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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:13:59 AM EDT
[#1]
They’re no longer swift.
They were purchased by Knight. If you’re going to bash them, at least get the company right. So it’s Knight-Swift. Really for the amount of miles they run, they’re not all that unsafe. 24,000 trucks on the road. You’re bound to have some idiots. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:15:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They’re no longer swift. They were purchased by Knight. If you’re going to bash them, at least get the company right. Usually they just bash themselves (or wind up In ditches) |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:16:04 AM EDT
[#3]
Hobby Lobby drivers. Fuck em.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:17:33 AM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Usually they just bash themselves (or wind up In ditches) Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They’re no longer swift. They were purchased by Knight. If you’re going to bash them, at least get the company right. Usually they just bash themselves (or wind up In ditches) I edited my previous post. But 24,000 drivers. For the number of miles they run, they’re actually not out of the usual in terms of accidents. Get 24,000 random people and see how many cars they wreck spectacularly. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:23:47 AM EDT
[#5]
Over the last couple of years I've noticed the most reckless driving coming from Amazon contractors. I've seen 2 of their trucks rolled over in the last 3 or 4 months.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:24:17 AM EDT
[#6]
The jobber independents that pull Amazon trailers are the new hotness for suckage.
Edit: beat by 30 seconds |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:24:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I edited my previous post. But 24,000 drivers. For the number of miles they run, they’re actually not out of the usual in terms of accidents. Get 24,000 random people and see how many cars they wreck spectacularly. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: They’re no longer swift. They were purchased by Knight. If you’re going to bash them, at least get the company right. Usually they just bash themselves (or wind up In ditches) I edited my previous post. But 24,000 drivers. For the number of miles they run, they’re actually not out of the usual in terms of accidents. Get 24,000 random people and see how many cars they wreck spectacularly. My buddy says truckers hate and shit on Swift. Apparently there's even social media pages dedicated to Swift being retarded. I think they're like the gun community's Jenkins. 
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:25:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I edited my previous post. But 24,000 drivers. For the number of miles they run, they’re actually not out of the usual in terms of accidents. Get 24,000 random people and see how many cars they wreck spectacularly. While maybe true my dad is an owner operator you should hear all the stories he tells me of those drivers backing into other trucks at the pilots alone lol |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:30:29 AM EDT
[#9]
How many of the drivers have knee problems??
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:32:19 AM EDT
[#10]
Worst I see, both in driving ability and equipment condition, are the "Metro Pool" trailers coming off the ports.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:33:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Over the last couple of years I've noticed the most reckless driving coming from Amazon contractors. I've seen 2 of their trucks rolled over in the last 3 or 4 months. Indeed. Amazon drivers are constantly doing dumb stuff. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:35:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: While maybe true my dad is an owner operator you should hear all the stories he tells me of those drivers backing into other trucks at the pilots alone lol Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I edited my previous post. But 24,000 drivers. For the number of miles they run, they’re actually not out of the usual in terms of accidents. Get 24,000 random people and see how many cars they wreck spectacularly. While maybe true my dad is an owner operator you should hear all the stories he tells me of those drivers backing into other trucks at the pilots alone lol Yeah. I own ~100 ish Semis. My trucks have literally been backed into by swift trucks. It’s not a story. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:35:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They’re no longer swift. They were purchased by Knight. If you’re going to bash them, at least get the company right. So it’s Knight-Swift. Really for the amount of miles they run, they’re not all that unsafe. 24,000 trucks on the road. You’re bound to have some idiots. Judging from the amount of youtube videos, Swift has a larger than normal amount of idiot drivers. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:36:56 AM EDT
[#14]
Swift was notorious for routing drivers through tight mountain roads. Maybe less so for tighter roads that required commercial permit for vehicle length, but their apparent accident rate across the broader range of Appalachian roads stood out from the pack.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:38:13 AM EDT
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Around here, oilfield drivers for frac and cement crews are by far some of the worst I've ever seen. In their defense though, they're equipment operators first and trucker drivers second, so they don't see as much time behind the wheel.
Bottle drivers were the bane of my existence in that line of work though. What's in the bottle? Ground water. Why's it black? Where'd you get it? Don't know. Was it a preload? No. Then where'd you suck it up at? I told you I don't know. 
