Dogs As Truckers

:D good to hear that your family won the fight and all is well now. I know we (dirt haulers) are typically the most hated I would imagine, because other truckers & regular commuters get stuck in construction zones. And by stuck ofc I mean delayed oh noes! And I be like....but....but....you no like pretty new road and/or sidewalk when done? Look it - pot holes & ruts are no more : (. It's mostly road work I do anyway sometimes sidewalks. Whether that's putting a new one in, or repairing/repaving an old one or maybe they have to redo storm drains underneath them...it's just generally what jobs I end up hauling on. Sometimes it's schools, this year we did a school parking lot, a running track and a playground area. (all different public schools). I get a real sense of accomplishment getting to enjoy something I took part in. I look at the pretty, smooth new road with fresh paint lines and think to myself with a smile...yeah....I helped with that. I mean I didn't make it smooth and pretty, but I hauled out the old road and am part of the process in making the new road pretty /gasp.

Honestly if the truck still going by your place is an owner operator or his company allows riders and friendly, he might let u ride with him into the pit and drop you back off on his way back out. OFC there are such thing as weirdos and stranger danger out there!! so not like I am recommending it per say, but if you did I'd have a family member or friend stand right there to watch you get in and be there for you to get back out. I have people stop me all the time to ask me questions, most of the time I'm pretty sure it happens to me more often because I am a woman. They see this, and generally figure I am more likely to be friendly and non threatening. Sigh, isn't it great how if this we're a conversation between men, we wouldn't bring up stranger danger? Meh it is what it is...not that guys can't get hurt from stranger danger too buttttttt... you know.

I read in Fleet Owner Magazine there are 45 truck drivers in prison for life because of being serial killers. Just think about it.

Well yeah. Stranger Danger for real. And with OTR you can be all over the place. It makes sense even though that is a small percentage of truckers who were serial killers. That is a large percentage of serial killers who were truckers.