According to a recent survey, veteran truck drivers miss shifting gears-it gave them a sense of pride. However, there were some veteran drivers who enjoyed their automatic transmissions in heavy traffic and wouldn’t go back to a manual shift. Would you voluntarily go back to a manual shift or are you just fine with an automatic?

6:30am ET: Get motivated with Road Athlete, Mark Everest.

In the 1970s, many truck drivers enjoyed running coast to coast, for the freedom and talking on the cb radio. Today, a large percentage of truck drivers would rather run local or regional, and experts say one reason is that drivers don’t feel the independence they once did running cross country. Do you think that is part of the reason?

6:30am ET: Harold Phifer discusses his book My Bully, My Aunt, and Her Final Gift.

Studies show that many people have a travel bucket list and when they retire, they celebrate their retirement by taking a dream cruise, an international vacation or a cross-country RV trip. If you retired today, how would you celebrate your retirement?

6:30am ET: The St. Christopher Update with Georgia Jablon.

Safety Tip Thursday.

6:30am ET: Retired Highway Patrol Lt. Duane and wife Belinda Banks.

Open Phones.

6:30am ET: Fuel for Thought with Dana Karnowski and Shannon Currier.