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FEMALE TRUCKERS * Canada & USA
* A silent minority takes the wheel - Female drivers fiercely private
Toronto,Ontario, Canada -The Toronto Star -3 Jan 2008: -- ... For reasons cultural and otherwise, Gill, 32, is one of the few South Asian women in the GTA who drive tractor-trailers – an industry increasingly dominated by Indo-Canadian men... Women in general probably make up less than 15 per cent of truck drivers, says Doug Switzer, of the Ontario Trucking Association. "Women driving trucks is a minority. South Asian women driving trucks is extraordinary"... Nachhattar Chohan, president of the recently formed Indian Trucking Association, says more than 65 per cent of truck drivers in the GTA are Indo-Canadians. Out of those thousands there are, probably, a couple of dozen women who drive with their husbands... Bhangal hired her about eight months ago and says she is as good as a male driver or better. She always delivers on time, he says. Her trips are mostly to Illinois, Iowa and Georgia, and typically last two or three days... (Photo by MICHAEL STUPARYK/TORONTO STAR - Balwinder Gill, who didn't know how to drive when she came to Canada in 2000, checks her rig at Mattu Transport in Mississauga before heading to Montreal, a trip she makes five times a week) * Hard Work Big Dreams - Eyes Wide Open
Maryland/Delaware, USA -RoadKing -1 Jan 2009: -- I was getting divorced and had two children to take care of. At the time I drove a school bus, and my soon-to-be-ex husband used to say that if I could drive a bus I could handle a truck... So I called up a training academy to learn how to drive a truck. I even held myself back an extra week before graduating because I didn’t feel completely confident with my skills yet... In America, we don’t realize how blessed we are. This is a beautiful land and I think that most of us take it for granted. When I’m driving I do try to take the time to appreciate what I see out my window — the sunrise, the beautiful colors of the trees in the fall, the animals running around in fields. The scenery is never the same. It’s amazing... (Photo: This driver always pays attention to what is happening outside her window. Joanne Ortega, Driving for 26 Years)Labels: female truckers
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