As a truck driver for the past 6 years I have acumulated 750K safe miles.
I wish that state troopers could see half of the insanity I see every day, some of the insane moves I see are mind boggling, there have been times when some of these moves literally made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, it blows my mind that so many people are willing to risk their lives, (not to mention other people's lives) just to save a few seconds.
One of the many things that I have noticed, texting and the thing about that is that 8 out of ten young women are texting while driving, something else I've noticed is that the more attractive she is the more likely she is to be texting, (this is something that I have observed many, many times, by the way, I think women drivers are as capable behind the wheel as any man but many women I see have the phone in their hand while driving, the younger she is the more likely she is to be hanging on to that phone,
It's become apparent to me that a lot of people out there must think that an 80k lbs truck is constructed entirely of the same material as nerf balls, the things that people do around trucks leads me to think that a lot of people think that if they tangle with a truck they will bounce off harmlessly, chances are they will not survive the encounter.
I have seen a lot of people watching movies, reading books, newspapers, letters, eating chili using both hands!!! and steering with their knee.
over the last six years I have seen such carnage out on the roads, cars mangled beyond recognition, bodies on the road, I'm sure that a lot of other people see these things and yet they keep doing the insane things that they do.
I start every day with this thought... Is this the day I'll wreck? and I say NO! because I KNOW what I have to do to not allow that to happen, at least thru no fault of my own. I know that my truck is a VERY stable machine (they really are very stable), as long as I don't ask it to do something that it was not designed to do like take curves fast or change lanes fast or try to stop fast or drive on slick and snowy roads fast.
Also, I do NOT drive tired, if I start feeling blahh I'll pull into the first rest area, or truck stop or other safe parking area and take a power nap, I am a firm believer in the power nap, it works much better than caffeinated or energy drinks and I'll still get the miles I need to do for the day without risking mine or anyone else's life.
please, put some thought into what you do out there, think of the people that are important in your life and how your actions can affect the rest of their lives.
please, be safe out there, getting there a few minutes quicker is not worth your or my life.

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