Worst Enemy Truck Driver

Professional truck drivers have many enemies. Many drivers consider DOT to be an enemy ... and without question it is the general public who see the truck as something that is blocking them: a large 18-wheel vehicle that slowly creeps up on the hill at a speed of 25 MPH, making a very large width of turn which cuts them off , dirty engines that smell of oil and diesel ... the enemy can even cover an entire city or cities that proudly make it known by stating, "Truck Drivers Are Not Welcome," as is the case with Greenwich, Connecticut.

The professional world above road truck drivers is a world full of secrets rarely experienced by outsiders. Especially, truck drivers talk and converse with other truck drivers ... only a few can relate. Nine to five have no understanding of how a long distance truck driver will walk more miles in one year, than they will drive in ten. For those who jump into OTR trucks as a new career ... statistics prove that most will only last six months. It takes a ton of stamina to become a professional over the road truck driver ... stamina, which most don't have.

Truckers will find enemies almost at every turn ... senders and receivers who will treat them as if they are less than dogs ... law enforcement tells them that they must move their rig, even though they are parked off the road above the ground forgotten little blanks, overgrown with grass and weeds ... enemies who even live in their own industry ... lies reported in their DAC reports ... a disgruntled operator who will "cut" their distance because they refuse to transport Illegal loads ... enemies everywhere.

Professional truck drivers will talk among themselves at docks, rest stops, and truck dump truck hino stops ... talking about misuse of industry and keeping this insight calm for themselves. They cannot let their company catch such discussions ... they cannot afford to lose their jobs. Veteran drivers know that for every single truck driver who loves their profession ... ten more hate him, because of the continuing abuse in the industry.

As a truck driver told me a few weeks ago: "The trucking company owns us ... we are nothing more than slaves."

I would not call trucks as slavery, (we can all stop whenever we want), but for thousands and thousands of OTR truck drivers ... they are faced not only with exhausting pressures, demands, and calls ... but also with misfortune. everyday because they have to deal with so many misinformed outsiders who don't have an understanding of what is meant by road transportation. Enemies who see truck drivers and their big rigs as road disruptions and something that only slows their way of life that is increasing and faster. However, none of these are truck drivers' worst enemies.

I always say: "There is only right and wrong ... and none of them." Fighting for rights is a fight that is far more difficult than fighting for real injustice. History proves this. Like water that takes the path of least resistance, it is far easier to join injustice, than to fight it. How do you know that the "right" is getting stronger to win, is that the voice of injustice gets louder. Right versus wrong has existed since human times and will continue to exist ... it's only human nature. There are people where their only purpose in life is to debate, attack and continue to spit out hatred ... even when they know they are wrong. I can make a post tomorrow about how the sky is blue, and I will be attacked by people who will say, "No ... the sky is an amethyst." Truth, or "rights", is meaningless to them ... their pleasure only comes from the hatred and strife that is constantly provoking.

Trucking companies in the United States have never worried about truck drivers breaking down. These companies know that the trucking fraternity does not exist anymore and that many truck drivers cannot get along, together, long enough to form a successful strike. An easy way to prove this is to turn on your CB radio and try to have a normal, decent, intelligent conversation like an adult. You can make it for a few minutes ... but it will be attacked by other truck drivers soon. It doesn't matter why or how the conversation was attacked, it's just that it happened. The world we live in now.