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It's a possibility, but how many truck drivers does this emotional situation with the sister apply to? Not many specifically. I'm sure they all do miss their fa

• masterzora 15y ago
  The sister thing in particular doesn't tend to apply in general, but something does. The article says "out 10 days and back for a couple" but that vastly depends on what kind of trucking you do. My dad's current schedule, for example, has him out for 5 or 6 and in for 1 or 2 (in a good week; recently there's been a few where he's only been out for 3 or 4 days which is a huge strain on the finances), but in the past he's had some short haul routes where he was home every day just long enough to sleep and before that, when I was young, he did some long hauls where I sometimes didn't see him for a month or more. For the long haulers, even if their sister didn't die, odds are something has happened that they haven't had a chance to deal with. The real take away message from this, though, is just respect and not to get upset if a truck is slowing you down for a minute.