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:39:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:40:21 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks like I found the Knight-Swift driver... Judging from the amount of youtube videos, Swift has a larger than normal amount of idiot drivers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They’re no longer swift. They were purchased by Knight. If you’re going to bash them, at least get the company right. So it’s Knight-Swift. Really for the amount of miles they run, they’re not all that unsafe. 24,000 trucks on the road. You’re bound to have some idiots. Looks like I found the Knight-Swift driver... Judging from the amount of youtube videos, Swift has a larger than normal amount of idiot drivers. 
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:41:23 AM EDT
[#18]
Swift is definitely top 5. Schneider is up there too. Seen way to many of both those trucks rolled over
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:42:49 AM EDT
[#19]
Swift drivers were the worst by far when I worked in a truck yard. They were constantly hitting other trailers and many couldn't put a trailer on a door to save their life.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:50:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Swift is definitely top 5. Schneider is up there too. Seen way to many of both those trucks rolled over Werner has some good ones, too. A year or two back, I watched one struggle to back to one of our receiving docks. It took around 45 minutes and they had their choice of any of four open docks all in a row. Our docks are not tight by any stretch of the imagination. That said, we've got a few guys where I work that probably shouldn't be behind the wheel of a class 8 truck either. No catastrophic wrecks, but we've had some pretty dumb things happen
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:52:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Judging from the amount of youtube videos, Swift has a larger than normal amount of idiot drivers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They’re no longer swift. They were purchased by Knight. If you’re going to bash them, at least get the company right. So it’s Knight-Swift. Really for the amount of miles they run, they’re not all that unsafe. 24,000 trucks on the road. You’re bound to have some idiots. Judging from the amount of youtube videos, Swift has a larger than normal amount of idiot drivers. Nice edit. While I have a CDL, I don’t drive for knight swift. Or even drive. You must be new here. I’m the resident SME on fuels, oils and greases. As I own one of the largest oil distribution companies in the US. You being in OH, you’ve 1. Seen my trucks. 2. Have used products I’ve supplied. I just know a lot about the trucking industry as I own a fairly large fleet. ~100 CDL vehicles, over 200 plated vehicles. So I follow the trucking world closely. Swift, now Knight-Swift makes a lot of public mistakes because they’re the largest OTR fleet, essentially, that is non specialized freight. Most dangerous fleets are technically garbage trucks. They fucking smash everything. Every day. Statistically speaking. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:53:15 AM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My buddy says truckers hate and shit on Swift. Apparently there's even social media pages dedicated to Swift being retarded. I think they're like the gun community's Jenkins. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:54:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Around here, oilfield drivers for frac and cement crews are by far some of the worst I've ever seen. In their defense though, they're equipment operators first and trucker drivers second, so they don't see as much time behind the wheel. Bottle drivers were the bane of my existence in that line of work though. What's in the bottle? Ground water. Why's it black? Where'd you get it? Don't know. Was it a preload? No. Then where'd you suck it up at? I told you I don't know. LOL I had to do some work where I was pumping water and other stuff into the casing of some oil wells. Three of us were to meet 3 water haulers out on a location. We would each pick a water hauler to follow us. I hurried up to get out there first in hopes of getting a driver who speaks the English. I get there and the one English speaker runs out and says we have two full trucks and one empty. I ask why they have an empty one. He then runs back to check his truck, which he thought was empty, and found it was loaded with about 120 bbl water. You would think he could feel it, but I guess not. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:54:40 AM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Swift drivers were the worst by far when I worked in a truck yard. They were constantly hitting other trailers and many couldn't put a trailer on a door to save their life. Could that simply be chalked up to a high turnover rate of drivers? Where many noobs get started with the places like swift? |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 11:57:45 AM EDT
[#25]
Quoted: While maybe true my dad is an owner operator you should hear all the stories he tells me of those drivers backing into other trucks at the pilots alone lol Quoted: Judging from the amount of youtube videos, Swift has a larger than normal amount of idiot drivers.   eta: shit, didnt catch pre-edit. You two would be wise to listen to foxtrot. 
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:01:23 PM EDT
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Part of my job includes plowing snow so I see a lot of highway miles in bad winter weather...
