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Originally Posted by wildkat
I'm sorry Allen, I've been a woman trucker for 30 years & I have not yet figured out what this Ellen person actually BRINGS to the industry for women. I have checked her website & listened to her on various talk shows & all I get is that she has no PRACTICAL trucking experience & wants special status for women truckers...and THAT is a detriment to all women actually working in the industry.
You see that is the major problem with all the "so called experts" that seem to keep popping up in this industry...they are all "talk", but I can guarantee you, after listening to them for about 10 seconds, I for one, can tell they haven't spent 10 seconds behind the wheel actually WORKING.
And, if you want some REAL WORLD insight to what it is truly like in the trucking industry then you should go to experienced truckers. But, unfortunately no one will ever do that cause they don't want to find out what it's REALLY like.
Talk to folks like GMAN, or some of the other truly EXPERIENCED people on this board & you might actually learn something about the industry.
I don't blame you being cynical. or anyone for that matter. It's difficult to believe anyone spends about 40 plus hours/week ( besides a driving job) to help others avoid the scams of the Industry. Our Audience is mostly Students who are about to get ripped off from the schools, schools that are going to charge them a rediculous amount of money in order to get an inferior training. New Drivers are also a part of the audience.
I'm a driver of 30 years also. Just like you I've heard the stories while I was on the road from mostly, "new drivers", complaining about either some lease they can't afford, or how the company screwed them over in their paycheck, etc...you've all heard it before, I'm sure.
I came on here to offer some advise, but it's turned into "this" so I'll go with it.
The reason students land on my site is because they're looking for advise. They could easily go to the forums, BUT THEY DON'T. Either they don't want to or they don't know how. Some would rather just get the book/ CD's and the free consults( either over the phone or by e-mail) to help them make their choices. I send them links to all the forums and strongly suggest to them to get involved, but I don't think many take the advise. They'd rather (I guess) have some "one on one consultation", which is fine with me because my goal is to help them avoid the Scams....plain and simple.
As far as Ellen Voie being an "Expert", we'll find out. Why don't you call during the show and ask her some questions about that? If you can't call in, I will ask her. Give me some more questions you're curious about, and I'll ask, along with my own that I plan to ask.
Listen, this whole idea I had was to Raise the Standards of the Trucking Industry, to eliminate the scams that go on: The scams that target the naive and vulnerable is what is happening. You should read the e-mails I get from people who have just been taken over and are at a loss for words. I remember this one letter that came in the mail. My wife opened it and she just started crying. I won't go into it here, but it's one more example of what we're trying to eliminate. I spent about an hour with him trying to guide him and "fix" the mess he had gotten into. By the way, he hadn't bought anything from me. It was all free.
It's ironic that those I was hoping to join me are now appearing to question the motives. Like I said, I guess I don't blame you. There's a lot of BS, and the first thing that comes to someones mind is: "MORE BS"
Anyone can call or write me at anytime. You can find out for yourself.
There's a show on BTR tomorrow at 6PM with Wayne Weisser of "Life on the Road" trucking blog. Wayne also has "Adventrues in Trucking" blog.
Hope this puts this all to rest. Everyone here is trying to help the newbies, I know. But not all the newbies are coming here. What's that saying? If Muhammed won't go to the mountain then bring the mountain......