In five pages this report celebrates the American social contributions of the trucking industry and truck drivers. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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sense, and probably, some sort of shady past. The intent of this report is to correct the many misconceptions that exist about long-haul truckers and explain just how essential their
work is in keeping the rest of America working, fed, and able to purchase the products they want when they want them. It is also designed to demonstrate that truck-driving
is a talent that requires training, experience, and commitment. Trucking also has an important future in the overall logistic of product delivery. More than at any other time in
history, individual consumers and businesses are able to order products with the speed and ease of a mouse click at the computer. Obviously, somebody somewhere has to get product A
to consumer B. It is almost guaranteed that at some point in that process, a trucker will be involved. The simple unadulterated truth is that the entire transportation industry revolves
around individual truck drivers. Computers, satellite link-ups, logistical management, "specd-out rigs," and a host of other factors are all secondary to the person sitting in the drivers seat who actually
makes sure a load of freight gets where its supposed to be when its supposed to be there. The Truth About Truck Driving An article in a nearly ten-year old
issue of The Economist (12/26/92) makes a valuable point that most people still dont seem to have been able to understand. "In popular mythology, truckers are kings of the road
not over-endowed with brains. In reality, the trucker is a calculating fellow who must drive himself to the edge to make ends meet" (pp. A32). A professional truck driver is
not somebody who dropped out of high school or barely graduated and decided that he or she could always drive truck. The vast majority of truckers have had extensive and