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MaxwellSmart007
(OP) User ID: 77155497 United States 12/12/2018 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you spend money on a certified driving school before entering the field then you probably need to make 300k a year for the next 20 years. You will never make that much money. Most jobs only want to pay 50-60k a year..... Let the transportation system fail and spend your money wisely for education. All my post are theatrical artistic writing . |
Roger Rabbit
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jake
User ID: 76890717 United States 12/12/2018 05:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will only get 20 good years of driving before you need to reeducate yourself. This means you would need 70-100 an hr to be prepared for your failing health. Quoting: MaxwellSmart007 Once you hit 35 and your blood pressure hits either number over 140/90 you can kiss it good bye. Better to get a trade skill and never go into transportation. I'm taking the time to tell young guys/gals before they spend tons of money on college and truck driving schools. These new rules make it a pointless career at current wages. my brother in law is going thru every issue you just listed Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance! Definition Satan from the bible: Satan (Rev 12:7) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." |
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TheGasMan II
User ID: 71648857 United States 12/12/2018 05:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will only get 20 good years of driving before you need to reeducate yourself. This means you would need 70-100 an hr to be prepared for your failing health. Quoting: MaxwellSmart007 Once you hit 35 and your blood pressure hits either number over 140/90 you can kiss it good bye. Better to get a trade skill and never go into transportation. I'm taking the time to tell young guys/gals before they spend tons of money on college and truck driving schools. These new rules make it a pointless career at current wages. Link to these new rules, as you call them? "Every new child born brings the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." - Tagore "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle. :TGMtank: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77042767 Canada 12/12/2018 05:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is going to be an awful lot of unemployment due to AI automation. Technology is doing away with more jobs then it's creating and the jobs it's creating requires a higher level of education and training which is something crappy public schools are doing a poor job of preparing students to enter STEM majors. Most public schools do a crap job of teaching the basics like Math and English so many students do not have a solid foundation to take something like Engineering at University and be successful at it. |
titanbrian
User ID: 77094129 United States 12/12/2018 05:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is going to be an awful lot of unemployment due to AI automation. Technology is doing away with more jobs then it's creating and the jobs it's creating requires a higher level of education and training which is something crappy public schools are doing a poor job of preparing students to enter STEM majors. Most public schools do a crap job of teaching the basics like Math and English so many students do not have a solid foundation to take something like Engineering at University and be successful at it. Quoting: 2hot2handle AI can't drive 18 wheelers unless they have their own track. Like trains. Lawsuits over accidents would put companies out of business. |
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MaxwellSmart007
(OP) User ID: 77155497 United States 12/12/2018 06:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will only get 20 good years of driving before you need to reeducate yourself. This means you would need 70-100 an hr to be prepared for your failing health. Quoting: MaxwellSmart007 Once you hit 35 and your blood pressure hits either number over 140/90 you can kiss it good bye. Better to get a trade skill and never go into transportation. I'm taking the time to tell young guys/gals before they spend tons of money on college and truck driving schools. These new rules make it a pointless career at current wages. my brother in law is going thru every issue you just listed I just found out this year when i took my medical testing again. Im not even that old. All my post are theatrical artistic writing . |
MaxwellSmart007
(OP) User ID: 77155497 United States 12/12/2018 06:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is going to be an awful lot of unemployment due to AI automation. Technology is doing away with more jobs then it's creating and the jobs it's creating requires a higher level of education and training which is something crappy public schools are doing a poor job of preparing students to enter STEM majors. Most public schools do a crap job of teaching the basics like Math and English so many students do not have a solid foundation to take something like Engineering at University and be successful at it. Quoting: 2hot2handle Small businesses will go under, they cant afford million dollar trucks.Most accidents aren't the drivers fault. We will see. All my post are theatrical artistic writing . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 33659422 United States 12/12/2018 06:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nevermind truck driving, you need a DOT card for a F350 pickup truck or a F150 if it's towing a trailer... they are really stepping up the enforcement of that too. If you cross state lines in a F350 pickup truck for business purposes you are supposed to be keeping drivers logs like a fucking 18 wheeler, which now includes having a GPS tracking device in your vehicle at all times which records your hours of service which can be reviewed by the DOT at ANY time. |
MaxwellSmart007
(OP) User ID: 77155497 United States 12/12/2018 06:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will only get 20 good years of driving before you need to reeducate yourself. This means you would need 70-100 an hr to be prepared for your failing health. Quoting: MaxwellSmart007 Once you hit 35 and your blood pressure hits either number over 140/90 you can kiss it good bye. Better to get a trade skill and never go into transportation. I'm taking the time to tell young guys/gals before they spend tons of money on college and truck driving schools. These new rules make it a pointless career at current wages. Link to these new rules, as you call them? I Just told you. The Blood pressure rule for one makes it not worth it.Truck drivers after 20 years will have one of the numbers above the level. Doctor said you get 1 year , then after that if either number is still high it goes to a 3 month certification.Truck driving is a very unhealthy job and it doesn't pay enough to waste the time from the start.A young man or woman should find a better career choice.Wish I had. All my post are theatrical artistic writing . |
MaxwellSmart007
(OP) User ID: 77155497 United States 12/12/2018 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nevermind truck driving, you need a DOT card for a F350 pickup truck or a F150 if it's towing a trailer... they are really stepping up the enforcement of that too. Quoting: R. Wordsworth If you cross state lines in a F350 pickup truck for business purposes you are supposed to be keeping drivers logs like a fucking 18 wheeler, which now includes having a GPS tracking device in your vehicle at all times which records your hours of service which can be reviewed by the DOT at ANY time. They are going to put the whole industry out of business.Makes you wonder why..... All my post are theatrical artistic writing . |
