Comments By Eric

I'm sitting at a rest area in WV, and have come to realize that OTR is just not for me. I ran Walmart dedicated in Alabama before this but my daughter and her mom moved up with my family in NH. So I'm wondering, are there and companies that run new england? Maybe even daycabs? I see old dominion and Conway in NH all the time. I'm looking for home once at least every 2 weeks or more if possible. I also have a ticket from an "accident" in a parking lot from last year, so that could limit me to certain companies. I'm with swift right now but the closest they are to my house is NY or NJ.

Umm, sure.

So, I drive for swift. I have 1 ticket for following to closely a few years ago in a car, I also have a ticket for an improper turn which resulted in an accident in a parking lot. I was doing waart dedicated, went to pull into a walmart, girl was texting and drove into my reefer tank. Walmart denied any camera footage even though a camera was aimed right at me. Needless to say I lost the court battle. She was crying at the scene and playing victim. I'm trying to find a company that with hire me with that record, and 6 months experience. I can't stand swift anymore, I can't even hit my brake pedal without them calling it a critical event and threatening to terminate me over it, or overspeed violations for letting my truck coast to 70 in a 75 zone. Its a joke.

Hey guys, I'm just now going OTR. I've been on a dedicated out of Alabama for what seems like forever. I just finished my first run to memphis now about to head to Flint Michigan. I just wanted to know which cities you find the most challenging to drive a truck in, also any tips for me this winter? Thanks!

Okay so my trailer lights stopped working a while ago, I threw my 4 ways on and pulled into the first lot I saw, so I made a uturn in the mall entrance so I could be set up to get out, no cara around or anything. I ended up tearing the grass up a little bit because my truck turns super wide, well come to find out this weird plastic flat cover was in the grass and also got ran over and water stared leaking out all over the parking lot. Any idea what it might even be? I'm kinda freaking out now, I had no idea because it was a flat cover in the grass and there was basically nowhere else for me to pull off the road to check my lights.

So I'm in Hoover Alabama last night, real nice town. I'm going down a hill at like 45mph, light turns red right as I'm crossing. I didn't see a flash but I saw this constant led light flashing like 30 times, even after I was a mile down the road. Not sure if it took my picture, but even if it did, is that punishable by points on my CDL? I'm getting really sick of these cameras, I havent gotten a ticket for it before, but now I'm worried. I mean, I try to anticipate the light changing but I'm not going to slow down to 5mph for every light when I'm fully loaded going down hill.

Celadon, when I was in salt lake city with swift, I literally saw CR guys walking over to swift to apply for a job.

I'm on a Walmart dedicated with swift, some days I love it and some days I hate it. I get home once a week to see my daughter but still feel like its not enough. My personal life sucks and I no longer have friends or do anything fun. I want to go OTR, but I keep hearing freight is terribly slow, its getting slow on my account also and my checks are dropping, is it time to just find a new profession? I'm at a roadblock here. I'm nervous to do OTR but I know it will be more exciting but is it worth it?

No police report, cops actually didn't seem to care, animal control or someone else removed the dog and that was that. I reported to swift and they simply asked for pictures and ordered me a new side piece and fog light.

So I've been driving a truck for Swift since June, I know "Swift" smh, lol. Anyways, I was on a state route going 60 when this huge dog literally ran in front of my truck, I hit my brakes, but quickly remembered what they told me in school, so I had to hit him. I'm super upset over this, I wish he would've run just a bit faster, half of my bumper is also gone. I assume this is a common thing right? Like if I go to apply at another company a year from now it won't just show up as an accident?