I wanted to say thank you to all of the drivers and dispatchers that have been putting in long hours over the last few weeks.

My dad has been a CDL driver for 25+ years and I am always so appreciative of him and everyone in the industry.

Whether it's a travel ban due to inclement weather or a nationwide "quarantine" due to the Coronavirus, you all continue to do your jobs around the clock to assure that stores and hospitals can stay stocked - you're true heroes in a time of crisis!!

Please stay safe! Thank YOU for your commitment to your community.

Mega-employers like #Walmart have a bigger responsibility to keep workers healthy - especially now with #Coronavirus. Its good to see they're looking out for their drivers. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-turcking-walmart-truck-drivers-buy-supplies-company-cards-2020-3

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It's a real good company to work for

Iam a noon cdl box truck driver, with 10 years no the road.

I dont know about all you other truckers out there but, seriously I can not find a Job where my employer isnt smothered in greed, what I'm speaking of is ya get hired by a reputable company in your area, mostly day cab stuff where ya home at night, and they show ya there pretty incentives program to keep ya inspections up and say that those who take good care of our equipment we notice this and you'll see that you'll go far in our company and so on and so forth, so ya work for em for 2 ta 3 weeks and suddenly ya fired cause your not making enough loads, WHAT?????? Ya dosnt matter that every single truck ya drove had to be put in the shop for multiple DOT violations before ya could start ya day, like broken leaf springs fifth wheel plate on trailer separating from trailer, flat tires, broken air bag control arms exc. I can keep going for days. But ya loads are also spaced out unlike everyone else's so there 8 ta 10 loads a day makes your 4 ta 5 loads a day look like crap work and they even gripe you out for putting so many teucks in the shop every morning before ya drive off. Ya think ya doing spectacular and still ya get fired WHY/WHY/WHY/WHY/WHY...........??????????????? GREED AND COORCMENT........&#^÷;@(◇¥☆♤○¡••¿》《《▪︎《▪︎》○¡•☆¡¡☆¡☆♤ pardon my french but I'm tired of it man I should not have ta choose between driving a piece of junk and risk getting my MVR damaged and keeping my job, or doing what's right and being fired for it. I been driving for 7 years now iv hauled heavy equipment in one the most busiest cities in the country for almost 2 years straight and I have a spotless MVR but yet my family does with out and I cant keep a job, oh hes a nit picker you dont want him. If I had the money I would start my own business and do this crap the right way but screw it man I'll never get to that lvl ok anyway have a safe day, and good luck. Wesley Oden

I just started trucking to help pay off some of my loans. I like it more than I thought I would, but recently my girl asked me to stop. She says I don't spend enough time with her anymore. She said to pick my job or her, that's messed up! I like making money, I NEED it! I feel like I am screwed either way here, but should I keep the girl or the job?

I was driving back home around 3 in the morning and I had not seen my family for over 4 weeks so I decided to take a short cut through some pretty isolated back roads that I didn’t know too well. It was literally in the middle of NOWHERE but I figured if it got me home faster it would be worth it.

So I get to this part of the road with all of these old creepy trees on the side. I hadn't seen a house or anything in hours, it was just miles and miles of nothing. Then out of the corner of my eye, I notice what I think is a body hanging from a tree on the side of the road in my rearview. I do a double-take because when you are tried your mind can play tricks. I blink, look again and still see him clear as day. I put on my break, backed up quickly and drove over ready to call 911. Then the guy is just gone. Totally gone! I got the hell out of there, but I know what I saw.

I had a MD state trooper tell me at 2am last Wednesday that it was illegal for my child to be in the sleeper. I told him that was NOT true at all! I work as a team and my co-driver was sleeping. You have to have one if your kid is under a certain age, usually 5 but depends on the company. He tried to lecture me about being a good mother and I ALMOST lost it right there. My son is VERY well cared for, safe and loved. He ran my license then comes back and tells me to have a good one. No ticket, so I guess he knew he was wrong.

A few days ago I was traveling through Texas at 62 miles an hour. When suddenly a white semi in front of me collided with one of those large agricultural tractors in the center of a 2 lane road. When they collided it was like an explosion I saw smoke, I saw debris starting to fly, I watched as the semi started to roll over to the left As the other tractor started to roll over to the right and I remember the 1st thing that went through my mind was, this is it I'm screwed. As a former pilot This was not the 1st time those thoughts had gone through my mind. So I applied the brakes, turned on my emergency flashers to warn drivers behind me and prepared for Any evasive maneuvers and/or impact. Luckily I always try to maintain a 6 seconds following distance , this was drilled into me over and over Until it has become a habit. Had I not had that following distance I would have collided into both vehicles and probly rolled over also. Luckily I was able to stop check on the agricultural driver and then help pull out the other semi driver through his front windshield. The black truck you see in the photograph is mine, not a scratch on it because of the 6 second rule. Listen to your instructors, listen to the safety department, they only have your best interests In mind. Be safe.

First day of class was this past Saturday. We got thrown in the fire without any knowledge of how to back. The instructor showed us once and that was it. Then he expects us all to do it perfectly. I hit like 10 cones and felt like an ass, but a buddy of mine actually backed the truck straight into a ditch. Why they even had the truck anywhere near a ditch I have no clue. The instructor turned red and I really thought he was going to kill somebody. I feel like the videos I watch on Youtube been more helpful than what this guy has taught us. Is this what usually happens?? What should I do?