Comments on: A trucking radio show you may want to listen to… http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/murraysherriffs/2009/07/a-trucking-radio-show-you-may-want-to-listen-to Helping Those Who Are Considering A Career In The Truck Driving Industry Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Rhonda http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/murraysherriffs/2009/07/a-trucking-radio-show-you-may-want-to-listen-to/comment-page-1#comment-1000 Rhonda Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:48:34 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=1629#comment-1000 Brett said it best. Many think all you do is get in that truck and go. They also think because they can shift gears in their car, they can do the same in that truck!! HA!! Yes, to be a trucker, one has to be smart to get all the job done. Wonder if people think anyone can just get in that cockpit and fly that plane???? That industry does not get the negativity that trucking does. Brett said it best. Many think all you do is get in that truck and go. They also think because they can shift gears in their car, they can do the same in that truck!! HA!! Yes, to be a trucker, one has to be smart to get all the job done. Wonder if people think anyone can just get in that cockpit and fly that plane???? That industry does not get the negativity that trucking does.

]]> By: Brett Aquila http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/murraysherriffs/2009/07/a-trucking-radio-show-you-may-want-to-listen-to/comment-page-1#comment-993 Brett Aquila Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:31:43 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=1629#comment-993 There is no question that a ton of people look down on truckers. For one, it would seem like anyone can do it. For two, a handful of drivers can do things that get a lot of public attention and make the rest look really bad - like things they say on the CB, the way they drive, or the way they conduct themselves in public. Do you have to graduate from Harvard to be a truck driver? Of course not. But you need a skillset that most people simply do not have. You must live on the road, work insane hours, deal with all types of traffic, weather, and road conditions everyday, know all the rules and regs, navigate this great nation from one end to the other in a "building on wheels", think and react very quickly, have great driving skills, be incredibly patient and tolerant, and live in basically a walk-in closet, amongst a ton of other things. There is so much to know if you want to be safe and reliable year in and year out. Anyone can go through the gears and get a rig rolling through Nebraska on an 80 degree day in July. But make a delivery in downtown Chicago at 8:00 a.m. on a 5 degree Monday morning in January on a sheet of ice in blinding snow and brutal traffic and you'll see that there's a lot to know and a it's a tough lifestyle to live. There is no question that a ton of people look down on truckers. For one, it would seem like anyone can do it. For two, a handful of drivers can do things that get a lot of public attention and make the rest look really bad – like things they say on the CB, the way they drive, or the way they conduct themselves in public.

Do you have to graduate from Harvard to be a truck driver? Of course not. But you need a skillset that most people simply do not have. You must live on the road, work insane hours, deal with all types of traffic, weather, and road conditions everyday, know all the rules and regs, navigate this great nation from one end to the other in a “building on wheels”, think and react very quickly, have great driving skills, be incredibly patient and tolerant, and live in basically a walk-in closet, amongst a ton of other things.

There is so much to know if you want to be safe and reliable year in and year out. Anyone can go through the gears and get a rig rolling through Nebraska on an 80 degree day in July. But make a delivery in downtown Chicago at 8:00 a.m. on a 5 degree Monday morning in January on a sheet of ice in blinding snow and brutal traffic and you’ll see that there’s a lot to know and a it’s a tough lifestyle to live.

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