Are They Getting Dumber?
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Is that the one at the Virginia Welcome Center in Bastien?
Close to there but in Camp Creek.
Is that the one at the Virginia Welcome Center in Bastien?
🤣 That's bad! Needs a breathalyzer quiz.
I go past there every Wednesday, and very early Thursdays
Close to there but in Camp Creek.
Is that the one at the Virginia Welcome Center in Bastien?
This seems to be the norm more and more recently. I’ve been on the road full time for 6 months and at this point, I’m honestly shocked at some of the “professional drivers” I have seen at truck stops and on the highways. Not pulling forward from the fuel island, taking a 30 min lunch AT the fuel island (one was even taking their 10 hour break on the fuel island at the Flying J in Mira Loma CA because there was “no parking and I ran out of time”, double and triple parking at the truck stops making it impossible to maneuver around them, speeding, texting and driving, no situational awareness, lack of basic comprehension and knowledge of their job… I often wonder how they managed to make it through CDL school and the drive test and how many of them even obtained a CDL legally. I worked incredibly hard and paid a pretty penny to have my CDL because this is what I wanna do and I get irritated at seeing drivers like this who make the ones like me, and all of you on here, and the other thousands of actual honest, professional drivers look bad and make a mockery of this profession. I may still be green but it doesn’t take long to figure this stuff out. After 30,000 + miles in a few months, I’ve seen a lot already.
Okay, rant over… Merry Christmas!
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A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
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Nope not getting dumber.. You my friend are getting smarter and more observant because you care. We all go through this. When you first started you didn’t notice it as much because you were overwhelmed learning to not be that guy… now that you have good habits, you will notice the bad habits in others more.
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This is at a fairly busy rest stop off i77. I’ve been here for a hour and a half and he/she hasn’t been out of sleeper. Apparently, this seemed like an adequate way to park. Notice he’s taking up 3 spots.