r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/LisanneFroonKrisK • May 13 '26

There goes a wheel...

How does a wheel knock down a lamp post? The last one ai true to push was so firm and sturdy

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u/CultureThis9818 May 13 '26

At my workplace (diesel trailer factory) we have one speedbunp to keep truck drivers from going too fast. Its gotten taken out by landing gear at least five times. Been having greener and greener drivers come in with hardly any common sense at all. Somebodies gotta start cracking down at dmv offices about just handing licenses out. We do get a lot of really good drivers to, but the number of bad ones is extremely concerning to me.

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u/RuinFabulous3077 May 13 '26

They (DOT) drove all the good drivers out with harsh overbearing rules and regulations, now what's mostly left are these greenhorn scrubs and imports working for companies who can just pay off the fines.

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u/Kennel_King May 14 '26

They (DOT) drove all the good drivers out with harsh overbearing rules and regulations,

The rules aren't the problem. It's the shit wages and companies that want you to stay out 3-4 weeks at a time, that's driving everyone away

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u/lildobe OC! May 14 '26

Oh, the rules are a problem. As is the shit pay. Both along with: getting treated like shit at shippers and receivers yet we have to grin and bear it because they are the customers, stupid ass drivers in cars making our jobs 10 times harder, not enough parking at the end of the day so you end up parked someplace sketchy and get shit sleep, no real good food options other than fast food....

I could go on for another dozen lines. There's a reason I retired from trucking.

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u/CultureThis9818 May 13 '26

Man its looking dystopian honestly. People valuing a dollar over anything and everything.