Is it common for truck drivers to be methheads?

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  1. VantaiTatted

    VantaiTatted Light Load Member

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    Back in the day, maybe. Now not so much. My drug of choice while running nights is Water, healthy snacks and lots of protein.
     
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  3. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    Fixed, I make that mistake a lot.
     
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  4. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    And when they started the drug testing, everyone's numbers dropped off and you were at the top of the pile. When they first started the ELOGs, drivers were having difficulties cranking more than 600 miles/day. Yours didn't change. If all were equal, none could be strong, none could excel...


    .....but some of you do.
     
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  5. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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    Nowadays drivers are more likely to be on drugs for obesity, diabetes, sleep disorder and erectile dysfunction.




    Just for the record, I take none of the above. ;)
     
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  6. wore out

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    Try soaking you a couple of toothpicks in B.E.L.L.S drops. Then come back and tell me it's a fable.
     
  7. Moose1958

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    Heck, my VA drug list is OVER 2 pages. If I were to take a drug screen today I would melt the test strip.
     
  8. jammer910Z

    jammer910Z Road Train Member

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    The stories I could tell of days gone by.
    Your hair would curl.
     
  9. booley

    booley Road Train Member

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    been there done that...
     
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  10. buddyd157

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    back in the day...what you need to do is ask anyone that brings up this subject, if they are

    1) a crack head

    2) a pot head

    3) a meth head

    4) a drunk

    5) a texter while driving

    it's more (to me) important to know what's the person behind the steering wheel of a 4 wheeler doing these days, over a trucker.
     
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  11. Moose1958

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    In my case, it is not so much war stories of things I did, but the things I have seen. I was thinking about that drunk idiot about 2 AM in an Arizona rest Area that would not listen to me and tried to scare a rattler off the walkway, he fell and the snake hit him several times. There are some really strange folks out there.
     
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