Wondering if I should pursue trucking

@Lisa9 : Men will talk smack to your face but be nice behind your back. If they bust on you and you take it with class and/or respond in kind, they'll respect you.

Women will talk nice to your face but talk smack behind your back. (You know it's true--that's why my wife has mostly had male friends all her life and can't stand most women.)

 

Hey Lisa, good luck! W are in the same boat. Go for it. We will make it. Stay positive. No job is easy. Trucking may be tough, but hey no stupid coworkers and we will see the country

 

You might not have coworkers per se, unless you drive team, but some dispatchers and office personnel will make you want to yank their spines out their bungholes. DAMHIK.

 

The extremes are only necessary when no other option works.
Something most of our politicians don't understand very well, I think.

But look at how our society has developed over the years.
Everything is more to the extreme side of things, never a middle ground.

I'll give you one example with a show that has been made into movies and other shows.
Sherlock Holmes.

Jeremy Brett, I think, had the first successful Sherlock Holmes series, and I consider him to be the best.
There are the movies with Robert Downey Jr. and the newer series with Benedict Cumberbatch.

They have all gotten more extreme and intense, to satisfy the growing need for sensationalism in our society.

They are all good in their own right, but the Brett series is by far the best simply because there was only the sense of truism.

 

You have to learn good driving habits to be safe.

Don't Drive tired. Don't speed. Many accidents are due to excessive speed. Maintain a safe following distance. Learn how to look far ahead and constantly be watching your mirrors to know what's happening around you. Slow down if it's raining. Especially if you are empty.

The roads are extra dangerous when the rain first starts, even a light rain. There are oils on the road and when the rain comes it mixes and is extra slick. Watch out for leaves on the road in the fall.

Always make sure your windshields and mirrors and windows are clean.

When you are anywhere there are people like at a shipper or receiver, Drive slowly. If you have to back up back slowly. If you need to, get out and look. The best drivers have no fear to get out and look.

There is more, but it's really about paying attention to what you learn in school.

Then asking questions on this site.

But the bottom line is always move at a speed and distance that you are completely in control of the vehicle. At all times.