An Award For Brilliance Don’tcha Know

I didn’t want to come right out and say it, but then Joan (of the world famous “Whatever I Think” blog) said it for me by presenting me with this fine award:

Joan has recognize my brilliance, and it’s really no wonder, being as brilliant as I am and all. Well I try anyway.  I’ll do my best to make you proud, Joan.  Thanks again. I really do appreciate this honor you feel I am worthy of.

Ask A Trucker: Time Travel

Here is yet another letter found in my ? A Trucker mail bag on June 18th, 2008. That was a very popular day for asking a trucker questions. Anyway, let’s get on with the show:

• Q:
  

How many months out of the year are you on the road? And do you have set schedules or do you go when the company instructs you to? Thanks

• A:
  

Normally we are on the road for three weeks at a time, and then home for three days. When on the road our work schedule is dictated by the work that is available. We never know when or where we will be picking up next, or where we will be taking it.

We just kind of make it up as we go along, however there are rules we have to follow. We can only drive up to 11 hours at a time, and we have up to 14 hours to complete that 11 hours of driving. Once you are done driving you must be off duty or in the sleeper (or a combination of the two) for at least 10 hours straight before returning to duty. If all of this sounds confusing, it is. I did my best to simplify it for you. It’s actually much more confusing than this.

As far as days off are concerned we just let dispatch know when we would like to be home next and they do their best to get us there as close to the requested time as possible. It’s all far far from a perfect science. It’s just the nature of the beast.

I totally didn’t answer your question the way it was asked, but I hope this answer satisfied your curiosity. If I didn’t cover an aspect you were wondering about feel free to ask as many questions as you like, and I’ll try to be more punctual in the answering of said questions.

Do you have a question you’d like to ask a trucker? If so, click here. If you’d like to read Q & A’s already asked of a trucker, click here.

Crazy Pix: 08/22/08

When will the madness end???

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When the whole world bows down before Hello Kitty

or suffers at the business end of her pussy whip.

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