Life on the Road - Trucking News Blog

Howdy, guys and gals on the Interstate and points in between - hope your road’s smooth and the load aboard pays twice what you thought it was goin’ to! This here’s Nadine again, the Oldest Right Seat Cover in the world, with a thought or two.

Seems I hear people complainin’ that the driving is getting worse and worse all the time. Well, I kinda thought it was myself, but then, I don’t have a CDL so I figured it wasn’t up to me to say anything. Traffic sure has gotten thicker - why, when Miles was first in a truck, we’d honk and wave like crazy whenever we saw anyone on the road with us, because another vehicle was such a rare sight. Now we’ve got millions of folks on the road with us, an’ everbody’s in a flurry of hurry. I guess I could say that bein’ polite will help ease the road situation some, but I know at times you get cut off or someone salutes you with just one finger, an’ it’s real hard to keep your temper. Yep, we’ve been there, too. Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t call Miles an old coot. Now, that makes me mad. He may be an older driver, but nobody calls my Miles an old coot except me.

So I guess today Nadine doesn’t have any answers for you, except to say that I am so proud of all of you who are professional drivers, an’ you just let insults, idiots and imbeciles go on by. Road rage has no place in a trucker’s tool box or even his belly box. An’ that’s what I say. So long from Nadine for now, an’ remember to turn off your turn signal after you’ve made your lane change.

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Hi to all you guys and gals out on the highway! This is Nadine Wheeler, the Oldest Right Seat Cover in the world, still watching for alligators on the zippers and warning Miles about little red sports cars coming up on the right side. (I’ll admit to being 108 years old, and Miles is a little older at 110. Talk about your personal odometer clicking over - whew!) Anyway, some of you may have seen another blog of mine, Driver’s Blogbook, but this one’s going to be more like me - short and snappy!

I’m going to be talking about trucking, of course, and telling you ideas for making your life a little easier in the sleeper and from the cab. I talk to a lot of truckers while they’re at the docks or behind the wheel, and Miles and I know what the life’s like out there. (We ought to, after all this time. Miles’ first freight hauler was a real hay-burner. And I mean a hay-burner - he began truckin’ when his team was four-footed and snortin.’ So just remember if you see us on the road, honk and wave - and we’ll do the same. You stay safe - click off that turn signal once you’re in your lane, sweetie - and I’ll be back soon. Great loads and easy roads, all!

Most sincerely, Nadine

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