Comments By Danny G.

Most people have trucking dreams, especially in the beginning when you're new and so much is on your mind all the time.

The funniest thing I saw regarding that was a driver who nosed into a parking spot when he was obviously exhausted because he fell asleep with his head on the steering wheel and his truck idling. When he woke up and saw the back end of a trailer two feet from the nose of his truck he thought he had fallen asleep at the wheel and was about to plow into another truck.

He grabbed the steering wheel and starting sawing on it, grabbed the shifter and started slamming it around causing the gears to grind like crazy, and started pumping the brake hard and fast. Those gears were grinding, the air brakes were hissing, and the whole cab of the truck was rocking because he was jamming on everything in such a panic. After about 5 seconds of that he realized nothing was happening and stopped. He was sitting there silent and still, utterly baffled for a moment.

Then this guy slowly turned toward his head in my direction where myself and the driver parked next to me happened to be watching the whole thing. This guy's hair was sticking out wildly in all directions, his eyes were as wide as dinner plates, and his mouth was hanging wide open. He looked like a zombie and had no idea what was happening.

I'm telling ya, the other driver that had witnessed it and I were laughing so hard I thought we were going to need an ambulance. We were just dying. The tears were flowing, I had stomach cramps, and I couldn't breathe! It was utterly hysterical. To this very moment I die laughing every time I think about it. I'm pretty sure that dude needing counseling after that episode. One of the funniest things I ever saw!

This just cracked me up Thanks for sharing... laughter is the best medicine.

I have no experience in the trucking industry but here's my take on it if I think about this logically. Trucking companies keep their doors open by moving product whereas schools rely on students passing and finding a job.

However, taking your example of drivers A & B and they both have driven for a year, the way you have conducted yourself in that year will more than likely determine your future prospects and not what school you attended.

Thank you G-Town!

I appreciate the welcome and the links you've provided. I've already read Brett's Book twice... it's full of valuable information, as is the rest of this site, and will most likely go through it again to pull out a few more nuggets :)

Cheers! Danny

Hello everyone,

I'm completely new to trucking and looking forward to this next chapter in my life. Thank you for this very informative site... I'm so glad I found this early in my research. Some great stuff here.

I signed up with PAM Transport through Driver Solutions and was given a start date the day after my application was submitted. My training will be done by CDL of GA.

Now for a quick HU. I'm making use of the High Road Training Program, the eGears Learning Center (provided by Driver Solutions) and the Georgia DDS Commercial Drivers Manual which I downloaded directly from the DDS website. Yesterday I happened to be near my local DMV and decided to pop in and grab a hard copy of the manual. To my surprise the hard copy has a revision of 7/1/2015 whilst the downloaded version is from 6/1/2013... Somewhat out of date I'd say.

I'm not sure what's been revised but thought it might help someone just to be aware of this.

Again, keep up the great work with this site. Until next time.

Danny