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AV-Geek you mentioned garbage haulers,hers one at work

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Moral of the story is don't ride along side trucks,make sure the truck has lots of room in front of it before passing it, like put yourself in the truck drivers seat and think,will that truck have any reason to have to swerve over on you.

try not to pass trucks where there is merging traffic,somebody might cut in front of the truck and the truck might swerve left trying to keep from running over some moron merging traffic at 30mph

trucks are dangerous to be around to start out with and now that the trucking industry has become the dumping ground for displaced workers and all sorts of ret*ds that would be unemployed for life if somebody hadn't invented a truck,the situation is even worse. The days of the professional truck driver are over with. These people in trucks today are mostly displaced workers who haven't much experiance at truck driving and many of them don't take it as a profession,just some rotten job they got pushed into and their attitude behind the wheels shows how much they like their new career.

I don't really know enough about the US trucking industry to contradict this, but in Australia the majority of trucking contractors are owner-operators, and the licensing and regulations compliance puts it way out of reach of just any dropkick who can't cut it in any other job. My Dad worked in the trucking industry and for most of the drivers I met, it was a way of life that you're either cut out for or you're not...and some who were really cut out for it were clearing more than $2000 a week. Of course, how much of that they were blowing on amphetamines is anyone's guess. But I have never heard of someone driving a truck that overweight, with bald tyres...there is some abuse of regulations here but that would be sheer lunacy. I'm sure that any truckie in Australia would be with me in hoping he gets his arse nailed the wall.

Not here,anyone who can pass a drug test can get into trucking,our government passes out free training funds for unemployed people,some states run driver training programs through community colleges and some of the trucking companies offer free training if somebody will sign a contract that requires them to work for the company for one year or pay them back for the training if they quit in less than one year.

No credit,bad credit,want to own a truck,just sigh on the dotted line

Bloody hell talk about a culture difference! If anything I put it down to the fact that in a country where the major population centres are so far apart, we'd die without trucks...so there's more pride in the profession here. I've never met a truckie who would do anything else.

I also live in Australia, and grew up on a farm. I was driving trucks for my dad when I was a kiddie - he'd let me steer it while he hopped onto the back and chucked off bales of hay for the sheep. I graduated to tractors at about ten years of age, and by the time I went for my drivers licence I could handle a combine harvester, various utes, and even a small mini moke jeep. I passed my drivers licence first time and have never had so much as a speeding ticket since the age of seventeen. (I'm now in my mid-forties.) I wish my daughter had the same advantages of learning to drive by bumping around on a paddock in a ute, but unfortunately we live in a city now and it's impossible. I think it's far harder learning to drive in a city than in the country.
AliVe

Hi Alive, I see you're a newbie here. Welcome!!

So whereabouts did you grow up and where are you now?

We get hit with major blizzards that hit widespread areas of the country and the stores are stripped clean within a few days. It's not offen these really big storms choke off the trucks over huge areas,but when it happens,people suddenly relise how dependent they are on daily truck deliveries.

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Hi back! I should have introduced myself properly but I stumbled onto this site from Aspies for Freedom and got so into the conversations that I forgot! My real name is Alison and I live with my NT husband and Aspie daughter in Canberra. I'm a child care worker and have been diagnosed as having Aspergers. (Which came as a complete shock as I'd always thought I was just really, really shy!) It was only found out after another medical problem I had was finally diagnosed, and the doctor said "Hey, do you know this condition is often a comorbid of Autism and I notice you have trouble meeting my eyes when we talk." And violla! Another few tests, and a diagnoses after many years!
Anyway, you probably don't want my life story, but I'm really glad to have found this site; Aspies for Freedom has been great, and I've been on the lookout for more Autism sites to learn more about my new-found culture.
It's nice to meet you all!

Alison

I'm aware that autism and asperger's syndrome can cause trouble while driving, such as not noticing important things happening around the road.

Because I'm aware of that, I do my best to be cautious, and it helps, now already for 4 years without incidents.

I do have a fear of driving-- but instead of making me drive safely, it has the opposite effect, of making me want to stay off the road entirely. And honestly, I can't blame myself; it's a very rational fear, brought about by such things as spacing out and missing stop signs, or nearly running into other cars had the passenger not quickly grabbed the wheel. I get way too easily overloaded visually, particularly in heavy traffic... and plus, I have a hard time judging the position of other things relative to me.

So I can't truthfully answer either choice on this poll.

I am very careful behind the wheel also. I am so surprised about the complecency of the average so many drivers, but I did feel bad about speeding a bit over 200 yards in a safe patch at 36 miles an hour they had speed-cams on the same road. I might not be ok

I have no fear of driving too, but I have learned to compensate for it intellectually so I do have sort of a fear (I can deduce logically that a:if I drive too fast then b:I will crash and die).
I do drive fast though, but what has saved me so far is intense focus on the actual driving so I have had no accidents so far (I am 33, driving since 18) as I have avoided some accidents that could have been very serious because I wasn't half asleep behind the wheel like most drivers out there.
When I learned to drive though, I didn't go too fast at all.

My only issue with driving is letting passengers know that I demand total concentration when I'm on the road. I don't mean any offence by not wanting to make conversation with them.

Getting lost in strange cities is my biggest buggaboo. I like to stick to familiar routes and not be too adventurous.

I'm terrified of driving and it keeps me from driving. I don't even have a license yet. I find it really difficult because I can't multi-task, mix up my left and right, and I'm not aware of what's going on around. It's a big problem I find really frustrating and I never get practice in because I'm too nervous. I worry that one day I'd end up dead at the wheel because of some stupid mistake. I wish I didn't have to drive, but unfortunately around where I live it's a necessity. So, I don't know what to do.

Hmm. I think I am half-way between "yes" and "no". I am a cautious driver, sometimes too cautious, but it is better to be too cautious than not enough.