Al little help goes along way

Great Speech............

Problem is, No matter what we say, Nobody Listens....

They want the 'old' days gone...

back when truckers were truckers...BIG hearts and minimal excuses were the norm.

Nowadays its every man for himself....

nowadays everything is a "Secret"

Nowadays its Greed..Not just $$$ greed..But Securement of Customer greed too

Nowadays we let 'Technology pave our way to success..(Which in reality,Technology has done nothing but give us more inconveniernces and built heavy competition)

Nowadays Drivers are wind up alarm clocks with no Civil Rights that say "YES SIR and NO SIR" to authority and such



We(established truckers)..Have let WAY WAY too many people into this industry..Im not talking about Drivers......im Talking about Folks with NO understanding of this industry making executive decisions WITHOUT our Approval....

We,Paved the way..We know the streets..We understand how to get the job done right..Without asking for anything or excuses......YET the tyranny that is exposed in this industry makes my blood boil.

 

Nowadays if you see someone on the side of the road you are under the HOS gun and you also assume that driver has already called road service. Back in the day you didn't worry so much about log books and you assumed that trucker had no means of communication and could really use some help. Remember the lines at the pay phones?...

 

I help drivers whenever I can. Like today at the fuel island. A rookie asked me how to replace a break light. The reason he was having problems was someone put a screw through it to hold it in place. He had never changed one before and no one ever showed him. I took the time to show him how to replace it, and where they were located in the truck stop. He was thankful.

I enjoy helping people. Truck drivers or not. Life is way too short to be in a hurry all the time and not take the time to help someone.

 

PJ Were you in an accident? Something about a tank coming through the cab? If so I'm so sorry! I hope it all works out for ya!.

 

And my dad told me DOT were happy when they see owner operators fixing their trucks either lights or anything else during a roadside inspection not no more now you fixing the light and they are writting you a ticket

 

Yep I remember those lines. Also remember my first cell phone. Was on a cord attached to a bag about the size of a briefcase. I also remember that phone ALWAYS had a signal and NEVER dropped a call. Unfortunately I also remember the bill was over a grand each month.

 

Some of the Good old days were not so good. No power steering, no such thing as air ride seats or suspension, no air conditioning, no power mirrors or windows, no factory am,fm, weather xm radios, and that doesn't mention what they called a sleeper and oh ya I forgot the twin stick transmissions.

Yep there are parts of the good old days I can get by very nicely without thank you very much.