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* USA - Just What is the Stereotypical "Truck Driver"?
What do you think of when you think "Trucker"? A southern "Good Old Boy" or "Redneck"? You would be surprised!
USA -Truck Driving and life on the road, by eslorence -March 7, 2008: -- ... While "old timers" had to sleep on boards across the front seats, the newest tractors have spacious sleepers, wide beds, and even closets. Aerodynamic bodies and power steering means that smaller people can now handle an eighteen wheeler.This has given rise to record numbers of ladies joining the industry. Combine this with the volatile job market, trucking has seen people from all walks of life joining the industry. It is just as common to meet an x-factory worker as it is to meet his former boss now driving a truck... I've met former doctors-yes doctors, pushed into trucking by high insurance rates. Former engineers, accountants, and all sorts of professionals. While many join for the "adventure" of the open road, many just start trucking for the income, or maybe just to "get away" from it all... In closing just remember that we're all just people out there, just trying to make a living down a long lonely... (Video from YouTube, by giraserg -May 13, 2007: "moldova truck drivers in the usa " - moldovenii in usa)
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