These days of age professional truck drivers need to be able to use their electronics and other trucking tools in order to perform their job well.
But, more than that, you need to keep yourself well informed on the overall industry and changes to keep yourself competitive.
Professional truck drivers constantly advance and update their skills and knowledge.
Professional Truck Drivers Rest Properly
Now, here is one that can be difficult, especially if time management is not one of your strong suites. First of all, federal law requires certain amount of rest and hours of service.
Secondly, your body needs its sleep to restore itself. The brain needs to shut down, so to speak, and your body needs to recoup. The exact amount we all need varies but most studies say 6-8 hours is the preferred amount.
The regulations constantly change and the amount of drive to rest cycles vary, so recently they changed again!!
The thing now is that you can’t fake it like you could years ago (not saying anyone did).
But now they have tracking systems and electronic logging devices (ELD), so you might as well route your trip and plan on rest stops just being part of the time table.
Professional truck drivers know what a proper rest means so they will probably say to you: “Get a good truck mattress and pillow, it will help”.
