MedicineMan
Member
Why do I even have the opportunity to read/see stories of drivers who are not fit to drive FINALLY being taken off the road after NUMEROUS issues???
Wrecks, Drunk Driving, Drug Use, Serial Killers, Kidnappers, Rapists, Mental Illness, Habitual sexual harassment to co-drivers, Violence......
REALLY !!!???
SERIOUSLY !!!???
Is there ANYONE who can honestly say these things are acceptable ???
You like needles scattered on the lots? You like underage girls being lot lizzards, most times against their will?
You like being scrutinized and treated like 2nd class citizens because of the "bad apples"??
Is it REALLY "alright" that the public deems YOU as being JUST THE SAME as these lowlifes "by association" ???
Do you think it's OK that some pervert would take a child (under 18 meets the law) on his truck and sexually abuse them ????
I DON'T !!!!
Yet I see horror stories all the time.
(no specific in mind really, just ALL of them)
And it is NOT "ok" with me.
(which is "bad" cause killin pedo's is like killin roaches in my book and I could get in trouble easily)
I really believe it's time to have "set standards" that weed out those who have problems and the potential to cause death and injury.
We need STANDARDS, and those should be adhered to STRICTLY.
The industry needs to be cleaned up, and FAST.
The dregs of society that manage to scrape by and get turned loose in a truck are the #1 reason those of us who are upstanding and honest citizens get piled in the "lowlife" heap.
You ARE judged by the company you keep and those you "hang with".
We need to INSIST that those who don't have clean backgrounds be kept OUT of the drivers seat.
And we need to INSIST that those who cannot act right in the drivers seat are REMOVED in a manner that they can't return to it.
Hard stance??
YES !!
But it's time to clean up our industry.
If there is a problem that has to be "overlooked", then a person needs to be told flat out so they can go find a job selling womens shoes or something where they can't kill people WHEN they screw up.
We don't need drug users, drunks, convicts (even "EX"), pedophiles, sexual predators, people with more wrecks than years driving, and those who cannot demonstrate proficiency at ALL aspects of the job to COMPETENT evaluators within 3 months.
Yes, I see the posts here and know some here have "problems".
I'm sorry for you.
You made your bed, you must sleep in it.
I, for one, am sick and tired of being demonized for the ones who were too self indulgent in the past to live a straight life.
Companies need to stop hiring wannabes and drivers with a "marginal" background.
Why keep or hire someone you KNOW has issues??
Schools need to stop accepting those who cannot meet the requirements instead of taking them for the MONEY.
Just be honest and tell them they don't meet the required criteria.
And YES, I have been a "outlaw trucker" in my younger and stupider years, as well as the "victim" of non-driving wheel-holders who tested my driving skills to the limit as they tried to kill me.
(unsuccessfully thank God) There's nothing like being run into a median at 70mph by a jackwad and trying to keep it all upright til you get back on the road while he slings excuse on the CB that "he needed to get over and you shoulda gave way".
I apoligize for the smashed toes and hurt "feelings" that my position is sure to cause.
But that's life, this has needed to be said for a LONG time now, and in life the TRUTH HURTS sometimes.
Wipe your eyes and get over it. :baby::baby::baby:
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....and just for the record.....
people who act like some of the wannabes and drivers say they "used to be" are not "cool" or "bad".
Those types are the reason I carry a firearm anytime I am out of the house.
THEY are a threat, and will NOT be allowed to harm me and mine.
"Mine" is worth more that 10,000 of "them", and I won't hesitate or miss sleep afterwards.
"Mis-spent youth" is no excuse for criminal behaviour or harming regular citizens who are doing right and trying to live life properly.
"They" make their choice, AND MINE by their actions.
I'm gonna live, be free, and pursue MY happiness as guaranteed... and ANYONE who wants to be a thug and try to infringe on that will be removed from MY "misery".... and that of other law abiding citizens.
Then "they" won't have to worry about trouble getting a job in the future.
