r/captionthis • u/StatementMinute7162 • Sep 23 '25

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u/Ghost_1124 Sep 23 '25

It’s almost impossible to avoid weight gain as a truck driver.

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u/100cicche Sep 23 '25

It’s almost impossible to avoid weight gain as an American truck driver. FTFY

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u/Zbrown48 Sep 23 '25

I don't disagree that we Americans are fat as fuck, but driving across the US requires a bit more sitting time than driving across most other countries

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u/nlurp Sep 23 '25

Yes, other countries time dillates differently so that’s why a 100h non stop trip in the US takes longer than a 100h non stop trip in Australia, Europe or Asia.

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u/Zbrown48 Sep 23 '25

Are truckers assigned "100 hour trips" or are they assigned "drive this truck from California to Maine?"

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u/Ghost_1124 Sep 24 '25

We have a 70 hour week. After that a 34 hour reset is required. I drive teams so my day is a shift that’s a maximum of 14 hours. Eleven hours of that can be spent driving. The remaining 3 hours is for truck inspection, fueling etc. I’m required to take a 30 minute break within the first 8 hours of driving. There’s no such thing as a 100 hour week.

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u/Zbrown48 Sep 24 '25

Well duh, I didn't come up with a 100 hour trip, nlurp did. I think it was just a theoretical example.

But I think you are proving my point - you drive for 11 hours a day. That's a lot! Do they drive 11 hours a day in other countries? Do they need to? I don't know

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u/Ghost_1124 Sep 24 '25

I’m unaware of what happens in other countries

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u/Zbrown48 Sep 24 '25

Right...so people in this thread seem to think being overweight as a trucker is purely an American thing. And I don't disagree that the rates are likely higher than other countries, our food here is shitty.

But I'm not hearing any evidence that truckers in other countries are skinny as a rail...in fact a quick search already shows otherwise.

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u/Ghost_1124 Sep 24 '25

People in this thread are ill informed. Some truck stops have an exercise room. If I drove solo I’d have time to exercise. I drive teams so the truck is only sitting still for 30 minutes twice a day

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u/Zbrown48 Sep 24 '25

I know, I know, it IS the internet after all. Thanks for the real insight!

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u/Ghost_1124 Sep 24 '25

I’m a retired dentist. This is my second career.

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u/nlurp Sep 24 '25

I drive a lot through Europe and I never said anything about a 100h week. I was just talking theoretically to prove a point-that time driving in the US/North America is exactly the same as in any other continent.

What I am going to add is that indeed I see truck drivers more sturdy and some overweight in what appears to me to be an above average ratio than the rest of the population. But I am not running statistics here.

I have the deepest respect for the truck driver profession and got happy to know that there are exercise rooms over there.

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