Biggi and Eddy: A woman and her truck | Focus on Europe

Good morning biggie greets Eddie her truck it belongs to the company but only she is allowed to drive it PL M clocks in for the day and it all goes so for the next 5 days biggie will drive eat and sleep in the modest five square meters of the truck’s

Interior I just love it it’s yes I can’t really describe it I just feel really good she’s been driving for 30 years now on today’s first leg biggie will drive the first 50 km without a trailer on her way to her first pickup she discovers that the access road is blocked oh damn

It I have to go another way yeah or can I get through I can get through can I what it’s a tight squeeze but biggie knows her Eddie problem solved time for the next one oh they’re already unloading so I can’t get to my trailer Biggie’s trailer is on the left

Another on the right there’s no getting through through I have to turn around and back in through the warehouse reversing through a warehouse full of obstacles is precision work maneuvering slowly and precisely to join up with the trailer today’s load specialized industrial paint good God it’s like going to the

Gym now it’s time for a coffee while the water boils biggie takes care of the formalities it says 7:00 we were here before 7 so this is when we finished hooking up she saves everything for her employer on the onboard computer at headquarters is Katarina boa the company’s Junior manager the truck’s

Onboard computer lets her see exactly where Biggie and Eddie are at any time here you can see there was very heavy traffic last Monday she could only drive 4 kilm in 50 minutes so she was severely delayed seeing this we can then react and figure out what to do

Next so you can monitor everything here yeah yes keeping track of everything is important for the Hol company after all they have 160 trucks out on the road but they do have a shortage of drivers Katarina goes through new applications with her parents the junior manager is hoping to hire more female

Drivers the relationships are different for example if there are conflicts which will hopefully be rare I’ve had women apologize the next day because they weren’t in a good mood it can happen but I’ve never had that with men so it’s a different kind of relationship but both can do the job equally

Well still only three of their 180 drivers are women the boss thinks that’s too few we need more people in general so we’re glad for every person who joins us who enjoys it who sees the job as a vocation their gender doesn’t matter at all 50 km away Biggie’s coffee break is

Over it’s time for her and Eddie to hit the road once again you have to put your heart and soul into it or it doesn’t work I don’t drive trucks because I have to because I want to take Eddie for example my truck of course he’s a truck but also my

Teammate we work together when he’s in a bad way I’m in a bad way just like a partnership I’m married to my truck if I had a partner who told me I should stop driving I’d say no I’m not quitting get lost driving is my life it off for

Wind Biggie’s love of driving has cost her two marriages that doesn’t bother her but she deeply regrets not seeing her two daughters more I was never there for them except by phone I never held them in my Arms now she’s moved closer to her daughters she doesn’t want to miss out on her grandchildren as well but that doesn’t mean she’ll pull the brakes on her beloved job for now Biggie and Eddie will continue traveling down the open Road

Brigitte has been driving trucks for 30 years and is one of the few women in this profession. A life on the road means having to make many sacrifices.

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23 comments

  3. This is the problem with over the road trucking. You are prevented from having a normal family life. The money paid to drivers has also dropped considerably in recent decades.

  5. You really have to be passionate about this job or it literally won't work, due to the increasingly unsustainable wage and insane work hours, even in Germany.

  6. Having a video about women lorry drivers is a good way to encourage more women to become lorry drivers.

    Although this video did have a woman lorry drive who blames her job for destroying two mariages and her relationship with her children. We can skip over the physical part where she had trouble winding up the legs on the trailer. This video also had a woman manager who mention women being in a bad mood some days which she said doesn't happen with male drivers.

    But apart from that it's good to have a video encouraging more women to become lorry drivers.

  9. 🍁 قال تعالى:{ وَأَنْفِقُوا مِمَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَا أَخَّرْتَنِي إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُنْ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ * وَلَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تعملون) قال تعالى:
    { إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ * كَانُوا قَلِيلاً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ * وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ * وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ } اخي احنا اخوانكم وابنائكم ايتام وفقرا ومحتاجين اني في وجه الله ثم في وجهك ثم في وجه والديك انك توقف معانا تساعدنا بقدر الاستطاعه والله الذي لا إله إلا هو الحي القيوم اننا جالسين داخل البيت بدون الأكل اسالك بالله انك تساعدنا فرجها علينا الله يفرجها عليك دنيا وآخره هذا رقمي واتساب واتصال اذا حبيت تفعل معنا خير هذ رقم الوتساب 00967717485059//آني مبدي اهينانفسياانيافقط كل مبدي انسان يتجمل معيا لوجه الله يساعدنيا بحق مكينه خياطه أكون اشتغل عليه وصراف النفسي والخواني ومعدابهدل نفسي أو أطلب أحد@…… ..

  10. 🍁 قال تعالى:{ وَأَنْفِقُوا مِمَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَا أَخَّرْتَنِي إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُنْ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ * وَلَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهَا وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تعملون) قال تعالى:
    { إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَ * كَانُوا قَلِيلاً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ * وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ * وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ } اخي احنا اخوانكم وابنائكم ايتام وفقرا ومحتاجين اني في وجه الله ثم في وجهك ثم في وجه والديك انك توقف معانا تساعدنا بقدر الاستطاعه والله الذي لا إله إلا هو الحي القيوم اننا جالسين داخل البيت بدون الأكل اسالك بالله انك تساعدنا فرجها علينا الله يفرجها عليك دنيا وآخره هذا رقمي واتساب واتصال اذا حبيت تفعل معنا خير هذ رقم الوتساب 00967717485059//آني مبدي اهينانفسياانيافقط كل مبدي انسان يتجمل معيا لوجه الله يساعدنيا بحق مكينه خياطه أكون اشتغل عليه وصراف النفسي والخواني ومعدابهدل نفسي أو أطلب أحد@… .

  11. How about we accept that in some fields men are better than women (with statistics, and actual facts instead of how everyone feels today)?

  12. The moment you stop getting paid your "love" for driving quickly drives itself out of the window!!!! When you can not own the truck, all you are left with is your "love" for driving it!! It is called internalising(the inevitable)!! Her owners know it and never get tired of hearing this autonomous internal(ising) monologues, that do not cost them a penny!! However, it cost this poor driver two marriages and possibly her children well being/education.
    [Well, somebody has got to do the bloody Job!!! goes the ( internal) "adage"]

  15. Open road? Where's that?
    US highway system was designed in the 1950s. US had half the population and 1/4 to 1/3rd the cars. Its a crowded, beat up barely moving parking lot.

  16. I'm spending Christmas in the middle of whyoming as an otr trucker in the States. I live an hour under New york City…

  19. In the U.K. a famous female author of children books was forced to retrain as a truck driver.
    She got destroyed by Woke, by saying there were only two sexes male and female.
    So more women who stand up , could also end up driving a truck

  22. Germans are resilient hard working and have centuries working to refine there culture. They are remarkable people. I hope the immigrants respect this and assimilate into the German culture.

  23. Anybody that can pilot a vehicle that big has my respect. This type of job would just stress me out too much. She was cool as a cucumber squeezing her way past that other truck on the access road. If that was me, I would’ve been sweating bullets. 😅

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