Warning! Being a Truck Driver May Not Be For You!

"Come join us on the "Big Road"." In just two weeksWhy? Glad you asked.
you can be making the Big bucks driving one of theseDriving Big rigs across this great country of ours is not
Big Rigs".a job, it is a lifestyle. If you have been working a
We have all seen the ads, promising big bucks, theyfactory job 7am to 3pm, with weekends off then you
are enticing for the out of work average Joe whoprobably wont like driving truck. If you like sleeping with
doesn't have a college degree. Heck they will evenyour wife (or husband) every night you really will not
finance your schooling with them, no credit needed. It'slike driving truck.
only a few weeks', right? Well, actually, no.The lifestyle of the Big rig driver is filled with loneliness,
OK, I'll admit the school is a few weeks, most up tofilled with demands to meet schedules and worse filled
four weeks and there are even a few out there thatwith people who have no consideration for you, your
will pay you while training, but it's the rest of the storytime or your family. There are even some who don't
that they don't tell you that you really need to know.care enough about you that they will ask you to break
I know your sitting there at your desk wondering howthe law.
you're going to pay the rent next month. Or evenThere are many more pitfalls in this lifestyle, too many
wondering if you will be able to feed your baby nextto go into in this brief article, so before you decided to
week, but deciding to become a CMV (Commercialsign up with one of those truck driving schools and
Motor Vehicle) operator is not glamorous, it requireschange your life forever get my book, it's only five
some serious sacrifice and if your going to enjoy it, itbucks and it may save you thousands.
also requires a certain kind of personality.