Just Getting Started Tomorrow...

Everyone wants to run hard before they ever even drove a mile in a semi. That doesn't mean that much.

Ensure that your focus is on safety and just surviving that first year accident free. Miles aren't the most important thing. You won't be able to handle much in the beginning so please don't have "I want to run as hard as I can!" mentality.

After I completed my training I teamed with a guy that had 16yrs/2M miles experience, and we told the dispatcher hey, we're ready to run. Well, we ran some, sat some. When you're a new driver, they aren't going to give you the most miles, they are going to test how you handle things not going your way all the time. Usually a month or two later, when they see what you're capable of, things get better.

This is just my observation.

Everyone wants to run hard before they ever even drove a mile in a semi. That doesn't mean that much.

Ensure that your focus is on safety and just surviving that first year accident free. Miles aren't the most important thing. You won't be able to handle much in the beginning so please don't have "I want to run as hard as I can!" mentality.

Understood. It's like a few boxers have said, "Everybody has a plan until they get hit." I know it'll be coming... and of course I know that anything unsafe or illegal will be massively, MASSIVELY counterproductive, as I have had to work some bad accident scenes in a former line of work. I apologize if it came across badly.