You’re off. The motorcycle roars to life and you’re racing through dirt and air, your bike acting as an extension of your body. You’re digging into the ruts, you’re flying through a double jump, you want to hit that whip.
With new FMCSA regulations, increased CSA enforcement and a still-struggling economy, going into trucking seems almost foolhardy. But younger truckers are still taking the plunge to become motor carriers.
Last February, Glenn Keller of Burleson, Texas, was fed up — literally. At 5 feet, 5 inches, the trucker weighed 315 pounds. For 10 years, he suffered from sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening condition linked to obesity that interrupts breathing during sleep. He was verging on high blood pressure and diabetes.