Its not necessarily the drivers or the companies, but wiggle wagons and winter just not friends. I see a lot of them tipped over along the interstate. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:10:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: eta: shit, didnt catch pre-edit. You two would be wise to listen to foxtrot. Don't worry, I caught it before the edit. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:18:05 PM EDT
[#28]
I saw a Swift trailer yesterday with the hows my driving number spray painted over. I el oh el'd because of the previous threads/comments on the swift trucks on this forum.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:22:28 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL I had to do some work where I was pumping water and other stuff into the casing of some oil wells. Three of us were to meet 3 water haulers out on a location. We would each pick a water hauler to follow us. I hurried up to get out there first in hopes of getting a driver who speaks the English. I get there and the one English speaker runs out and says we have two full trucks and one empty. I ask why they have an empty one. He then runs back to check his truck, which he thought was empty, and found it was loaded with about 120 bbl water. You would think he could feel it, but I guess not. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Around here, oilfield drivers for frac and cement crews are by far some of the worst I've ever seen. In their defense though, they're equipment operators first and trucker drivers second, so they don't see as much time behind the wheel. Bottle drivers were the bane of my existence in that line of work though. What's in the bottle? Ground water. Why's it black? Where'd you get it? Don't know. Was it a preload? No. Then where'd you suck it up at? I told you I don't know. LOL I had to do some work where I was pumping water and other stuff into the casing of some oil wells. Three of us were to meet 3 water haulers out on a location. We would each pick a water hauler to follow us. I hurried up to get out there first in hopes of getting a driver who speaks the English. I get there and the one English speaker runs out and says we have two full trucks and one empty. I ask why they have an empty one. He then runs back to check his truck, which he thought was empty, and found it was loaded with about 120 bbl water. You would think he could feel it, but I guess not. You'd think he'd notice the truck was a *tad* heavier, but I can believe it. Some real winners in that line of work. Had one come to suck up excess cement and refused to add sugar. Said he wanted it to set up quick cause he was taking it home and dumping it on his gravel driveway. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:34:03 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw a Swift trailer yesterday with the hows my driving number spray painted over. I el oh el'd because of the previous threads/comments on the swift trucks on this forum. Swift needs to move the decal up higher. That's what Schneider finally got smart and did with their 1-800-44-PRIDE decal. It used to be that you would never see those not painted over. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:36:32 PM EDT
[#31]
J-just
B-been H-hired U-unfortunately N-not T- trained |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:37:58 PM EDT
[#32]
S-sure
W-ish I-I had F-fast T-truck |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:50:19 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: S-sure W-ish I-I had F-fast T-truck S-Somalis W-Wanted I-Immediately F-Fuck T-Training |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:52:48 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Could that simply be chalked up to a high turnover rate of drivers? Where many noobs get started with the places like swift? Yes, and that applies to most of the big national carriers. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:59:14 PM EDT
[#35]
When I kicked around the idea of getting a CDL, Swift and JB Hunt rigs where basically considered the Drivers Ed cars of the truck world.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 12:59:56 PM EDT
[#36]
Amazon
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:15:21 PM EDT
[#37]
W e
E mploy R ookies N o E xperience R equired |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:27:47 PM EDT
[#38]
Container haulers are bad from what I see near work. The worse is log trucks. I have 2 friends who have lost relatives to unsafe log trucks.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:39:36 PM EDT
[#39]
Hunt
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:40:50 PM EDT
[#40]
Sure Wish I Finished Training!
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:47:15 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When I kicked around the idea of getting a CDL, Swift and JB Hunt rigs where basically considered the Drivers Ed cars of the truck world. JB doesn’t hire drivers with no experience. Swift and Schneider do. We calculated the 3 most dangerous trucking companies by collisions per 10,000 miles. They are: Werner Enterprises .0056: Werner Enterprises had 960 collisions in a 2-year period in which it traveled 855 million miles, making its rate the most often by far. Swift Transportation .0045: Swift Transportation had a high overall collision number, with 1500 collisions in 2 years. U.S. Xpress .0046: U.S. Xpress had nearly the same number of collisions in the same period (1448), but it traveled nearly twice the distance. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:48:56 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The jobber independents that pull Amazon trailers are the new hotness for suckage. Edit: beat by 30 seconds Oh yeah. Fuck those guys. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:52:03 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Over the last couple of years I've noticed the most reckless driving coming from Amazon contractors. I've seen 2 of their trucks rolled over in the last 3 or 4 months. Somalis and Slavic tracksuit wearing types, with some Indians thrown in just for the hell of it. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:54:50 PM EDT
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The Prime has been awful.
