http://truckersteve.org Truck driver training l Trucking industry commentary | Driver career advice from veteran trucking teacher Trucker Steve Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:36:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en truckersteveorghttp://feedburner.google.com "I want a divorce, I can't handle feeling like a single mother all the time even tho I'm married." my wife screamed into her cell phone at me. Growing up as a third generation trucker I knew how she felt, I was reminded all to often by my mother who ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/aoYkUUOMIes/ http://truckersteve.org/2010/02/5-tips-to-being-happy-for-the-long-haul/ Maybe you have considered training truck drivers? Nearly a decade ago I started my journey of teaching entry level truck drivers. I have traveled all over the world and never had to leave the cab of my truck. Some of the stories that have been shared with me and the friendships ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/GORlHDO5u2w/ http://truckersteve.org/2010/02/better-truck-driving-trainers/ Have you ever seen a truck this big? On one of my recent trips out to Florida I pulled into the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, LA to partake in their fine cuisine when I spotted one hell of a beast and I'm not referring to the tiger that makes ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/6Ahj7AgrKmc/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/12/the-biggest-truck-ive-ever-seen/ Not a day goes by that I don't hear "we need to improve highway safety" and tho trucking is at its safest point in history I would think that the constant pressure to make improvement plays a big part in that success. I personally believe that the current pay system ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/YLA-_Wj0cRo/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/12/truckers-pay-the-real-key-to-safer-highways-in-america/ I have traveled many miles across this great nation of ours meeting many great men and women along the way. However I'm not going to sit here and try to paint this pretty picture about trucking like all the men and women are great because the fact of the matter ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/fw3qn5GD8Mk/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/12/strip-club-trucker/ I thought I was one tough trucker. The American Trucker is often seen as the last American mountain man, a nomad of sorts traveling across America through some of the worst of conditions to deliver his freight. A way of life for most, a job for others but one thing is ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/koL4eEXZXsQ/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/11/one-tough-trucker/ Have you ever felt like the highway patrol was out to get you? Normally I would say "Driver your just being pessimistic that officer was just doing his job", Or are they? Now former Wyoming highway patrol officer Franklin Ryle Jr. definitely wasn't "just doing his job". Franklin Ryle Jr. dreamed ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/axr9e1_5tHw/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/10/highway-patrol-gone-wild/ A German trucker flipped his rig in western Sweden last week and admitted to police to pleasuring himself at the time of the accident, a Swedish newspaper reports.The unbelievably unsatisfied trucker proceeded to continue to masturbate while discussing the accident with police, the paper reported. "He was masturbating while the police ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/CMjXJhGIxWI/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/10/amature-trucker-professional-at-masturbating/ When was the last time you got your head cracked open for doing your job? Clayton Agostini started off September 15, 2009 like it was any other day however this day would end with a beating and eating bad food at the hospital, which just totally disgust me! He just finished ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/BXC7nf1-vkM/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/09/deliver-your-load-get-your-head-cracked-open/ [caption id="attachment_474" align="alignright" width="259" caption="Bad Road Conditions"][/caption] The economy is strongly impacting the trucking industry The blind spot  radio talk show is a leader in trucking industry news and product information for the truck driving community. In this episode of the blind spot trucker talk show we talked with trucking industry experts ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/truckersteveorg/~3/APrPNl8tj_s/ http://truckersteve.org/2009/09/truckers-talk-about-truck-stop-acquisitions-and-the-atas-push-for-longer-and-heavier-trucks/