re: I drive a semi truck. Ask me anything.

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Will a shite ton of truckers be displaced by self-driving trucks within the next ten years?

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I can see drivers bring more passive and sort of “managing” the truck. But they will have to be there to intervene.

Perhaps we can get more hours or of a driver if they use that tech and regulations can be updated. I can see being less fatigued after 7-8 hours if you use a Super Cruise style system than if you are dealing with traffic actively.

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Even my ole lady can come ride along when she is off work.

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You can work for a company like mine and the insurance it cost is 12 bucks a month a 3 bucks a week for her to ride. Alot of men bring their woman who don't work and they basically live in the truck together while he works. She helps clean, cook food while he drives , companionship, in house P, etc

I know a guy when he got started, was pretty much homeless with his wife and young daughter. They let them on the truck(normally you can only let one adult ride along not kids under 12 or more than one person). He literally with his wife and daughter worked on that truck for a straight year and bought his house with a 20k dow payment a year later. He said they traveled all over the country and every weekend off they did different stuff in different cities, went on vacation, did amusement parks on weekends etc. They would park at a terminal or truck stop, uncouple and PC to where ever they wanted to go. Not a bad way to kick your life off. He was like 23yrs old at the time. This guy now makes 100-110k on average each year driving.

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kids still do the "honk the horn" symbol at a passing truck? If so, do you honk the horn?


Do you drive anywhere where they have runaway truck lanes/? If so, have you ever used one?


Have you ever driven a set up with one tractor, two trailers?

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yeah/no/no doubles or triples, just single 53 ft trailers. I've pulled 48fters too for another company.

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you see the road differently now? Is it a zoomed out look where the interstate system is your workplace and distances don’t seem as far?

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yes completely. My reaction time, what I'm paying attention to all over the road near and far is utter overkill. I notice everthing. You start to become a robot and see "everthing" like in the movie terminator, he has the breakdown of everything in his eyes like a computer screen . When I go to stores I'm casing the building , it's such a bad habit esp when I want to chill and relax. It's hard to turn off. You get so used to reading signs and obsvering traffic and what's happening way ahead. We are taught to aim high in our vision. Create a bubble of space between you and everyone else at all times esp in high volume traffic. Once you get used to driving to a certain destination enough it doesn't seem as far yes.

Super 10 splitter or 13 speed?

sorry if already asked. How many hours are you allowed to drive and how do you stay awake. I'm very tired after four/five hours driving by myself behind the wheel (unless I'm chewing tobacco for the nicotine high).

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Why is Atlanta not considered your worst place to drive through?

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I guess I never pass thru Atlanta on 20 tbw and the 285 isn't any different than the 635 in Dallas or 610 in Houston. I20 going thru Atlanta is pretty bad but not like Austin. That stretch of i35 has 6 or more lanes at times of pure craziness. This is driving a semi now. Especially at night is a nightmare for a novice driver esp. Top or bottom 35, take your pick. 410 in San Antonio is mad with congestion but they don't seem to be as crazy driving. I've heard people compare Austin i35 traffic to California(L.A.) crazy.

Is arm wrestling in the trucking community as popular as I think it is? Do you idolize Bull Hurley and Lincoln Hawk?

I can't believe the OT is slipping so much this question is on page 9. Sad times we live in. Jeremy Clarkson would be disappoint.