Whatever the fuck is driving/running Rooms to Go dogshit is time to get the as far away as possible. Popular mentioned: Stevie Wonder Institute For Truckers. FedEx drivers during holiday seasons. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:56:45 PM EDT
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I drive a tractor trailer every day mostly in the Atlanta metro area. I pull a pneumatic tanker hauling dry bulk concrete ingredients, and typically log 2000- 3000 miles each week. Truck will do 73mph, which I’m happy with.
Most of the Swift drivers are very new to driving. Same with JB Hunt, Werner, Knight, Hub Group, etc., so I’m not just picking on Swift specifically. It’s a training issue. Many of their “trainers” haven’t been driving for very long either. Their trucks are governed at 65mph typically, and they’re taught to stay in the center lane so that they always have a way out. Thus they camp out there and become a giant rock in the middle of a rushing river, creating an unsafe condition for everyone, including them. 99% of the time they don’t have a CB in the truck, so you can’t politely inform them that they’re being asshats. I don’t hate on anyone for being a newbie or for having a slow truck. But fuck, keep it in the right lane where it belongs. You either have to pass them on the right or smoke them in the hammer lane and risk a left lane violation in some areas. Or just suck it up and run 65 behind them and make the issue worse by becoming part of the problem. I’ve driven trucks governed at 63-65mph and had more close calls in those slow ass trucks than I ever did in a truck that could do 80mph. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 1:58:16 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: JB doesn’t hire drivers with no experience. Swift and Schneider do. We calculated the 3 most dangerous trucking companies by collisions per 10,000 miles. They are: Werner Enterprises .0056: Werner Enterprises had 960 collisions in a 2-year period in which it traveled 855 million miles, making its rate the most often by far. Swift Transportation .0045: Swift Transportation had a high overall collision number, with 1500 collisions in 2 years. U.S. Xpress .0046: U.S. Xpress had nearly the same number of collisions in the same period (1448), but it traveled nearly twice the distance. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: When I kicked around the idea of getting a CDL, Swift and JB Hunt rigs where basically considered the Drivers Ed cars of the truck world. JB doesn’t hire drivers with no experience. Swift and Schneider do. We calculated the 3 most dangerous trucking companies by collisions per 10,000 miles. They are: Werner Enterprises .0056: Werner Enterprises had 960 collisions in a 2-year period in which it traveled 855 million miles, making its rate the most often by far. Swift Transportation .0045: Swift Transportation had a high overall collision number, with 1500 collisions in 2 years. U.S. Xpress .0046: U.S. Xpress had nearly the same number of collisions in the same period (1448), but it traveled nearly twice the distance. Are those CSA reported incidents or insurance claims? |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 2:08:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Somalis and Slavic tracksuit wearing types, with some Indians thrown in just for the hell of it. I had one pull in front of me and I creamed his truck at 55 mph. I'm grateful for my dash camera, the cop wanted to cite me until he saw the video. eta. He had the tracksuit uniform and flip-flops with white socks. When he got out of his truck I said outloud to myself "you gotta be fucking kidding me" when I saw what he was wearing. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 2:56:20 PM EDT
[#48]
Amazon trucks are worse. They'll drive thru a mine field or freshly rained on muddy mess just so they dont have to figure out how to reverse the vehicle.
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Posted: 10/30/2021 2:58:23 PM EDT
[#49]
Truck driving, which used to be a cool way to make a living, has gradually transformed into one of the most miserable jobs in existence. Same with driving for Amazon, Fed Ex, etc. You not only have the nightmare of electronic logbooks, you can't scratch an itch without it being recorded by the "eye in the sky" linked back to corporate. Slow down, speed up, stop to pee, anything.... and a light comes on and a report generated in an office somewhere.
Now, companies like Swift are so desperate for drivers they're hiring anybody with a pulse, fresh out of Bubba's Truck Driving School ("Sign up now! Get your CDL in 2 weeks!!!"). A sad end to a once-proud profession. |
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Posted: 10/30/2021 3:15:15 PM EDT
[#50]
I haul equipment on I77 in WV daily. Really no one carrier has the market cornered on idiots as far as I can see. Once you get them in the mountains and curves, most all of them look like it's their first day behind the wheel.
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