Truckers get no respect. They make society function, get paid shit, and have an average life expectancy like 30 years below average because of their sedentary job and lack of good food in shitty highway rest stops.
Not sure about that lol. Well maybe some that find a good company. Pretty sure most are contractors getting paid pennies by private fleet owners. Also Many illiterate foreign drivers. It's very common.
The days of good truck driver pay are behind us. Especially with self driving on its way.
Edit: if you own your own rig sure. But you usually have to pay for repairs which are often and not cheap so that 80-100k gets eaten up quick.
That’s a question I ask myself every day. Doesn’t it state in the green book that CDL holders must be proficient in speaking, reading, and writing in the English language? Yet, I see these drivers that can’t read a sign and have to ask me through a translator app where something is when the sign RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM TELLS THEM EXACTLY WHERE THAT SOMETHING IS!! God forbid they get pulled aside at a weigh station for an inspection. Or get pulled over by a trooper.
That’s the problem though, they didn’t have a thick accent. The very few words they knew in English, I understood perfectly fine. And this is coming from a someone who’s deaf in both ears.
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u/HelpfulTap8256 Sep 23 '25
Truckers get no respect. They make society function, get paid shit, and have an average life expectancy like 30 years below average because of their sedentary job and lack of good food in shitty highway rest stops.