Their heart may not seem to be beating out of control and their leg may not be shaking, but the fatigue builds unknowingly, under these conditions. If you have driven truck for a period of two years or longer, you may be so accustomed to driving in the bad weather conditions, heavy city traffic, backing into difficult docks, and making tight turns that you might not experience the fatigue as you once did. You may not even feel tired until you finally lie down to sleep. And what mental fatigue does to your body. These competitions are designed to help truckers recognize their own abilities.
Most companies are willing to pay the entry fees for drivers who have the desire to compete.
Drivers are qualified if they have been employed by the same company for one full year and have no accountable accidents. Each year truckers compete at state level, in their usual driving division. First place winners of each class, go on to compete at a national level. National competition consists of the same testing as the state. The difference being, drivers are competing with the best of the best from all fifty states.