# How do I go about becoming a long-distance lorry driver?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-becoming-a-long-distance-lorry-driver/215019>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 24, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-becoming-a-long-distance-lorry-driver/215019 "2003-11-24T15:50:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-becoming-a-long-distance-lorry-driver/215019/21 "2003-11-28T18:37:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kmg365 \*  
> \*\*I would also add that being a truck driver – at least in the U.S. – is rated as the most dangerous non-military/law enforcement profession you can get into.  
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[Nope.](http://news.softpedia.com/news/2/2003/October/5207.shtml) Only just makes the top ten.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-becoming-a-long-distance-lorry-driver/215019/22 "2003-11-28T18:54:35Z")

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> There are rail and ferry links across the narrow channel to France. . . .

Which would pretty much get one out of Britain.  
We need a song about chunneling one’s way to long-distance driving.

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**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-becoming-a-long-distance-lorry-driver/215019/23 "2003-11-28T18:58:26Z")

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Yes, that would take you to France, and from France you can drive to other European countries. All the countries in Europe are reachable by vehicle. This means routes can easily be long distance.

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**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-about-becoming-a-long-distance-lorry-driver/215019/24 "2003-11-28T19:34:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by quiltguy154 \*  
> \*\*"…pulling lorry loads, full of petrol gas."
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> Sorry, it’s the only line from a song with the word lorry in it. Redundant, but there it is. \*\*

“Old man lying by the side of the road  
With the lorries rolling by,  
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load  
And the buildings scrape the sky,”

Don’t let it bring you down - Neil Young

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