Driving | One Girl Trucking

Something we already Knew

Feb. 12 2013

This story below is taken from the Trucker and I think validates what a lot of us truckers have felt about accidents all along involving personal vehicles and semi trucks. Yeah, we already knew this but it sure looks great in print. Once again driving home its point that it’s important for the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program to fairly address crash accountability, the American Trucking Associations today released results from several studies that found car drivers to be far more at fault in

Making Assumptions

Jan. 14 2013

For any of you that have been following along since the beginning, you know the reason I started One Girl trucking was because a drunk woman ran out in front of my truck, with her kids cheering her on because she said that I was speeding. And if you didn't, now you do! Well, you know what they say about assumptions right? I kind of had a conversation on Facebook with a gal that I grew up with not too long ago- the reason I say kind of is because after I told her that I thought she was making assumptions, she

Life & Truck Navigation

Oct. 20 2012

A while back as I was browsing through my many, many notes & directions looking for an old route into a cold storage that I had been to before, I took a picture. It wasn’t anything fancy, just a picture of my hand written driving directions going into an onion shed in Washington State. I laughed at myself thinking that this was my GPS—the only one I truly believe in, even though I know GPS's are becoming more and more popular with truck drivers every day. I myself refuse to buy one and have snubbed out

Retribution

Oct. 08 2012

Generally, I try to write about what happens out here on the road in good light (because there are so many writing about the bad) and, although I have obviously written some not so good stories about the trucking industry over the years, I have always said that I write about what I know. The following is totally what I know and what I'm guilty of, and it probably does not put me in the best of light in front of all of you, because I did lower myself to another persons level. I always try to be the best I can out

Trucking, Training & the Mentality of Others

Aug. 22 2011

A few weeks ago when I went to pick up my loaded trailer I run into a driver I have known for some time. He is a company driver for one of the accounts I haul for. He has always been fun to talk to, so of coarse when I walked into the guard shack we gave each other a bit of shit, told a story or two and caught up on where we have been. Finally as I was going to walk out the door to go get my trailer I asked him if he was going out or coming back in, to which he replied that he wouldn’t be driving for the next two

Friends By Chance-Friends Forever

Feb. 03 2011

Micky & I~ Grand Island NE Some days I have to wonder why some drivers tell everyone where they are, day after day. I see them listing their whereabouts on Facebook and Twitter and sometimes I have to wonder if it’s a compulsive behavior or do they think they are cool and need a fan club? Although I love meeting new people, for my safety I don't want to meet everyone, nor do I want everyone knowing my whereabouts on a daily basis. I’m not sure on their reasonings, but I have to thank them becasue it did get

Winter Thoughts

Jan. 31 2011

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." ~Dr. Seuss Nights like this when the trip is almost over, you can't help but go over the ride you've had along the way. Your out on the road alone, so you hash over the bad weather you have encountered. The people you've met along the way. The equipment that has broke because of the weather. The work you do alone and the fact you figure it out all by yourself. Then you have to wonder if it's all worth it. Even though your dead tired, something

Winter Skies & Winter Roads

Jan. 06 2011

What a trip last week was! Of coarse as per my usual luck I run smack dab into the last storm that rolled across the U.S. and had to ride it out from Nogales AZ back home to Minnesota. I think I had about 150 miles of good road on the way home and that was it. The sky still held me captive, as well as all the bad drivers~! The trip home was much more treacherous than going down. Please excuse my dirty windows!

Winter in Montana

Dec. 21 2010

I thought I would start sharing some of my stories from the road. They are real stories of my life trucking. Things that have happened along the way. I really try to focus on the good that trucking has brought me over the years rather than the bad, but I'm sure I will have a few bad stories along the way as well. Some things I should have written down, some stories I may have embellished a bit and made sound better than they really were (that's how truckers do it) and I really wish I had pictures, but for the most part

En Route

Dec. 18 2010

When I left Minnesota on Tuesday the weather was cold and snowy. I wasn't sure what I would run into on my way to Arizona this week, but I lucked out and had beautiful views. The colors in the sky were amazing, and held my attention the whole way here. All of these photos are SOC (straight out of the camera) The photos were taken from Nebraska to Arizona. Anyone know where this was taken? It should be familiar to some drivers for sure. I could wake up to the views every morning~