It was but I was married at 17, had two children before I was 20 and two more later. I always loved driving and since we were paid by the mile, I never wanted to slow up for anything. I got a pension that let me retire at 55. We have been in 42 states and I have never seen anyplace I would live than western NY.
Trucking companies tolerated a lot of attitude from me at times because I was the guy that always got through.