Kudos for Column on Women Truckers
Thanks Tim (Barton) for the kind words to the hard working women behind the wheel in your January 2002 column, “Women Needed.”
I have been hauling tanks for 14 years now. It has gotten better, but at times having to deal with the crap seems to get to me. I have my degree in nursing, and have modeled off and on, but it just doesn’t compare to what I am doing now. I am sure if I quit this business I can write a book about my over-the-road experiences and it would be a hit with the women.
Debbie Poulin
Warsaw, Ky.
Female Drivers Deserve Respect
Your magazine is informative and visually appealing. I always want to read what Truckers News has to say.
Thank you Tim Barton. Thank you from a 12-year driver, many of my fellow lady drivers and many women coming into the trucking field.
I have always “lived” while driving. Not focusing only on getting there and getting going. I won’t kill myself for a load, but I will work very hard to meet a deadline.
Trucking is a hard job. I have cried by the side of the road in Boston, been sick from my nerves on ice in Oregon and wondered if I would make it through intact.
The hardest part has been doing this alone. Men will help men, support and follow each other, but they rarely help women. I think they either have to be the leader or forget it. Perhaps they can’t let women see their fear. I can count on one hand the times I have been offered help sliding my tandems. They will jump out and help a man without asking. There have been a few gentlemen, but very few.
