The Bad Big Truck Driver

They place strains on the industry continuously. These guys are the reasons dispatchers feel that all drivers need to be told to be there at 6am when we really don't need to be there until 8am. Bad truck drivers are irresponsible and undependable.

They create most of the other bad elements of industry because of their attitude and character traits. The bad big truck driver is rude to customers, police officers, dispatchers, brokers (and probably their friends and family too, lol). They think the world owes them something and their primary concern in life is themselves. Trucking did not create these people. They exist scattered all through society doing other jobs other than trucking too. (You've seen them.)

The bad truck driver will follow you too close and drive too fast for conditions, they think authority has a vendetta to seek them out and punish them (probably because they are guilty of so much). These are the truckers (or neighbors of yours) that you hear on the complaining about getting a speeding ticket going 15 over the limit and blaming the police for stopping them, saying the police should be doing something else.

They will block intersections at red lights, drive without headlights in rain, and change lanes without signaling. Sometimes they will signal but what good is it to use the turn signal when you've already braked, slowed down and switch half of the way into the other lane?

These guys think they are a one man show. They think the company needs them which means in their minds they are positioned to operate on their own schedule. (Please know that neither party of a trucking operation is more important than the other. If you are at a company where all parties (you, dispatcher, company, etc) understand that it will be a lovely experience and everyone wins. This means relationship building is part of the job.

(Like I told you before, the ability to build relationships will always be a value in your life no matter what you do. The sooner people realize that the better off they will be. Oh, back to my topic . . . )

Bad truck drivers are the biggest reason that your merchandise wasn't in when the people at the store told you it would be in. (And you thought the people at the store had something against you!)

The bad truck driver doesn't take care of the equipment they operate because it is not theirs. They cost the company unnecessary expenses then they complain about not getting paid more. (Imagine that)Bad truck drivers have nasty attitudes because they see life with too many dead end roads. They see too many obstacles they feel they will never conquer.

They are stuck at a job they don't like but can't leave.

Why you say?

Because the bad truck driver gets log book and speeding tickets too frequently and the good trucking companys don't want him.

Eventually the bad trucker will give in or give up whichever is easier and most convenient then you will see him or her talking negative about trucking, companies and even his on fellow truckers cause they all have problems.

Immediate gratification and self serving thoughts are their most common brain activity. The disadvantages of trucking eats them alive one reason is because they don't know the power of planning ahead or don't have the discipline to do it. They don't know what to do about it and don't have sense enough to listen to your genuine concern to offer suggestions.

Bad truck drivers know it all and know nothing.

Until they decide to change (Which they can if they really want to. I hope they do it before they ruin their lives.) they will be just another rotten apple in the barrel draining the industry. A bad truck driver.

If you become a truck driver, make sure you become a good big truck driver!

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