Now, I have absolutely nothing against average people who choose to smoke marijuana in the comfort of their own homes (in fact, I think it should be legalized – though I don’t touch the stuff myself), but truck drivers should always be clean and have a clear mind. On the other hand, for something like a pet being brought along, I doubt I’d say anything, as Brett says not worth rocking the boat over that, unless it becomes a safety hazard.

The early 90′s seem like “cowboy days” compared with the way they are now, but even back then the old timers were screaming about how much the industry had changed. The enforcement and scrutiny has steadily increased over the years, but it really took off in recent years with GPS tracking and Electronic Logs.

But the stories from back in the day about some drivers having a cooler of beer next to them while driving down the road, popping pills to run coast to coast in two days, and the truck stops being like old towns in the wild west with guns and hookers being common place are not exaggerated. But even when I got in back in ’93 most of that had been cleaned up. Nowadays, truck stops are trying hard to attract local residents to their restaurants and RV travelers with their families – things are night and day from what they were back then.