Profile For Keith T.

DAVID R......I think you were harsh...REAL harsh....and coming from someone who has never sat behind the wheel of a truck....I will tell you this....If...when you finally get behind the wheel, and you are finally driving that big truck..you aren't scared...Then YOU are the one that I don't want to see on the highway.....It doesn't take a bangin' pair to drive a truck...it takes guts, training, awareness, and pride in what you do. I don't think theres a driver out there that will say they were never scared... I will admit, that not everyone is cut out to be a truck driver. But you will never know until you try.

Oh...and for the record....for the first 6 months that I was driving truck...I lived in ABJECT TERROR that I was going to wreck, run over someone/something...miss a exit, run off a cliff, smear a car all over the road....etc...etc...I lived thru it. and drove OTR as an O/O for over 15 years......so much for not being scared.

Thanks !! It looks like you and Guy Hodges understand what I'm going through !! Thanks for your post. You 2 can be my trainer or mentor anytime !!

Yeah, People like you shouldn't drive truck!

You don't know if you can afford the low pay. You have a short temper with those who train you. You have health issues. Most importantly, you're scared to drive!!

That's a no brainer if I ever saw one...

And its attitudes ;like this we do not need in trucking. The stuff the Kieth T is feeling is stuff we go through every day. Its called being human. Its normal. Things can go bad very fast.

David to sit there and say the stuff you did was ignorant at best. You have never been in a truck but you feel you can criticize someone else who is just trying to look into trucking.

Kieth T is asking the question he feels he needs to and to alleviate some stress from a very stressful process. so lets take it point by point.

1) Low Pay.....Sure you will not get rich but you can make a very good living driving a truck.

2) Temper.....It happens to EVERYONE. It will happen to you also.

3) Health issues....Everyone has something they are dealing with and if you are in trucking long enough you will develop health issues also.

4)Scared to drive....You have not seen the aftermath of what a truly serious truck accident leaves behind. You would be scared also if you had.

See David the thing is Kieth T has healthy concerns when it comes to trucking and rightfully so cause its not just him that he has to look out for. He has a family to look out for also.

Check out the link below of this video from YouTube of a truck accident happening in real time and and then tell me you should not have at least a reason to fear driving.

Things can go bad very quickly.....

So to discount what Kieth T said make me wonder if you really need to be in trucking at all.....

Thank you sir that helps a lot !! So far you appear to be the only one who gets what I'm saying and my concerns ! Hey you can be my trainer or mentor anytime !!!

I've always wanted to drive a truck when I was a kid. I could have gotten started when I was 19 or 20 but I guess fear stopped me. Now hear I am about to turn 49 in a month and I have gotten my CDL class A have been to truck driving school twice. Once to get my CDL and a refresher course this past April of 2013. I now have a wife and 2 kids 14 and 16. Every time I try to get on somewhere something different happens. Anything from a trainer that I'm about put my fist down his or her throat for trying to talk to me like a child or a minor health issue. I know I can drive because I've been told everywhere I go I just need more time behind the wheel. But then fear kicks in every time I turn on the TV I see a semi accident or I'm scared I may make fatal mistake on snow or a mountain. Ive been working in corporate America nearly all of my working life. There is a lot of b.s. with that and I don't make anywhere near what I should but it's safe. And I cant afford to put my family in any more financial ruin by getting paid $300 - $400/wk for 6 weeks. But something is missing. Any opinions out there ? From a guy who doesn't know what to do.