Comments By crazy rebel

When I first started studying on this site I didn't know much. I have a friend who told me "you'll be sorry you know what a fifth wheel is", (he doesn't want me to go), well, I told that to my coworker, he didn't know what it was so I explained it to him, than I saw a friend last night who had a friend that had a class B license, I told him what he was able to drive and what he couldn't, never thought I would remember all that info. Both times there was a another person around my friends that had their CDL's, which I didn't know, all they did was nod their heads. I'm so happy we have this site to study with. Thank you guys!!!

its posts like this that keeps me wanting to help out,lets me know someone is listening and not just playin the kid next door and saying in his head whats he know.

Ty all for the support,james ty for the job listings,phil it depends on the type of accident and the company,knight is big on safety and lane changes are said to be an unsafe maneuver.and with it bein classified as one the deadliest type of accidents and bein very expensive they had to give me the option to resign or be terminated.

thomas ty for the words of kindness i appreciate. Old School I'm sure we will meet someday for sure and the meal will be on me bud.

but most of all i wanted to say i have gotten a call from a company that is my area and i go for pee test tomorrow and start next week runnin regional for good pay/miles. home every w/e.

Have you applied @ May's Trucking?.. I have heard good stuff about them from my school Advisor..

Website http://www.maytrucking.com/drivers_entry_level_drivers_contact_a_recruiter.php

not yet but will in morning ty bud i appreciate

Oh man Crazy Rebel that just sucks! I'm really sorry to hear that. Man, in the 15 years I drove there had to be 100 times I didn't get into a wreck but only by the grace of God or pure dumb luck.

Anyone that's been out there driving for a while has made so many mistakes we know we shouldn't have made but most of the time we just got plain lucky and nothing happened. This time you just weren't as lucky.

But as with everything, this too shall pass. You'll be a better driver for it. And having the courage to come here and share that story means a whole lot of drivers - both experienced and new ones coming into the industry - are going to be that much sharper, that much more aware than they would have been otherwise. Thanks so much for reminding the veterans and warning the rookies about just how quickly things happen out there. And without warning. In fact, most of the worst wrecks I've ever witnessed were on beautiful, dry, sunny days in light traffic. You just never know.

Well you know we're all behind ya and there's no doubt you'll be out there again in no time rackin' up the miles! Keep your head up and get some applications out there if you haven't already. I remind myself every day to "Live now and look forward". That's the way to handle this too. What's done is done. Drop it and forget it. Focus on what you have to do right now to get where you want to go moving forward. If you want to get back out there right away then get after it. Life's too short to worry about stuff you can't change or can't control. And like a recent commercial says, "Only a fool trips on what's behind them." I love that attitude. Live now and look forward.

oh i been fillin out apps and talkin to recruiters all day on phone been hearin some good and some bad but it won't let me get down i came from a family of drivers and i got lots of so to say diesel blood runnin in my veins

don't let this oops mistake happen to you be very careful out there on the road.

december 13th of 2013 im doing my dedicated run got load n good time making great time down to d.c metro.yay get unloaded in good time out by 2130,ok here is where the oops comes in i got 2 small towns to go through before i get back on the loop to head back to pa. easy right ok well when im in the one town theres a split when ya take the rte im to take ya get put in left lane of a one way roadway with the other direction having 2 lanes also devided by a yellow line. spped limit is 25 mph.

so im doing 25 and noone is to be seen next thing im behind a car doing 22 ok ill adjust so i do,2 cars come up and pass me on right side ok seen them go they still moving i can see them so im thinking by now on experience of these 2 towns cars fly through here after dark and i am one not to hang in the left lane anywhere.so i proceed to check mirrors and then look in front of me noone to be seen except the rears of the 2 ahead of me now in a distance and the tag a long in front of me goin 22 mph.

and one behind me by a distance of bout 500 yrds,so i go over to the right im almost in the lane completely and i hear a bang and feel my truck slow extremely,i pull away thinkin omg i blew a steer my first time what do i do so i touch the brake to my surprise at that very second a car spins around my nose and now is against my bumper ,well i now know it wasnt a steer it was the tail/or side of a car i have got into,so i slam the brake and clutch at same time oops,car goes shootin like a sling shot over the other lane in front of i dnt know how many cars and stops on a curb.

so now im thinkin get to him and see f hes alive,i get there and hes out of the car walking and asking if im ok,while hes on the phone.then he asked who i drive for so i tell him and i asked him did ya call the police i notice ya got ur phone out and i was more worried bout you and injuries first. he tells me yea they on the way phew.so i wait for them we both tell our side of what happened i take photos and all that fun stuff.

and he says to the cop im ok so the cop askd if he thinks his car is driveable he says yea so the cop said ok we dnt need a tow truck,at that moment the guy says i want a tow truck,well here we go i know im burnt crisp now,so tow truck comes and hes talkin to me and next we here fire whistles omg the tow man went off he was just complainin like ya wouldnt believe bout this guy. so an ambulance shows up and wala he goes in the meat wagon. ok so addrenaline left and now pain sets in i suppose.

so i go back to the yrd and do our policy stuff and get sent home till today i am to call them well i call at 0700 to see if i get a truck,i get told we will call ya when we know more,well i get the call and am told ya got 1 of to choices quit or be terminated,well ok wth to do now.but ill bounce back im sure.

i just wanted to post this bc you may and will get an attitude of it wnt happen to me but let me tell ya there is a very small blind spot on your right dont forget that bc its a fraction of a second and that one second can cost a career.

I hear ya old school bout the dm bud i had one that ddnt unddrstand bow i can drive nonstop so i asked her do ya know what a bottle is? she said yea so i proceeded on and asked do ya know what a willy is? she sounded stunned and said yes i do for ur information.so i asked her do ya think i cant aim for a hole or what?.

she then understood how i could do it.see most these new breeds now days think its a 9 - 5 job they start at 9 and end at 5 when thier lights need to come on and they feel they need a 1hr nap at 10 a 2 hr nap at noon. And another 1 hr nap at 2 -3 then done again at 5. thats what truckin has become anymore so when a dm gets a hard runner it surprises them.

Here is what i figured out so far bout the winers of truckin i like to call them, is this they drove down the rd and what did they see? a guy sittin behind a wheel for 11 hrs ok easy right?, well what they failed at us while drivin hes thinkin of what maneuver to do next ,if hes goin to make his appt.,whats that car over thier goin to do. thats the mental stress of it.

now the physical ya load/unload ur own trlr ,ya drop/hook ur trlr ya speak and comsult with ppl.ya fuel.ya do a pre,mid and post trip insp..

see what most fa at is truckin isnt a job its a lifestyle ur away fr family most cases mnths before ya swe them again. it cannot be co pared to any job out there,if ya allow it it will chew u up and spit ya out into pieces and not care. ive been at that point just recently so i took time off from drivin and on here.

i was so ready to snap on most for posts for no reason and i was snippy in the least to fellow drivers on the rd. dnt let this happen to u.ya will notice from past posts ive made i have a diff attitude now its a get over it and move on attitude.i used to care but what i posted as to hurtin feelings but aftter some thought ive noticed sugar only coats.

Oops ya better ask on that 10800 bud that should be in a month and even so ya should still make it.bc knight only require 2500 per truck a week.

If ya drive like i do 10800 will be no issue in 14 days bud i can do 660 to 680 a day

Omg throw a steering wheel at me plz lol, thnx guyjax i forgot that rule