Profile For Yvonne T.

So, my son made a mistake earlier this week and was told he might lose his job. He was, of course, really upset, not only at what he did but that he'd only been driving out of training for one week! The GPS he was using had been giving him bad directions all morning and then sent him down a itty bitty road with a low bridge. Luckily he saw the bridge sign before he got to it (big WHEW). He saw a field of grass that he could pull into and turn around except the field was really wet grass and the front of his truck sunk right in. Had to have 2 tow trucks pull him out. After a long 18 hours after being told he might lose his job (didn't follow company policy), he was told that he wouldn't but would have to some sort of analysis with a safety person so it will never happen again. He did say that one of the things he learned was that if he is very stressed and he comes upon another stressor that he needs to pull over and regroup before proceeding. No injury to anyone and no damage to truck, thank the lord! The tow truck driver also told him to NEVER leave pavement as a tidbit of advice to a rookie.

P.S. I have to say, I posted a question on a co-driver site for his company about if it is normal to wait one week after training for company for a co-driver to be found and I had several comments about letting baby bird leave the nest or do I want to ride with him to change his diaper! I really appreciate y'all being nice on my first comment a couple weeks ago! No one in our family is a trucker driver nor have I ever known anyone that is so I'm having fun learning about his new career. so, thank you!

Well, with that information, of course I'll have him join LOL!! We are from a small town so he learned in high school pretty quickly that either his mom or other moms were ALWAYS watching! Thanks for the tip :)

Hi ladies, I wanted to say hi and introduce myself. My name is Yvonne and I live in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. My 22 year old son moved to the mainland this past summer and just completed his driver training with CRST and is currently finding his way to his truck and co-driver. Ian is my only child and while I am super proud of him, I am also nervous for him! It's such a huge responsibility driving something that with one mistake could really hurt someone. We talk often about safe driving and last week his driving hours got flip flopped so a couple hours before his shift was over, he found himself having a hard time staying awake so he pulled over and told the trainer he needed to stop. I hope he will always exercise good judgement like that.

Every time I talk to Ian I ask where he is and he asked me why I always ask him that! I had to explain to him that a mom always wants to know that her child, even as an adult, is okay.

So, anyway, I think it's really awesome that there is a women's group and I hope to participate in your conversations!