Comments By Stewart A.

Based on the laws now in effect that have been posted here it seems the question is now a moot point. However there is good information still to gain that can and should easily transfer to other situations you have or may very well run into.

Like Rick Dees, I have past experience having been a part time Police Officer for about 18 years and I would say that if this scenario did not have the new law backing you up, then I would not wait for the security guard to "call the police", but you should make the call yourself using the guard's phone if possible. Let the guard know that you want to comply with his request but you need an officer to do that. Get an officer to come sort out the issue. Depending on the officer, the details of the story and how YOU and the guard conduct yourselves can make a world of difference. He may end up telling the guard there is nothing he can do to make you move but if you are being hot headed and not patiently making it clear that you want to comply but also do not want to break the law, then he might tell you that you have to be towed. He/she should not make you drive, but if you offer to drive to the nearest safe location with his escort or blessing and he/she agrees then go for it. Make sure that you log everything and everyone's information and titles etc., and ask for the police report number if you really want to cover everything.

Again as Rick mentioned some of these issues could get thrown out of court if arrests or citations were made, but unfortunately it does not help you or your stress level in the moment even if you do think any action against you will take that course.

My point here in all this is, Don't be afraid to call the police, (unless of course you know you are in violation of who knows what). But really, call them. If you are proactive in calling instead of them getting called against you, the outcome can be the difference of night and day. First off it puts the officer in the mind set that he/she is coming to help YOU, and not that YOU are the bad guy that he/she is going to be looking at suspiciously and wondering just how guilty you are. It also tells them that you are trying to do what is right and sometimes even if it ends up you did something wrong, like wrong way on a one way street, (just trying to make up something here but I think you get the idea) they are more likely to give you some slack.

It's the old adage of catching more flies with honey than, how does that go?

Brad, I think you will find a lot of people on here watch YouTube. There is at least one on YouTube, Dale Clay, who is a Maverick driver and I'm sure there could be more.

I think Rainy D. is right and I know Old School would agree to get started in dry van or reefer and get some experience under your belt before moving over to flatbed. The very fact that you ask the question might tell you that you don't yet have enough information or the absolute drive to make it work no matter what. Trucking is more than difficult enough without adding the extra issues of flat bedding.

Does that mean people can't and don't make it starting right out of the gate with flat beds? NO but it could and probably has meant for some that they became so discouraged with trucking that they left it altogether when they might have had a different outcome had they gone the two step process.

Either way good luck to you and may every mile be an adventure and safe.

Hello Amy, Glad to see you still have an interest in trucking and helping others. What part of NH are you in? You don't need to be too specific, just something like South eastern part or west central.

I am aware of the school you mentioned in Concord. There is also a school in Rockingham VT, which is just a few miles north west of North Walpole NH. There are also two more in NH that I have come across which are part of the Vocational Technical school system. One is in Berlin and the other in Laconia.

You are right about this site being a good site, and I think you said "real". There is a lot of insight, experience, humor, eye opening, in your face, supportive, humbling, encouraging and just down right family kind of atmosphere and information here. One thing I especially like is the intolerance of people bashing any trucking companies.

I wish you well and if I had a truck, you could come teach me.

Brett check out the Cathedral ledges in North Conway NH.

Sweet!

Patrick, as Brett mentioned there are some things mentioned on the site to help with BP. Nancy had some good advise too but I would add more time to that based on a talk from a Dr. I just listened too about blood pressure and cholesterol. Not that the two are related just that he spoke about both. His greatest recommendation is to relax and do deep breathing for 15 minutes. He said that will be good for the whole day and reduce your blood pressure as much as two medications.

I know we aren't going to change the view of the medical field in America over night or DOT but this same Doc. pointed out the irony of BP numbers as Germany has at least 85 different treatments to help increase (yes increase) blood pressure as they believe it is essential to supporting good health. 140 over whatever is on the low side for them.

The thing he keeps pointing out is that our blood pressures fluctuate all day long based on the need of the body at any given moment. It is a self regulating thing. An athlete or weight lifter after doing a heavy workout can have a BP of 400 over 200-300 and even though that is what his body needs at that moment.

Finally he suggests, besides the deep breathing exercise, to drink more water, stop eating foods cooked with oils, especially polyunsaturated ones, and eat more raw foods and stop eating man made and processed foods. He believes that it is these oils that cause the blood to stick and clump in our arteries and it is not cholesterol which is a whole other story. Basically if it is a yellow oil in a plastic bottle on the supermarket shelf leave it there or burn it in your bio diesel engine, that's about all it's good for. That last one was mine.

The possibilities are certainly varied as to what types of class B driving there is out there. Finding part time will be the tougher part. Some of the best part time might require you to get hazmat and tanker endorsements as well, like fuel and propane delivery. There are dump trucks to be driven as well, even in Chicago. Fish markets, landscapers, furniture stores and moving and storage. The list goes on and on.

Maybe taking notes of each company you see represented by Class B trucks when you are out on the streets is a good place to start. That way too, you can get a sense of whether they take care of their equipment or not and maybe give you an idea of who to stay away from and who you might like to work for, assuming they have some part time needs.

Paul don't forget there are a lot of us "Lurkers" who don't drive truck but are either working on it or just have the dream from childhood to do so. Most of these folks would probably like to hear from real truck drivers what they would do and not show how little we know by trying to answer. Not to mention that sometimes we just don't have time to get to this every day.

But please all of you keep posting these.

Personally I think you should just drop it at the empty door and take your empty and let them figure out that they need to pull product from a different dock.

First off, what do you mean by "Maxi"?

Part of the problem with commercialized medicine is that drug manufacturers make more money if they only treat symptoms, rather than fixing problems. What I do not understand is why Whitehouse vinegar (or any other major vinegar manufacturer) hasn't started marketing ACV as an over the counter pro-acid for food-related heartburn relief.

G-Town hit this one pretty well but I would also like to for you to stop and think /realize that this issue is so very much bigger than antacids and heartburn. It is one of this biggest and most horrific things driving the entire cancer industry and vaccination industry. While I'm sure G-Town and probably some others on here could add pages to this post regarding this stuff I will bite my tongue for once and leave you with just a couple items to look up and buy: Buy this book on Amazon, "Outsmart Your Cancer". It will give you some more insight on some of what has been stated here about testing, approval, resistance etc.. There are many "alternative" treatments you can make or buy over the internet or in your health food store that have cured cancer with zero side effects. And when I say cured I mean just what you think, not the new definition from the cancer industry who changed it with regards to cancer so that now it means "alive 5 years after diagnosis". You can die a couple weeks later but you made the 5 year mark so you get counted as cured.

Two more things. On Youtube look up and watch Dr. John Bergman and look up and watch some of the "Forbidden Cures" documentary like videos.

Thank you Farmerbob1 for bringing this topic to TT. You just might have helped save someones career because of health concerns or possibly someone's life. As they say someplace warmer than NH, "Good on ya mate".