Weyoun
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 33659422 United States 12/12/2018 07:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You really can't do that... the DOT can stop commercial vehicles at any time for any reason, and there's weigh stations which you'll eventually have to pull into. What they will do is use a never ending stream of non-English speaking immigrants who have low blood pressure since they just hiked here from Honduras, which... in the end will lead to more accidents. It's already happening, nobody wants to drive trucks anymore because of the regulations and DOT harassment but immigrants have no problem doing it because the cops give them a pass due to the language barrier and it's better than living in Guatemala. |
Copperhead
User ID: 69620410 United States 12/12/2018 07:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nevermind truck driving, you need a DOT card for a F350 pickup truck or a F150 if it's towing a trailer... they are really stepping up the enforcement of that too. Quoting: R. Wordsworth If you cross state lines in a F350 pickup truck for business purposes you are supposed to be keeping drivers logs like a fucking 18 wheeler, which now includes having a GPS tracking device in your vehicle at all times which records your hours of service which can be reviewed by the DOT at ANY time. With the new GPS tracking when you reach your maximum time on the road your truck will shut down, no matter where you are. |
Swisheee2
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Torchie
User ID: 74276477 United States 12/12/2018 08:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nevermind truck driving, you need a DOT card for a F350 pickup truck or a F150 if it's towing a trailer... they are really stepping up the enforcement of that too. Quoting: R. Wordsworth If you cross state lines in a F350 pickup truck for business purposes you are supposed to be keeping drivers logs like a fucking 18 wheeler, which now includes having a GPS tracking device in your vehicle at all times which records your hours of service which can be reviewed by the DOT at ANY time. With the new GPS tracking when you reach your maximum time on the road your truck will shut down, no matter where you are. can I pull it then? untying the shoelaces of the internet one post at a time love tastes best from teal buckets go GIT in your STALL! a Spark does not fall far from the Torchie |
F+2.0
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Torchie
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MountainTux NLI
User ID: 68160495 Canada 12/12/2018 08:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The one thing it IS good for is making contacts at a LOT of places. If you're a good driver, helpful and polite, you can make a LOT of inroads with businesses. When I ran a S&R department, and then a heavy truck warehouse, I had a LOT of drivers that came looking for work later on, or references, as they felt that they'd "aged out." Gave good references to many and even got a few hired. Do what you can until you can't, and then adapt. ad ignorantiam - The assumption of a conclusion or fact based primarily on lack of evidence to the contrary. Usually best described by, “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” |
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F+2.0
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F+2.0
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MountainTux NLI
User ID: 68160495 Canada 12/12/2018 08:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Myself? Dozens and dozens. Forestry, mining, long haul, short haul... maybe hundreds over the years. I was JUST saying to my wife how sad it is that A) almost all the trucks you see anymore in BC are Western Star... nothing against them, but I hate a monopoly.. and that B) Custom trucks with names and art... sadly, lost to the past as well. ad ignorantiam - The assumption of a conclusion or fact based primarily on lack of evidence to the contrary. Usually best described by, “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” |
F+2.0
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syncro
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TheGasMan II
User ID: 71648857 United States 12/12/2018 09:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will only get 20 good years of driving before you need to reeducate yourself. This means you would need 70-100 an hr to be prepared for your failing health. Quoting: MaxwellSmart007 Once you hit 35 and your blood pressure hits either number over 140/90 you can kiss it good bye. Better to get a trade skill and never go into transportation. I'm taking the time to tell young guys/gals before they spend tons of money on college and truck driving schools. These new rules make it a pointless career at current wages. Link to these new rules, as you call them? I Just told you. The Blood pressure rule for one makes it not worth it.Truck drivers after 20 years will have one of the numbers above the level. Doctor said you get 1 year , then after that if either number is still high it goes to a 3 month certification.Truck driving is a very unhealthy job and it doesn't pay enough to waste the time from the start.A young man or woman should find a better career choice.Wish I had. In Texas, it is 2 year, 1 year or 6 months certification, but doctors usually work with you. Some Docs will allow people the lay there and rest until they get a low enough reading on your BP to meet the minimum standards. And what about the larger than 17 inch neck thing? I know very few drivers that were actually documented as such even though they clearly exceeded it. "Every new child born brings the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." - Tagore "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle. :TGMtank: |
Wondering Mind
User ID: 73265267 United States 12/12/2018 09:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You will only get 20 good years of driving before you need to reeducate yourself. This means you would need 70-100 an hr to be prepared for your failing health. Quoting: MaxwellSmart007 Once you hit 35 and your blood pressure hits either number over 140/90 you can kiss it good bye. Better to get a trade skill and never go into transportation. I'm taking the time to tell young guys/gals before they spend tons of money on college and truck driving schools. These new rules make it a pointless career at current wages. Link to these new rules, as you call them? I Just told you. The Blood pressure rule for one makes it not worth it.Truck drivers after 20 years will have one of the numbers above the level. Doctor said you get 1 year , then after that if either number is still high it goes to a 3 month certification.Truck driving is a very unhealthy job and it doesn't pay enough to waste the time from the start.A young man or woman should find a better career choice.Wish I had. In Texas, it is 2 year, 1 year or 6 months certification, but doctors usually work with you. Some Docs will allow people the lay there and rest until they get a low enough reading on your BP to meet the minimum standards. And what about the larger than 17 inch neck thing? I know very few drivers that were actually documented as such even though they clearly exceeded it. My son has a 25" head circumference and a 21.5 inch neck circumference. He is big boned and hard to find a hat to fit or socks, have to order them through Big & tall mens retailers. So he never get hired to drive trucks. He tall as well. The most precious things are the simple things in life, always present in the simplest of minds. |