I'm Working On A School Project And I Need Your Help. Willing?

Fire away, I'm game.

Coming from a Dragon, fire away takes on a whole new meaning!

I probably should have worded that better lol

Fire away, I'm game.

Coming from a Dragon, fire away takes on a whole new meaning!

Ha Ha I needed that laugh!

Some of the first questions I need answers to include:

What are some "norms" that are typically followed by truckers? Do these norms vary based on the type of trucking being done? Such as flatbed or hazmat(?) What is some lingo that is typically known primarily to truckers? Are there things that mark someone as a trucker? If there are, do these things make it easy for a fellow trucker to pick them out of crowd?

If you think it will work better to reply to people willing to help individually, please let me know how to, or let me know if you think I would be better off posting this as a new thread. I've never spent a lot of time on forums so I'm not entirely sure.

Thank you again!

Some of the first questions I need answers to include:

What are some "norms" that are typically followed by truckers? Do these norms vary based on the type of trucking being done? Such as flatbed or hazmat(?) What is some lingo that is typically known primarily to truckers? Are there things that mark someone as a trucker? If there are, do these things make it easy for a fellow trucker to pick them out of crowd?

If you think it will work better to reply to people willing to help individually, please let me know how to, or let me know if you think I would be better off posting this as a new thread. I've never spent a lot of time on forums so I'm not entirely sure.

Thank you again!

Not quite sure what you mean by "norms" but the other questions are pretty easy. There is a TON of trucker lingo. Hit up the Trucking Glossary on here to see definitions of a lot of the stuff we talk about. CB talk is a whole 'nother animal! I still don't understand a lot of it but it's pretty fun!

The great thing about the trucking industry is it is sooo diverse! There are men and women of all walks of life that drive trucks. There isn't one particular thing that makes someone stand out as a trucker to me. I've met women who can drive in high heels and I've also met the guy with the cowboy hat and boots and overalls.

Some of the first questions I need answers to include:

What are some "norms" that are typically followed by truckers? Do these norms vary based on the type of trucking being done? Such as flatbed or hazmat(?) What is some lingo that is typically known primarily to truckers? Are there things that mark someone as a trucker? If there are, do these things make it easy for a fellow trucker to pick them out of crowd?

If you think it will work better to reply to people willing to help individually, please let me know how to, or let me know if you think I would be better off posting this as a new thread. I've never spent a lot of time on forums so I'm not entirely sure.

Thank you again!

Not quite sure what you mean by "norms" but the other questions are pretty easy. There is a TON of trucker lingo. Hit up the Trucking Glossary on here to see definitions of a lot of the stuff we talk about. CB talk is a whole 'nother animal! I still don't understand a lot of it but it's pretty fun!

The great thing about the trucking industry is it is sooo diverse! There are men and women of all walks of life that drive trucks. There isn't one particular thing that makes someone stand out as a trucker to me. I've met women who can drive in high heels and I've also met the guy with the cowboy hat and boots and overalls.

I've also seen a few men who drive in high heels, now that's talent.

I was always told you can tell a trucker by their walk and I never understood it until I started watching for it. Truckers typically walk with a slight hitch in their walk from pushing the clutch in all the time. The other guys are right about trucker lingo. The glossary is a good place to start and I forget where I saw it but there is also a list for cb lingo too.

Well, you could see if their left elbow is darker than their right. That's a trucker tan since the lefty side is next to the window.

You'll hear lots about breaks. They are required by HOS. "I did my 10 hour in Texarkana." (10 hour break).

"If I don't take a 34 hour break soon I'll have to run on recaps. I hate that." (There's a limiting formula of no more that 70 hours over 8 consecutive days. The recap is the number of hours you can drive that day. It's complicated.)

"I've only got 2 hours left on my 11 now." Maximum driving time on a day is 11 hours. Then you must stop for 10 hours.

Thanks so much for the answers. It'll help a lot when I start doing more reading research than asking questions.

But there will be more questions as well. One that might be helpful (and maybe more fun than trawling the internet), are there any trucking movies? I honestly don't quite know how to explain.... but kind of like "Any which way you can" ( if memory serves, it's been a while) was kind of about some form of fighting? Boxing? I don't remember but that's the best I have off the top of my head.

Use the Trucking Truth search box at the top. Movies have been talked about here. A TV show, "Movin' On", several wastes of talent by Burt Reynolds. And more.

I'm actually hesitant to say this out loud. You could always watch the movie "Convoy" with Kris Kristofferson. LOL!