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Tobin S.

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3. Almost since I started driving I've said

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 06:58 AM

Dec 2012

that it's easy to find a truck driving job, but it's much harder to find a good truck driving job.

I've been swindled a couple of times in an almost criminal way. Then, of course, if you're paid by the mile most carriers short you every trip. The trucking industry can also turn ordinary people into criminals if they don't understand the concept of covering their own asses.

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So... how's that novel you're working on? [View all] Initech Dec 2012 OP

It's a piece of shit. rrneck Dec 2012 #1

It's an expose on corruption in the trucking industry. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #2

Almost since I started driving I've said Tobin S. Dec 2012 #3

Paying practical instead of hub-miles is how carriers get away with robbing the driver's wage. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #4

I'm assuming these are independent drivers... Chan790 Dec 2012 #5

The truckers I know are rarely sitting still. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #6