What do truckers do not to get bored when traveling far distances?

Yellow Jackets (aka trucker speed), and lots of incoherent banter on the CB.

Pick up hitch hikers.

Who says they don’t?

I was eating with some friends at Dennys, really late and we saw with our own eyes (outside the window) a hooker go inside a big rig.

Pretty much it… seat covers and cb radios

I’d install myself a satellite radio and a laptop like cops got not to get bored.

I used to work for a trucking-industry trade magazine. CB chatter, cell phone with the wife back home, coffee & cigarettes, radio/CDs/iPod, fast food, lot lizards.

Think about what they did wrong.
Or think about how lucky they are.

What’s a lot lizard (or should I be afraid to ask)?

pick up hookers?

A lot lizard is slang for “lady of the night.” They linger in the big rig parking lots.

Thank you, Kevin. Probably not an occupation that is covered during HS career day?

My dad’s a trucker, he listens to satellite radio. And when he has too wait long periods of time at certain stations he watches movies on a portable dvd player, or reads while listening to the radio.

What about exercise? Don’t those guys get all achey sitting sitting sitting?

I’d pick up hookers…..just sayin

@susanc – some truck stops have gyms, but not many. Most drivers don’t want to be too far from their rigs (and cargo which they’re responsible for), so going for a long walk or jog is out of the question.

It’s an impossible way of life, made even more difficult by rising fuel costs.

So try & give those truckers a break when you’re on the road. Let ‘em in if they need to switch lanes.

Back atcha pup: I trust truckers – the professional drivers out there among the rest of us numbnutses. I follow their “road language” to the letter. I know it’s an impossible life and I would do a lot to accommodate them.

They do things like this

In the uk they notoriously sweep the red light districts