Calling All Truckers
Diane Ellis, Ed. ·
May 23, 2011 at 10:37am
Our friends Marco Beghetto and Peter Carter (who sport the most delightful Canadian brogues I've ever heard) over at Today's Trucking have introduced a new podcast called Dispatches about all things trucking. The latest episode (beginning at minute 17) features an interview with our own Dave Carter. In his interview, you'll discover what possessed Dave to become a trucker, how he got involved with Ricochet, and why you should never, ever try to smuggle a can of Beanie-Weenies across the border.
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Apr '11
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Ha! Thanks for the plug, Diane. (Yes, I'm Marco Beghetto). And thanks in advance to any fellow Ricochet members that may give our modest podcast a whirl. Dave, was great and we hope to have him back often.
Sep '10
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Thank goodness there were no Carters on this podcast named Jimmy.
May '10
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Dave has also been helpful to a young family friend as he sets out on a OTR career, which I came to learn was "over the road." Dave was the only "trucker" I knew about, and I reached out and asked him for some advice, and he was extremely helpful. On somethings I have found I know almost less than zero. As an aside one thing I have learned is that many truck stops have eateries, called, I believe, "Country Pride," that are under the same management, or franchise, and have the same menu. I have been told that knowing what is on the menu for dinner can be comforting if every dinner is 600-1000 miles away from where your last one was. Smart thinking on someone's part it seems to me.
Edited on May 23, 2011 at 11:23amApr '11
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Pseudodionysius: Thank goodness there were no Carters on this podcast named Jimmy. · May 23 at 11:09am
Classic!
Jun '10
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Leave_the_gun.
Mar '11
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My brother Michael was a truck driver for 5 years. My brother Brian was one for over 15 years. I have the highest respect for the profession. They are one of the absolute key components of the US economy. And they are easily the safest drivers on the road.
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If so, it would have been my Dad. He has the name, but not the politics. On the positive side, he can secure awesome hotel reservations.
Apr '11
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Enjoyed the podcast. Thanks for the heads-up.
May '10
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The frequency of "How's my driving? Call [#]" stickers seem to suggest otherwise. A few bad apples spoil the bunch... in public perception, anyway. It would take nerves of steel not to occasionally exact revenge on the impatient traffic that surrounds them.
Cracker Barrel is your friend.
I look forward to listening to the interview, Dave. I suspect a more sagacious tale involving Beanie-Weenies can't be found.
Apr '11
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Aaron Miller
The frequency of "How's my driving? Call [#]" stickers seem to suggest otherwise. A few bad apples spoil the bunch... in public perception, anyway. It would take nerves of steel not to occasionally exact revenge on the impatient traffic that surrounds them.
Thanks for the comments. It is perception. Stickers aside, statistically, commercial drivers are the safest on the road. In just about any jurisdiction in North America and W. Europe, truck drivers have a much lower crash ratio. But more importantly, whenever a car and truck are involved in a crash together, the car driver is overwhelmingly at fault -- some jurisdictions have reported rates as high as 80 percent more so.
As a car driver myself, I can understand how unnerving it is driving with 80K pound vehicles at 100+ km -- errr, sorry 60 mph -- but in almost every major collision factor (speeding, careless driving, drugs & alcohol, and, yes, even fatigue) truck drivers fare much better than the average citizen in a Honda civic.
OK, enough with the PR. Thanks for giving the podcast a chance. And, yes, Best beanie weenie story ever!
Sep '10
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Dave Carter
If so, it would have been my Dad. He has the name, but not the politics. On the positive side, he can secure awesome hotel reservations. · May 23 at 7:05pm
Good to know. Does he ever ask people to call him James?