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{"text":"You’ve heard the expression “driving a truck isn’t a job, it’s a lifestyle?” That’s absolutely true.\r\n\r\nBut after a certain amount of time being a truck driver, people can get so beaten into this hard lifestyle that they may start to feel guilty when they are not at work, leading them to drive when they shouldn’t.\r\n\r\nThis will becomes a vicious cycle and, sooner or later, every trucker will start to burn out if they are not careful.\r\n\r\nSIGNS OF DRIVER BURNOUT\r\n\r\nMany truckers don’t recognize the fact that they’re exhausted and starting to burn out. Here are some of the signs that someone is experience a burnout:\r\n\r\nTruck Avoidance - Sometimes, drivers may just not want to get into that truck. They can barely force themselves to drive it at the beginning of their day. They become disinterested in their job and feel tired much of the time.\r\n\r\nDistance Avoidance - During a run, burned out drivers may find they just don’t have the desire to drive very far. They may drive 50 or 100 miles down the road and find an excuse to take a break and stop. Their entire day may consist of a stop and start pattern.\r\n\r\nLag & Drag - A driver may start to lag and drag, also known as extreme procrastination. Drivers who have burned out to this point start to spend more time in the truck stops, fiddling around, wasting time, maybe playing pinball, or doing anything else rather than getting on the road again.\r\n\r\nEFFECTS OF BURNOUT \r\n\r\nDrivers may find that as burnout sets in, they ignore taking care of their health. There are all sorts of bad effects that come about as a result of this. Here are some:\r\n\r\n-Irritability, which can lead to less tolerance to other drivers while on the road\r\n\r\n-Insomnia or sleep apnea, both of which can lead to accidents\r\n\r\n-Obesity can result from poor eating habits as a driver pushes himself beyond his limits, runs hard, grabbing fast food on the fly to save time\r\n\r\nRESOLVING BURNOUT\r\n\r\nHere are some suggestions:\r\n\r\nVacations\r\nDon’t skip vacations because you think you can’t afford to take the time off. In reality, you can’t afford NOT to take time away from driving.\r\nRegular Days Off\r\nTake regular days off each week. Take time off when you feel you need a rest and a break from the monotony of the driving. \r\n\r\nUse Electronic Logs\r\nBelieve it or not, and like it or not, these electronic logs will help prevent drivers from over-working. They’re going to force drivers to rest more regularly, and force them off the road after 70 hours, or as close to 70 hours as possible. They will force drivers to take more breaks and get more rest. This is really the whole idea behind them, so drivers don’t burn themselves right out, working for the company.\r\nBoth owner operators and company drivers can suffer from burnout. \r\n\r\nIt’s interesting to note that union drivers usually suffer from burn out the least. Independent truckers and owner operators, who often run their butts off to pay the bills, are often the ones who suffer from burn out more often, and earlier in their trucking career.\r\n\r\nMost young truckers can tolerate the lifestyle. However, as drivers age, and they are put into a forced dispatch situation, it becomes too hard to handle.\r\n\r\nDon’t let yourself become exhausted and burn yourself out.\r\n\r\nDriver burnout can be deadly. Don’t go there.\r\n\r\nHaul Safe, Haul Proud\r\n","pics":"[{\"description\":\"\",\"height\":360.0,\"name\":\"17319/android_1550755263671.jpg\",\"url\":\" \",\"width\":360.0}]","canComment":true} |
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