Ways To Get Fired In Trucking?

talking or texting hand held will get you fired first offense.

As well it should. One of my biggest pet peeves is all of the drivers I see out there texting while driving, 4 wheelers and truckers alike.

I was driving in a rental Penske truck this past weekend from Las Vegas to Reno. Halfway between my trip I see a Truck Driver in front of my swerving pretty heavily. He was literally going in and out of two lanes while I was trying to stay at a safe distance behind him. Now mind you, I WANT to be a truck driver but I do not have professional driving experience yet. So, basically, to put it as simply as possible.... I was scared as HELL! This driver had an obvious affliction while operating his 80,000 lbs vehicle.

Not sure if I made the right decision or not but I decided to try to pass him on the left so I would not be in his way if the unfortunate happened and he suddenly stopped or worse yet, drove off the side of the road. Actually, now that I think about it, passing him was probably one of the WORST things I could have done but anyway, I was terrified as I sped up past him. While I was passing, my husband looked over and couldn't BELIEVE what he was doing.... TEXTING! Well, not sure if he was texting, reading a book, looking for directions, watching porn... whatever! That fool should not have had his phone in his hand while putting himself and others in danger while operating a commercial vehicle. Unbelievable!