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Originally Posted by Shakoda  Morning! I need information on trucking from people who did the job back in the early 1980's. I have a couple of questions.
In the 1980's how long could you drive before taking a break?
If a trucker was west bound on I-10 around Mobile AL on a Sunday morning early and he was headed home (South Florida) where might he have traveled from in the 24 hours before Sunday morning? I guess I am asking how long your average trips are in days/hours.
Back then, did you often repeat the same route...example drove from South FLorida to say Texas then back the same route to get home? Or do you make more dog leg type trips?
I am asking these questions because I am volunteering some time to help with old, old missing persons case. A good samaritan trucker reported the seeing the woman on the interstate, but I am trying to limit the time she was in that area. If I can figure out approximately when he might have been through that way previously I can limit the number of days she may have been in that area.
Thanks for any and all assistance you can provide!
Shakoda |
i don't know if anyone here can actually pinpoint any specific time(s) for you. first, there have been and alwasy will be truckers that will break or at least, bend the rules regarding driving times. back then, 10 hours was the mandated allowed time for driving. but, a trucker that may have been running late, may have gone way past that time.
as far as 'regualr routes", sure, many of us did or had, or still have "regualr routes", but believe it or not, each trip can be different.
weather, traffic, illness, breakdowns, accidents, and maybe a few other things, can play an important part in the daily "routine" a driver has, making that "regular route", very irregular often.
don't take what any trucker says as gospel regarding "seeing" a missing person. it could have very had been a "different woman" he saw, or some guy with long hair..................
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