I thought I saw (or heard) it all, until I found this study on road rage excuses. Yes, I’m guilty of coming up with an excuse or two over the years myself, but this is ridiculous. And the sad part is- it’s all true! You have to see this study and read the crazy excuses these road-ragers gave for their reasons why they lost all self control. It’s simply crazy! I think the problem...
Us truckers always like to complain about the four-wheelers, and usually for good reasons. But, did you ever wonder what the four-wheelers think about the trucks? Or, as they say in the UK, the “lorries”? This article (below) was submitted by a lady from England. I decided to publish it to show the other side of the coin for once. Turnabout is fair-play, right? It just might pay to listen to some of their...
On a damp, foggy day, an old truck driver pulled into a huge distribution center. He had never seen this particular place before, but he had seen its kind plenty of times – the truck staging area full of trucks, the driver check-in building (no doubt full of drivers), and the promise of a long waiting time. He followed the signs that guided him to the truck parking area, and parked his truck in...
Who’s the Captain? 2-06. One fine day, not too long ago, I was trucking along a residential two-lane road. This particular road was going to come to an end in about one block, where it lead directly into the shipper I was heading for. There is no other reason for a truck to be on this road, other than to go there. The speed limit is 25 mph and the road is narrow (with...
Do you read all the bumper stickers you see? I usually do. Do you often daydream about bumper stickers you either wish you had, or wish you saw? Did you ever wish you had one that was interchangeable and said whatever you wanted it to, whenever you needed it? How cool would it be to have a switch on your dashboard that allowed you to choose the appropriate message when needed? Or, maybe even...
I just love a good truck driver story, don’t you? Not the kind that goes on about how many loads you hauled, or how stupid your dispatcher is – we hear those every day. I like the kind of story that takes you back to a certain time, paints a picture in your mind, or makes you fall out of your chair laughing- The kind of story you hear at a truck stop coffee...
Who would actually name their dog Beef? I know it’s a crazy name, but it worked for me at the time. Beef was a huge German Shepherd I used to have back in the 1980’s. He was the biggest one in the litter, and that was why we chose him – we knew he would be huge. Beef had the biggest head I ever saw on any German Shepherd and he had a beautiful...
Ah, the fine art of beater control. I remember the day I made up the saying “beater control.” A good friend of mine reminded me of that the other day and we had a good laugh, so I thought I’d tell the story. It dates back about twenty-two years, when I was working as a supervisor at a local diaper delivery service. Most of the delivery trucks the company had, which were step-vans, were...