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Originally Posted by Locke
It was needed, but that industry needs to be overhauled in a big way.
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Yeah, long haul trucking is an interesting spot. Getting harder and harder to hire people into it and the big hope of totally automated trucking that seemed like it was close still feels years away. I don't deal with trucks as much as I used to but man some of the stories you'd hear were wild. I think some of it was they had not spoken to another person in 5 hours though. I think Coast to Coast AM has gone downhill because truckers have the internet to entertain themselves now.
There was one couple though who had a small dog and lived in their truck basically. Both drove and they'd just flip every mandate change and keep that truck rolling 18 hours a day. They told me a story that when they were getting their truck serviced they met three other drivers in the waiting area and chatted a little and then about 20 minutes later the mechanic came out and was screaming at the guys. Apparently they all drove in the same truck and had cut out a hole in the cab floor to #### in so they didn't need to stop. I am still not 100% sure they were lying to me about t.