States with the rudest drivers

STATES WITH THE RUDEST DRIVERS. This week on TalkCDL Trucking Podcast we discussed the top 10 states with the rudest drivers. These were based on drivers that failed to yield, failed to stop at a stop sign and most of the very preventable tickets one gets when blatantly ignoring a traffic sign. Which state was number one? Well Virginia of course, but you will have to watch the latest podcast by TalkCDL to hear the rest of the list. Why hasn't there been any new trucking shows BJ and the Bear, White Line Fever, Smokey and the Bandit and many other shows that depicted the American trucker but none in the last three decades. Whats the deal? With the driver shortage, Troy has called on Hollywood to bring back or make some new shows up about the American truck driver. Showing life on the road in a big rig could inspire some young men to get their CDL and take to the open road. We thought his suggestion was a valid one. By all means, it has been decades since BJ McKay and his best friend bear". So if anyone from Hollywood is reading this, please make a trucking show, preferably a sitcom. Depression in truckers Depression in truckers is a real thing. According to the CDC, 18.5 percent of adults have suffered from some form of depression. There are roughly 3.5 million truckers in the United Staes, and that calculates to roughly 647,000 depressed truckers. Concentra has an article on how to prevent depression in truckers. According to the article, Long periods on the road, too much time away from loved ones and the general dangers on the road all play a part in trucker depression. States with the rudest drivers. TalkCDL Trucking Podcast Thank you to everyone that writes in with questions and comments. We read every single one of them. You have humbled us with your kind words. Thank you to all those that send videos and pictures of life on the road. We are always trying to put them on the Facebook or YouTube page. Woth out you the viewer we would have nothing, so cheers to all of you that support TalkCDL trucking Podcast.