Most people see that you are basically your own boss and you sit all day and just drive and see America.  But when it comes down to it you have major deadlines and lots of pressure to get there on time carrying as much as you can, barely making your truck legal.  And if you have a fine for being over weight or something like that, you pay for it and not the trucking company.  Sometimes the fines can wipe out all the profit you have had for a week or 2.  Its insane really if you think about it.

It's certainly a difficult job, and I am happy that I quit and went back to school.  It pays fairly well but its not worth it in the long run if your a home body like me.  The job I have now is pretty good, and I can make a decent life for myself so I have no regrets.  I would also never have gotten my job to begin with if I hadn't had my CDL license.  Thats why I make the big bucks now, more than people who have been working at my company for 5 or 10 years longer than I have.

I-66 in my area, at least, is a complete and total nightmare. Construction galore, traffic jams on a daily basis, bumpy roads, etc... it's a zoo. And that describes most of the roads in northern VA, actually- there's so much construction that driving is a huge headache. Tie this in with some of the worst drivers in the nation, an area that doesn't know how to clear snow and ice, and roads that change names every few miles; it's possibly the worst.

Worst when it comes solely to road design though, I have to give to New Jersey. Do people in this state know what a left turn is? There are so many roads where if you want to turn left, you need to turn right? Who thought this was a good idea? And then there's all these jug handles... gah, I sure wouldn't want to drive a bus into this state; driving to Six Flags there was bad enough! And on my trips to New York (where I've had good experiences with the roads), I will purposely drive through Pennsylvania to avoid the Jersey roads (and tolls).

I don't understand how turning right to turn left would even work 0_0

California contains the best roads ever!!! Why? idk

To make a left turn by turning right, start by passing where you need to make your left turn. At the (usually) next intersection, turn right. If this is off a major highway, there will be another right turn to make shortly after turning onto this road. From this second road, turn right onto the road you needed to initially turn left on. You will then be able to cross the road from which you needed to turn left from, and now have your very convoluted left turn.

That sounds entirely horrible....how did anyone think this was a good idea lol.

Texas seems to have the best. They always seem recently paved and in good condition.

Alaska has the worst.. because of the low population and high land mass getting from town to town is usually done by air or water.

Hey these are tough times, business is down.

See for me its a tie between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, I mean I grew up in NJ and did some driving in Pennsylvania but the highways in Penssylvania were bumpy as hell, it was a nightmare when I was a kid on a road trip with the family we rented an RV which had a TV and when we were in Pennsylvania had to watch the TV from falling off the shelf cause it was *buh bam* *buh bam* every half a mile. With NJ if you are driving at night time in an area you are unfamiliar with you would have to be very careful cause of all the damn potholes, god that is always a fun experience especially when you are driving in an area you are used to then all of a sudden there is a pothole in a spot that wasn't their.

Wisconsin's are good around Milwakee but they start deteriorating the further away except to the south because of Chicago.