“I turn my exhaust brakes off not to wake people up while they are sleeping …..”

I wake up at 5 in the arvo expecting to leave Sydney at say 6.   Time and time again I will leave at ten thirty so the loads are always late so by then I am 5.5 hours awake and haven’t left Sydney yet to go to Brisbane or Mildura.

I don’t tailgate on the M4 or F3 but I am desperate at this stage to get going and I regret I do exceed the speed limit way more than I should.

5 days in a row of leaving late, five months in a row …..  trust me you will ahve that truck boppin along more than you should. 

I never take drugs for obvious reasons.  I am driving local now to get my body right for a month or two and will be driving long distance again.  Not enough hours in local – I only take home $800-$900 driving doubles local but $1200  to $1300 interstate.

I turn my exhaust brakes off not to wake people up while they are sleeping.  Its frustrating, we do the wrong thing in one sense but do good things u don’t even realise.

I will have to change careers in a year or two as truck driving is affecting my social life and my health.  Having on average a thousand trucks coming right at you next to your door with only two white lines between reminds u that life is short.

Good night and take care stop revive survive.  
An Australian Truckie

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