Now those years have been the best four years of my life so far.Ĭollege was a fantastic experience. I never wanted to have an office job, but I felt college was just something I was supposed to do, so I went. I finally graduated High School, which was one of the best days of my life! Many say High School is the best four years of your life, but I didn't enjoy it much. I struggled a bit in school, but got through it. Oh how easy it is to please a child!Īs I got older, I lived your typical American life in the suburbs of Chicago, and my dreams of becoming a trucker faded. I always looked forward to driving at night during road trips just so I could watch the truckers flash their lights at each other. Then, when the passing truck was safely in the right lane, he'd flash his lights back as a "thank you." While this may seem like nothing special to the average person, it was special to me (and still is). I specifically remember when one truck would pass another at nighttime, the truck being passed would flash his headlights when the passing truck could safely move back over. Where are they going? How much power do those huge vehicles have? What are they hauling? What is life like on the road? The only way I could "pretend" as a kid was to tie my Radio Flyer wagon to the back of my bike and hit the road! I thought trucks were one of the coolest things (and I still do!). I remember sitting in the back seat as a kid, watching all the trucks on the expressway. About once a year, we'd drive from Chicago to Florida to see my grandparents (about a 24 hour drive). My family never had the money to fly around the country, so when we took vacations, we'd drive in our Ford van. When I was young, I knew trucking was something I'd want to do at some point in my life, but then again, I was just a kid. This blog isn't for me, it's for you! So let me know what you'd like to hear! This blog is useless unless the content is what you want to read! I've never had my own blog before, so I encourage you all to post comments, ask questions, and tell me what you would like to hear. This blog is going to be like a journal that all of you can read to see exactly what I'm going through, right from day one. My plan is to bring you from day one (researching the industry), through all of the training, into my first months on the job, and beyond. I have no motivation for this blog other than helping you out, so that you can learn from my experiences and find out what the industry is really like, not what the recruiters tell you. I'll be sharing all the hardships, and all the good times, right from the beginning. I am going to be TruckingTruth's guinea pig. I still need to attend a truck driving school to obtain my CDL, find a company that will hire me, go through their training, and learn all the tough lessons that lay ahead when I finally get my own truck! I'm in the stage right now that many of you reading are probably in. In fact, I'm in a white collar, 9 to 5, office job right now (why do I want the career change? More on that later). And I hope I can help those of you who are considering getting into the trucking industry. This is the first of hopefully many, many more to come.
The crossing has been the scene of many crashes over the years.Current State Of The Trucking Industry (29) With braking, he estimated it would have hit the truck at between 40 mph and 55 mph.
The train typically would be accelerating out of the Oxnard station past verdant farm fields at about 55 mph, Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson said. The engineer saw the abandoned vehicle and hit the brakes, but there wasn't enough time to stop, Oxnard Fire Battalion Chief Sergio Martinez said. The train, the first of the morning on the Ventura route, had just left its second stop of Oxnard on its way to downtown Los Angeles when it struck the truck around 5:45 a.m. The NTSB planned to examine the effectiveness of those cars, Sumwalt said. The four passenger cars remained largely intact, as did the locomotive. Lives were likely saved by passenger cars designed to absorb a crash that were purchased after a deadly collision a decade ago, Metrolink officials said. Eight people were admitted to the hospital of the 30 people originally examined, officials said.
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