ten years, but 400-700 a week is an extremely exciting thought to me, especially considering that is what we are averaging TOGETHER a week, usually around 500 between us. So yeah, I'm excited about going to drive a truck, and not just because it's what i have always wanted to do. so if staying home was your thing, cool. but remember, in todays time some sacrifices have to be made that will hurt, but that just gives me reason to run hard, stay safe, keep my dac clean, and maybe in a couple of years I'll have the experience to get into a good local or regional job. anyway, sorry to rant, but there is a lot of people on here who don't realize that things aren't as easy as they used to be when it comes to finding a decent paying job, especially with millions on unemployment, and the inevitable millions more that will be soon.

 

I can sympathize. I'm in a similar situation. Not a lot of good jobs around where I live. Got laid off from the job I had about 4 years ago, my wife was like 6 months pregnant at the time. I tried for 2 months, couldnt find anything, finally got tired of watching my pregnant wife going to work every morning while I sat at home doing nothing. Went to work for Schneider, they still trained back then. Now I work for a flatbed company, I'm home every weekend and I bring home 7-800 bucks a week. It's nothing great and I miss out on a lot, but it's something I can do, it pays the bills and my wife can stay home with the kids.