Truck (non)Stop

Having grown up in the industrial crescent of New Jersey, I am no stranger to trucks, especially those that I regularly unloaded in Elizabeth Port as a college student at Rutgers. But the five hour drive yesterday from north of Boston to the Rutgers campus in central New Jersey to speak at a supply chain management conference had me rethinking my approach to trucks.

Here are a few random thoughts while reflecting on why I was driving a subcompact through the Meadowlands on the New Jersey Turnpike during a thunderstorm. 

• Gee, there are a lot of trucks on the road moving an awful lot of freight. 

• The national carrier drivers seem to be the most respectful of traffic and road conditions.

• Fancier trucks seem to have more careful drivers.

• When were trucks allowed to drive in the left lane?

• Be careful of dented up box trucks. The drivers should be looking for another line of work.

• Construction truck drivers have no conscious. 

• Tanker truck drivers thankfully seem to be a cautious lot.

• Why don’t more trucking companies sell the sides of their trailers for advertising?

• The weigh station north of Hartford was actually open and trucks were lined up to get weighed and inspected. 

• State police in Massachusetts and Connecticut are driving sports cars. Why don’t they ever stop trucks? No, I didn’t get a ticket. 

• And finally, to the cherry red construction equipment trailer driver who chased me for 20 miles on I-84 at the Connecticut-New York border……..slow down.

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