Wasn't it in this interview though where he talks about people saying that he was crazy for wanting to drive clear across the country to go to the stadium?
From his comments, I took that he would be driving his own vehicle. It wouldn't be a trip he made while he was working.
I have been curious about his job also. I have a friend that drives over the road and listen to him talk about how demanding the job is. They are always short of drivers, want him to work more hours than what is legally allowed and he is under a lot of pressure to get the load delivered in time. Then he has to make sure that he picks up his load on time coming back. He gets very little sleep.
I thought maybe MR had a more construction type job that required him to travel to different locations and work on the job until it was completed. Maybe something to do with laying pipe. I forgot the name of the company, but I was going to read more about it to try and get a better understanding of his job situation.
( “I don’t have a college education, and I see how hard it is for me to make ends meet,” said Mark, who works at United Pipeline Systems. He wants more for Dylan, he said.)
Above is from the article A boy's life.
Personally i wish i could say your friend was exaggerating, but he's correct and then some, Over the road drivers are required to pick up and deliver loads on time and within the DOT requirements, it's surprising the low amount of accident and deaths caused by over the road drivers that are fairly new inexperienced.
These drivers are required to maintain a legal logbook, yet the book may be legal, but the majority of information is false, a short example, a driver is caught up in a major city with traffic stopped for hours, or moving slowly, that driver still needs to be at the delivery or pick up on time, the driver may need to stay awake for 24-36 hours with limited rest, and barely able to keep his eyes open.
His log book will be legal, and display he's had plenty of rest, yet that driver is a danger to himself and anyone on the road. There's company's out their that are compleately legal with safe drivers, but there's a high majority that falls in the category I've explained above.
Drivers that are late delivering scheduled loads, could sit at the site for hours, or even the next day, company receivers are in control and drivers realize this, Truck Drivers have to get that load delivered or picked up, so they can receive their next load, and paycheck,
A majority of drivers that's ended up late and is at the mercy of these delivery or pick up destinations, will say whatever story they can quickly craft togeather to to get there trailer loaded or unloaded, when i see Dylan's Father in the interview going overboard with stories or excuses, from my experience it appears he's crafting believable situations. Unless others have driven or been close friends with over the road drivers, it's a life style and job environment that most would not believe or fully understand.
