Commercial Vehicles

I think buses are easier especially backing as it’s all one piece. I work for a private company and about to leave back out with a broadway show

I think buses are easier especially backing as it’s all one piece. I work for a private company and about to leave back out with a broadway show

Miss Lady Traveler,

Hi there! How's the world of non-articulating vehicles? Are you a private charter driver or general service like Greyhound, Peter Pan, etc? I do not envy bus drivers and believe that busses are harder to drive than straight trucks and tractor trailers.

I drive tour buses for a living Im a senior citizen and a BBW and it gets mighty lonely out there on the road nice to find someone in a city that we stay for more than one night to help take the lonely away

Melvin, this is anything but relevant. It was just a mention.
Stop trying to make relevancy happen.

Since this has become a relevant topic, it deserves its own thread instead of clogging up the WTF topic.

As a non-active commercial driver, it is voluntary right now for not being behind the wheel. I needed an emotional and physical break from the industry. I was an over the road and local flatbed driver. Emotionally, I was beat up from not achieving the success that I wished for, to be able to put money in the bank. Physically, my body took the normal wear and tear, except for my wrists. I developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from the constant strapping of freight and cranking down on the straps.

Emotionally, when I did not achieve what I wished for and separately getting beat down by a documented narcissistic boss (which got himself fired for because of the narcissistic abuse,) I needed a break. I can deal with the lack of long-term savings. But, unknowingly getting emotionally groomed and then abused, I needed to walk away from the company and the industry as a whole, to be able to start from scratch and emotionally rebuild myself. With full honesty, I am on the back end of therapy because of that incident. There is no shame in admitting that, as you don't know what kind of asshole someone truly can be until you are a victim of narcissistic abuse.

Physically, I needed to walk away from the industry to be able to mainly give my wrists a break. It is a bad thing when I was in physical pain by not doing anything. It is a bad thing that I was in pain from just pushing my vacuum cleaner across the carpet. It is a bad thing that I could not go a day without having to take some sort pain reliever just to function at work. It is a bad thing that I was steering and shifting the trucks while using wrist braces to stabilize my wrists and prevent as much pain as possible.

Here we can discuss all things about the commercial driving industry.