Am I A Wimp?

46500 miles just started. Took two weeks to get picked up because there wasn’t a load to his liking in my area of the country. I just wanted to run that by others. I’m in the sleeping north holding fast so I don’t get tossed out

The lack of sleep and the stress sound perfectly normal.

The tablet, cell phone usage, and tripping over the **** bottles do not.

My trainer spends most of his driving shift on the phone, but he has a hands-free headset and never takes his eyes off the road. In my opinion it’s unacceptable for a trainer to be setting this example.

Also, while I don’t disagree with the sentiment that you should be stressed out now so you can handle it solo, there’s also this to consider:

1) you’re going to be stressed out solo too 2) he shouldn’t be yelling at you unless there’s an immediate danger of hitting something and the yell is a warning

How much time left do you have in your TNT?

John, are you in the top bunk while your trainer is driving?

GoodLORD John. . . . that OSU shirt tears at my heartstrings. Can you answer O/S's question?!!?! Is being 'NORTE' complicit with the upper bunk? What the heckin hole of helllzzzzz?? Just a driver's wife.. but IF I were your wife.. i'd be all NOPE NOPE NOPE... up your wazoo.

~ Anne ~

Comparing your trainer to my trainer, I agree with the group, you good say something. First to your trainer to get it out in the open, if can't be open minded to your constructive criticism, let him know you're going to ask for a new trainer. If your fleet manager is worth a damn, I would hope he would see it as a good thing that you came forward. If you don't survive the ordeal, call Pride transport. If you want to go offline, I'll give you my trainer's name.

Running into some issues with my tnt and would like to know if it’s normal suck it up and roll or make changes. I do no day driving I have the night shift while he sleeps which wouldn’t be a big deal except the lack of sleep. My trainer is constantly on the rumble strip because one eye is on his phone or tablet, got about 3 hours sleep today got woken up and tripped over his **** bottles getting into the passenger seat to have a smoke. This morning I had to finally pull over with 1:20 left on my drive clock because I started to nod. Was so tired had to do 2 straight backs to get into a spot. He started yelling at me, his theory is stress the trainee out while with him so we can handle it solo. If this is normal rookie whining please let me know or should I say something because I also don’t want to be a rat. Just not feeling safe or confident right now

While my truck driving training was not like this, I did learn to drive a 53 passenger bus with the US Army in Berlin, GE. My instructor had his own set of brake and accelerator pedals and was NOT shy about using them. This ahole would yell NONSTOP the entire time we would drive. I called it the "Vince Lombardi Bus Driving School". And, no, he was not German. He was a retired GI. Anyhow, stressed the entire two weeks but I did get my license, never hit anything and a 4-day pass out of the deal :)

That was the only thing I didn't like about my trainer. He was from India and had some weird thing about me using the lower bunk. I slept up top too, got used to it since I "had to" and made it thru my 28 days out with him.....

We don't drive drowsy period I drive nights mostly when I get the sleepies, I don't care I park and sleep or grab quick 2 hour nap then finish my shift. Most of our loads don"t really have a time crunch, since 90% we pull, are usually given to us late, we just get it there asap!

The company stresses to sleep if you're nodding off. Just went 91 days without a sleep related off road issue, until yesterday, someone dozed off luckily no damage, injuries, etc, just a tow out. 18 months and I haven't tapped anything lol (YET) whewww