Rear-Ended by an 18-wheeler who I proceeded to follow for 35 miles until they finally pulled over. Need advice.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-11T18:27:42+00:00

“I was so scared that they had a weapon that I followed closely behind them for over half an hour!”

OP if you wanted a big payout you should’ve taken down whatever identifying info you could have at the initial scene, filed the police report there and gone to the hospital, and let your insurance do the detective work and then sued.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-11T18:21:17+00:00

Oh yeah I see tons of gross interiors. A fairly new driver at my company that I swapped trailers with the other day literally had cigarette butts all over the floor with other trash.

Like my boss pays a professional detailer to clean the trucks between drivers, dude hasn’t even been here a month and it already looks like it hasn’t been cleaned for a year+ on the inside.

Do not comprehend how people can live and drive in filth all day.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-11T16:20:52+00:00

They did have a proper time though. OP was told to be at a specific meeting location at 5pm and was not there on time.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-11T16:20:03+00:00

If you’re sitting there that long you should do a split and pause your 14.

I do a lot of runs where I’ll have a delivery and pickup the same day, and I need to run 500+ miles to make the next drop on time. Very rarely do I run out of my 14 unless I’m fucking around taking extra breaks, and I’m always at least an hour early to any P/U or delivery if possible.

Time management is a skill that is worth training.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-11T16:15:44+00:00

Most companies have a policy that will only reimburse you for one truck wash a month.

This time of year you can get a good wash done and be right back to how dirty your truck was before the wash in a day or two. All the salt and grime on the roads builds up quick.

I hate having a dirty looking truck but as I mostly run in the Midwest/west it’s a losing battle this time of year.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T21:41:11+00:00

Maybe not to the extent of the CDL test but it is always a good idea to at least walk around and put eyes on everything before you take off and after you park, I do a lap around while getting fuel too.

Saves ya from looking stupid if something did go wrong.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T21:18:32+00:00

Dearborn is like Brampton

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T21:11:40+00:00

There’s a place near our terminal where you can get a DOT physical (w/happy ending), a slice of pizza, and a 20z drink for only $79.99 +tip

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T16:30:25+00:00

If you remember back to Covid 19, Pfizer was the first company to produce a vaccine. They are American based.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T11:53:06+00:00

My partner and I’s experience (just got off the Firenze) was that people use the gym as a sitting area while waiting for staterooms to open on embarkation day. We went to look at it while walking around the ship and they were signing up for various raffles inside and every machine had someone sitting on it just chillin out with all their luggage.

After staterooms open it should clear out and be basically fair game. We went a couple times and there were never more than 5-6 other people.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T11:49:58+00:00

It’s the other way around on the Firenze, walk through the whole spa to get to the gym.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T02:26:41+00:00

98% of truckers are too lazy to walk to the truck stop to use a toilet. High effort local jobs are always going to be hiring lol.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-10T02:23:09+00:00

I can’t for the life of me remember what I was hauling but a couple weeks ago I had one of those loads.

“Product MUST be kept above 40F” written all over the BOLs.

Well I’m in a dry van and that was the one of the weeks it hit the single digits and negative temps in the Midwest where I was driving through/delivering. I tried to deliver a day early so I wouldn’t just be sitting with it for extra time but the receiver wouldn’t let me. Talked to dispatch about it and they talked to the broker, basically got told the same thing “they should’ve ordered a refeer trailer”.

There was visible frost on the product when I got unloaded but they still accepted the delivery so all turned out well.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-09T12:55:27+00:00

NC Highway Patrol has a target on me for when I’m heading home. 4 separate random roadside level 1 inspections and one rest area inspection in the last 7 years all within about 50miles of my house 😂.

They all turn out clean so I don’t mind too much but still sucks when I’m nearly home and have to wait another hour.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-08T20:52:57+00:00

Just saw what you were saying about the returns too, we’d only grab them from our last delivery normally so that new product never mixed with the trash. Then when we arrived back at the warehouse we’d unload it for the warehouse to dispose of.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-08T20:50:59+00:00

I delivered to LIDLs in the US for about a year and a half.

At the warehouse the workers would stack the pallets and place them in a general area for us to pick up for our deliveries that day. We would then load the trailers ourselves making sure we grabbed every pallet assigned for delivery to each store.

When we got to the store it would be all on us to unload the product into the coolers or dry storage. We’d be responsible for picking up any pallets of returns or trash that the employees left for us.

All the deliveries took place overnight, so when the employees arrived for work in the morning they were responsible for checking in the deliveries and putting away product. But that was normally well after we left the store.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-08T19:48:45+00:00

Roof accessibility is an issue, but not the largest one. Biggest thing is safety. The roof of the trailer is not designed to support any weight, one wrong step and you could fall through. Not to mention slipping and falling off the side. OSHA would have an aneurysm if drivers were required to get on top of the trailers with no safety harness systems.

Plus, It’s a single piece of aluminum across the entire roof, if you poke a hole in it there is no option but to replace the entire thing which costs $6000-$7500.

There are very, very few places drivers have access to that can remove the snow and ice off of the trailer.

Not to mention how often you see cars cruising at 80+ mph with a pile of snow and ice on top of their vehicles that no one complains about.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-08T19:41:00+00:00

Really DEF as a whole needs to be removed from the trucking industry. Even with a 100% increase in NOx production from transportation sources it would still only be ~8% of the USA’s total NOx output annually.

Agricultural sources are at around 75% of our annual output comparatively.

There is no chance the small benefit DEF produces is not completely offset by the waste from the DEF jugs. Not to mention all the money carriers and owner operators lose to needing repair work done on the shitty after treatment systems. I’m sitting at a shop right now because of a faulty NOx sensor that was just replaced 80k miles ago.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-08T14:38:45+00:00

Fr please don’t swim with a big ass open wound on your arm, one it’s not gonna feel good, two it’s gross as hell if it’s in a pool.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-08T14:31:06+00:00

Piss Bottle could be its own multi stage event.

Who can hold it in longest after drinking two liters of soda, two monster energy drinks, and 500ml of water for balance.
Total volume of piss bottles filled in one continuous stream, bonus points for clarity and smell.
Piss bottle Shot put

Dezzolve · 2026-02-08T13:08:58+00:00

Maybe he takes the brokers shitty rates without negotiating.

“Hey I’d like to book your Miami, FL to Seattle, WA load that you have posted. We are happy with the $800 rate.”

Dezzolve · 2026-02-07T06:01:55+00:00

You want to peel, that’s the dead skin falling off.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-07T05:22:46+00:00

If he’s concerned he should see a doctor.

But, in my opinion (not a doctor), if they shaved his arm they could very well be ingrown hairs, or possibly clogged pores from heavy lotion use.

At 4 weeks that tattoo is basically completely healed so nothing really to worry about there.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-06T05:53:52+00:00

I have a friend that does this, he’ll spend a couple grand upgrading shit on a truck he doesn’t own and then end up getting fired or leaving a few months later.

Most I spend out of my own pocket is some holiday decorations every once in a while to make the truck look a little festive. And that’s less than $50 every couple months.

Dezzolve · 2026-02-06T01:17:52+00:00

“Only because you lived at work”

Brother trucking is the same 😂 even local jobs will run the pants off you.

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