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TRUCKER'S STORY * USA - Henryville truck driver passes prestigious 2 million miles safety mark
Jack L. Walker, is a road warrior
Henryville,IND,USA -The News and Tribune, by Richard Gootee -July 30, 2009: ... A line-hauler for Con-way Freight for almost a quarter of a century, the 48-year-old eclipsed the 2 million mile mark with the company in June — all accident free. While more than 1,500 drivers have passed the million mark, only about 90 have gotten to the same plateau as Walker... He said he spends a lot of his daily trek listening to the radio, but doesn’t have a comfort snack on the road nor a favorite truck stop. And while he said he never has a desire to just park his rig and take a few minutes to check out the sights while working, Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley and the Gen. George Patton Museum in Fort Knox, Ky., have all caught his eye as places he’d like to visit, if he finds himself on his route during a day off... (Photo: Jack L. Walter: He’s all miles)* Canada - Truckers find freedom on the road
Calgary,BC,CAN -The Calgary Herald, by David Parker -July 30, 2009: -- With traffic slowed down to a crawl on a recent drive back from Lake Louise, I began to feel for the poor truck drivers who make a living on the road... Yet truckers seem to enjoy what they do and according to Gary Hercun, vice-president of operations at Kings Transfer Van Lines, they take most delays in their stride. He says it's a career that can be rewarding and one that allows a lot of freedom, and he's been in the industry for 40 plus years. Like many others, Hercun started as a swamper. At 14 years of age, he got a job helping pack and load furniture trucks and says he enjoyed it so much that despite being offered two football scholarships in his teens, he decided trucking was what he wanted to do. He went on to be a long-distance driver, a job he relished until an injury put him in the office... Unfortunately, today's economic climate has not been good to truckers and, despite the number of units one sees on the highway, too many rigs are idle... (Photograph by: Stuart Gradon, Calgary Herald - With traffic slowed down to a crawl on a recent drive back from Lake Louise, I began to feel for the poor truck drivers who make a living on the road. Yet truckers seem to enjoy what they do)Labels: truckers' stories
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