I just had a phone interview for the perfect job. Close to home, 4 day work week, local, starts @ $40/hr, no hazmat or twic, non union. HOWEVER, they told me in the interview they have driver facing cameras with ai built in. What would you do? I politely declined

Is it really that hard as a trucker to not do drugs and just drive the speed limit while in your personal vehicle? Or just get out and look while backing if unsure? Or just to be careful in general?
It seems all too common that folks i interact with IRL or in this community, have trouble with it….I understand that shit just happens sometimes, but being safe, dependable and clean isn’t that hard… I’ve made mistakes, and have been in some tough spots, but they were all after I exhausted the extent of what I could’ve done to prevent it or fix it.

Getting my CDL was absolutely life changing….i went from being broke all the time to having a good solid and consistent paycheck. I can afford my car, life and provide for my family, I make 93k a year before taxes and I’m doing great. I just don’t really understand how you can be so careless to speed or do drugs or god forbid a DUI.

Can someone illuminate? This is a great field with tons of opportunity.

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I knew I’d run the risk of sounding like a judgmental dick. It’s some good money to be made out here. Scenic drives, alone with a good podcast/audio book/ music, and no boss breathing down your neck or office lighting or workplace politics. Like I said, getting my CDL was what took me from poverty to living more than comfortably. So it’s hard for me to fathom doing something to risk that

In all sincerity I don’t mean to judge.
And my post here doesn’t contradict my previous post about being stuck in a Schneider contract. 93k is what my job pays PRE TAXES in other words my GROSS pay. I don’t need comments telling me not to go based of the W4 or the recruiters sweet talk. I’m not new to driving, I just got my actual CDL this year and before that I was a straight truck driver for long hauls and was often put up in shitty roadside motels. I did that for 4.5 years. So yes I consider that being a trucker, maybe it’s up for debate since it wasn’t a CDL-A gig idk 🤷🏾‍♂️.

I feel blessed to have the job and opportunity I do. And wanted some illumination as to why someone would potentially risk it with drugs, poor safety practices, etc. nobody is perfect and that goes for me. I’ve been stuck in a tight spot before and I’ve made mistakes too.

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Is it normal that he can go a full 24h no contact. His routes are usually 3-4 days and I’m always the one reaching out , to check in. He says he doesnt love being on phone etc … but well talk a bit if I call. He can spend a full 24h with no contact

A company called GenLogs runs roadside cameras that photograph every passing truck and record the USDOT, MC, plates and VIN. Most drivers are honest and get logged every mile without knowing where the cameras are, so I started mapping them. I'm at 100 so far.

Full disclosure, I built the map. It's free, no sign-up. Link in the comments.

I had this situation hauling beverages today. Was 1,520 pounds overweight on my drives (have standard 2 drive tandems). However my trailer tandems were all the way to the front, and my steer axles were only 120 lbs under (12,000 in IL). Had virtually no room to adjust trailer tandems and fifth wheel.

I was able to drive to the shipper on a route without weigh stations (carefully planned). But would a weigh stations offer wiggle room in this situation, or would I still be in violation?

I am setting up a wolfbox in the truck before more night driving, and trailer glare is the part I am trying to plan around instead of learning the hard way later. White box trailers, reflective signs, and headlights behind me can make any windshield-mounted footage tricky if the angle catches too much hood reflection or glass glare. For truckers running dash cams at night, where are you mounting the camera to reduce glare before it becomes a problem? Do you angle it lower, change exposure settings, use a different spot on the glass, or is this just one of those night-driving compromises?

Hello everyone I’m going to start learning then driving how to drive a flat bed soon. My end goal is to get my own truck and drive dry vans. If I learn to drive park into docks and parking spots with a flat bed would that skill transfer into dry van or is it different. So what I’m asking is, if I learn everything with the flat bed will I be good to go to drive dry van afterwards. Thanks for the input

Today some dude had his phone in one hand dick in the other driving with his knee going crazy I’m curious if this happened to anyone else or maybe I’m just unlucky and should probably stop looking into cars✌️

Finally had to use mine for the first time on the side of the road. It was a true emergency and was violent as hell. I was afraid the compartment might not be big enough but nope, it held all 7 tacos like a champ, very sturdy bags too. Would highly reccomend.

Hi community!

Can anyone help guide me through the process to report a dangerous truck driver? This guy was unhappy with our speed (we were entering the highway from an exit and ramping up our speed but this driver was in the right lane and trying to pass a van in the left lane and had to reduce his speed to let us enter the highway). He hooked at us and proceeded to drive us into the shoulder of the highway where we almost crashed rolling through some hard plastic debris on the shoulder. I’ve never seen anything like this before, we could have died and are very shaken up. This guy should not be on the road!

Edit: we did nothing wrong we were merging normally, the driver was speeding trying to pass a van in the left lane.

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I feel sorry for the guys that drive 55 the entire time they are in California due to fear of the law or retaliation from their company.

It’s been 10 days. The IRS has suspended federal penalties through Dec. 31, but state restrictions still apply.

So far, Missouri is the only state I’ve confirmed allows it for general freight. Others have limited exemptions, mostly agricultural.

Federal taxes aren’t forgiven either, potentially just deferred.

If you know, ya know.

Where do drivers look for work? Whats most important thing you all look at? Pay? Truck? Routes? Type of work? etc

How common is it to fail? would suck to get stuck with a 7k+ bill if failed. Do you got to be insanely brain dead to fail?

Someone told me they hated trucks. I looked at them calm, collective, inhaled deeply, and said it. Felt good to not hear anything after, just the look of shame on their face. Wish you guys and gals were there.

STOP BUYING SHIT!

Had a flat trailer tire from nail last night, parked on off ramp shoulder. Tire tech didn’t get there until 6 hours after my road assist first set up call. When he got there, I was a little short with him because I was tired and had been waiting a while. I wasn’t rude I just wasn’t trying to stand in his face doing small talk, just wanted it to be fixed. Long story short, he asked if trailer tire had auto inflate. I said yea, he told me to push in red air knob and this was before he put tire on. I did it and after a couple minutes all I heard was air coming through red knob and my psi draining. I’m assuming this is when fitting broke. Why would he even need to touch brake chamber fitting? In addition to it breaking in half, he didn’t have a spare fitting so I had to wait 3 more hours for another tech. If he had the spare, and fixed it on the spot I wouldn’t have questioned his intent.

Besides the fact that you can use it to be immediately alerted and alert others to an accident on a blind hill or bend, there are other uses.

Sometimes it's a waste of time: Some schizophrenic hillbilly in Austin ranting about his rates or the Panties Guy in LA (who is obviously a local just broadcasting illegally from a boosted tower and not a trucker). Sometimes funny jokes about "Fancy Gap." Sometimes it's a racist (who can easily get wound up when you give him the clap back he isn't expecting).

But Sometimes you get the guy who is riding down and telling everyone about a bad wreck immediately ahead and to find an alternative route, with time for you to catch the exit. Saving you time sitting in nut-to-butt traffic going 1 mph for the next 10 miles.

Other times you get someone letting you know that officers are posted up behind a sign or on a state border looking for the easy ticket.

And there is one phrase above all that makes it worth keeping on. It doesn't come across often ... but when you hear it, you feel like a straight outlaw. An old head will blast across that radio with all the energy of Smokey & The Bandit:

"Trucker Trucker Trucker. <direction>bound lane is free and clear. No highway men 'til <Town or exit or region>. Open up 'dem horses and Godspeed."

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I gotta wear hi-vis everywhere on property but they got death traps sitting around. lol

Classic tv at the end of the bed. Wedge pillow for back support. Black sock for foot.