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Originally Posted by geeshock
I spen't over 2 hours last night trying to jumpstart my truck with a little ford ranger. it was charging but realy slow. I tried waveing down cars big trucks, and tried hailing trucks on CB. At one time I remember flashing lights would for surely get someone pull over and see what they could do to help, we had everyone, includeing the police pass us up. Looks like the days of assisting another is passed
Think about your own schedule years ago, and the one you go by currently.
We weren't quite as rushed back in the 20th century. We didn't have some of the regs we have now, shippers had staging areas, receivers had staging areas. You could get there the night before and wait.
Today, they don't want you there more than half an hour early, and DON'T BE MORE THAN 5 MINUTES LATE. Drivers are under a different set of standards these days. You also have "THE NEW BREED OF DRIVERS" on the road. They're not "OLD SCHOOL". Listening to XM and turning off the CB is part of the changing part of the industry. If you want to get another driver's attention to let him/her know they have a flat on the trailer, you have to get alongside them and hope your air horn is loud enough to be heard over the stereo. I once chased a woman driving for USX more than 15 miles up I-65 in IN, trying to tell her she didn't even have the old lights on the back of the trailer. All the holes for lights were empty. No lights at all, and the sun was going down.
There are still a few of the "old school" out there, but most of us have retired.