Profile For NaeNaeInNC

Yes. Regardless of ticket status or not, you were operating too fast for existing conditions.

I think it's possible to work with the single source speaker, but the point is having different tone sets for each ear, so the effect is greater using a headset. Obviously if you can't sleep at all with a headset, a speaker is second best, but I would make sure to put it on the headboard, central to your head location while you sleep

Before you go that route, buy a good wireless headphones set, and find a "Binaural sleep" soundtrack. The ones that work really well actually sent a chill down my spine the first time I heard them. Bottom line, it's worth a shot, and won't affect any drug testing....

PJ, that was the James M guy who was let go from TMC for curbing and destroying a trailer rim. It's been crickets after he started his second chance at WE.

What the biggest hurdle right now, is you have no idea how wrong some of your ideas are. This will not become apparent until a few hundred thousand miles down the road, and then something will "click" and it will be glaringly obvious why something was done a specific way, back in the beginning. It happens to most of us really. We come in super excited, spot things we think are just terrible, and vow to fight the good fight to change them.

If your dispatcher buddy has never driven a truck, he really has no idea what is helpful for a driver, or just something we have to do to make some desk driver somewhere happy.

First, focus on learning how to drive the dang truck. Trying to become a life coach in the midst of this will make you an exhausted and dangerous driver. Focus on learning and honing the craft first, then learn how to apply life coach coaching to it.

Yep, totally get it. I am jumping ship too. I won't announce anything until I'm on with the new place though.

I had to leave my dog with my parents, move across the country for a month, and go through training, THEN go home to get my dog. It was rough, and she never did forgive me for it, but it was worth it in the end.

So, if you are near a Walmart at any point, grab the RV dump hose, and a small USB rechargeable fan, and either a set of Velcro cable ties or shoelaces. Find where the cold air vent near the floor comes out, and drop the hose close to it. (You may have to remove daily to stay out of trainers way) Secure the hose wherever you can in the upper bunk, and place the fan in front of it, so it pulls the cooler air up to the bunk. It won't solve it all, but it will make sleeping easier.

I’ve been on the road with my trainer for a week and a half and I have to say my biggest frustration has been the inability to get a good night’s sleep. It probably has a lot to do with the top bunk being uncomfortable and hot, which I would imagine won’t be as bad down below.

That's just it though, Driver-I wants to "Gamify Safety." Safety isn't a game. I don't want a driver to be "driving to the score" and ignoring the reality of what is going on around them in real time. I don't want them making decisions or not based on what will or will not trigger the camera.

I want decisions to be made split second by the driver. The person actually in the conditions at hand.

Same!

Yes, Trucker Path is great for listing not just truck stops but weigh stations and just places to park a truck as well. I don't have a paid subscription but the free features work for me.