Next post..... I'm going at DISPATCHERS hot and heavy........
Later,
Wrecks, Drunk Driving, Drug Use, Serial Killers, Kidnappers, Rapists, Mental Illness, Habitual sexual harassment to co-drivers, Violence......
REALLY !!!???
SERIOUSLY !!!???
Is there ANYONE who can honestly say these things are acceptable ???
You like needles scattered on the lots? You like underage girls being lot lizzards, most times against their will?
You like being scrutinized and treated like 2nd class citizens because of the "bad apples"??
Is it REALLY "alright" that the public deems YOU as being JUST THE SAME as these lowlifes "by association" ???
Do you think it's OK that some pervert would take a child (under 18 meets the law) on his truck and sexually abuse them ????
I DON'T !!!!
Yet I see horror stories all the time.
(no specific in mind really, just ALL of them)
And it is NOT "ok" with me.
(which is "bad" cause killin pedo's is like killin roaches in my book and I could get in trouble easily)
I really believe it's time to have "set standards" that weed out those who have problems and the potential to cause death and injury.
We need STANDARDS, and those should be adhered to STRICTLY.
The industry needs to be cleaned up, and FAST.
The dregs of society that manage to scrape by and get turned loose in a truck are the #1 reason those of us who are upstanding and honest citizens get piled in the "lowlife" heap.
You ARE judged by the company you keep and those you "hang with".
We need to INSIST that those who don't have clean backgrounds be kept OUT of the drivers seat.
And we need to INSIST that those who cannot act right in the drivers seat are REMOVED in a manner that they can't return to it.
Hard stance??
YES !!
But it's time to clean up our industry.
If there is a problem that has to be "overlooked", then a person needs to be told flat out so they can go find a job selling womens shoes or something where they can't kill people WHEN they screw up.
We don't need drug users, drunks, convicts (even "EX"), pedophiles, sexual predators, people with more wrecks than years driving, and those who cannot demonstrate proficiency at ALL aspects of the job to COMPETENT evaluators within 3 months.
Yes, I see the posts here and know some here have "problems".
I'm sorry for you.
You made your bed, you must sleep in it.
I, for one, am sick and tired of being demonized for the ones who were too self indulgent in the past to live a straight life.
Companies need to stop hiring wannabes and drivers with a "marginal" background.
Why keep or hire someone you KNOW has issues??
Schools need to stop accepting those who cannot meet the requirements instead of taking them for the MONEY.
Just be honest and tell them they don't meet the required criteria.
And YES, I have been a "outlaw trucker" in my younger and stupider years, as well as the "victim" of non-driving wheel-holders who tested my driving skills to the limit as they tried to kill me.
(unsuccessfully thank God) There's nothing like being run into a median at 70mph by a jackwad and trying to keep it all upright til you get back on the road while he slings excuse on the CB that "he needed to get over and you shoulda gave way".
I apoligize for the smashed toes and hurt "feelings" that my position is sure to cause.
But that's life, this has needed to be said for a LONG time now, and in life the TRUTH HURTS sometimes.
Wipe your eyes and get over it. :baby::baby::baby:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
....and just for the record.....
people who act like some of the wannabes and drivers say they "used to be" are not "cool" or "bad".
Those types are the reason I carry a firearm anytime I am out of the house.
THEY are a threat, and will NOT be allowed to harm me and mine.
"Mine" is worth more that 10,000 of "them", and I won't hesitate or miss sleep afterwards.
"Mis-spent youth" is no excuse for criminal behaviour or harming regular citizens who are doing right and trying to live life properly.
"They" make their choice, AND MINE by their actions.
I'm gonna live, be free, and pursue MY happiness as guaranteed... and ANYONE who wants to be a thug and try to infringe on that will be removed from MY "misery".... and that of other law abiding citizens.
Then "they" won't have to worry about trouble getting a job in the future.
Next post..... I'm going at DISPATCHERS hot and heavy........
Later,