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Sep 11, 2017

Truckers' cheers * Australia ... " They would give you their last $5 to help you" ...

* NSW - Telling it straight from heart


--- Truckies speaks to about what they perceive as problems in the road transport industry. Some are owner-drivers or small fleet operators who have a wife as a partner... The wife of a NSW owner-driver sent Spy her emotional view of the road transport industry and how it is all going according to her: "The Government needs to realise that Australia revolves and relies on the trucking industry and the RMS require them to have regular breaks so why is there not more being done to assist the drivers with their fatigue management? Authorities are happy to demand drivers have breaks but they are not equally happy to provide adequate facilities for our long distance truckies, and unfortunately some of the roadhouses which are available to them along the highways are providing not always good food and are charging a fortune and the majority of them close their kitchen around 8.30-9.30pm at night and don't re-open them until 6am. So what happens to the majority of truckies who can't pull up and eat before that time. It's not fair that we treat truckies like second class citizens and it needs to change. They keep this country going. What a shame. Maybe if every truckie stopped rolling for a week people might realise where their milk and bread etc comes from as it doesn't just magically appear on their supermarket shelf. Believe me it hard being a truckie's missus even though some people think they are scum but they are the most loveable people in the world. I suppose it comes from doing a rubbish job and being treated like you are an idiot. All of our mates would give you their last $5 from their wallet if they had to help you out and wouldn't it be nice if the whole world was like that” ... (P.N.: Exciting not?)
(Picture: Discovery Max, a new documentary series about trucks, and the toughest truckers)   --  Sidney, NSW, Australia - Big Rigs - 11th Sep 2017

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Apr 3, 2017

TRUCKERS APPRECIATION * USA: By a trucking Co.

* Texas - Bulkley Trucking awards top drivers $25,000 in bonuses
--- Local transportation company Bulkley Trucking honored its award recipients on Monday, March 27, with a company-wide barbecue cookout. A total of $25,000 in bonuses were awarded to Long Haul Driver of the Year Angie Mollett, Local Driver of the Year Loren Lux, and two Million Mile Award recipients, Angie Mollett and Danny Haynes... The three recipients have more than 23 combined years with the company... 
 (Photo: Bulkley Trucking) -- Brashear, TXS, USA - My SS News, by STEVE SNYDER - 30 MARCH 2017

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Nov 7, 2009

Truckers Appreciation Week * USA - Truck drivers get some gratitude

St. George,UT,USA -The Spectrum, by SCOTT KERBS -November 6, 2009: -- Although many truck drivers have seen their paychecks shrink as a result of the recession, local volunteers expressed gratitude Thursday for the industry's workers in honor of Truck Driver Appreciation Week... Coordinated by the Southern Utah Trucking Association, approximately 45 volunteers distributed snacks and drinks to truck drivers at the Utah Port of Entry Thursday, offering small symbols of gratitude for an often under-appreciated group of workers, said Terry Smith of the Utah Trucking Association... Smith said truck drivers are often taken for granted, but he hopes people begin to realize the importance of the industry... (Photo by Samantha Clemens / The Spectrum)

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Sep 4, 2008

Trucker Appreciation Week * USA - Volunteers Show Appreciation for Truckers

Volunteers recently showed appreciation for truck drivers by passing out snacks, soft drinks and gift bags to truckers who stopped at the state port of entry south of the city

St. George,UT,USA -The Main Street Business Journal (Washington,UT) -3 Sept 2008: -- The effort was mounted by members of the Dixie Sunshiners committee of the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Utah Trucking Association to celebrate national Trucker Appreciation Week... Some of the appreciative truckers said theirs is typically a thankless job. They spend long days on the road away from family and rarely receive any thanks. Truck drivers usually get attention only when they do something wrong, they said. Southwest Utah is important to the trucking industry, and vice versa. The area is one day's drive or less to most of the major cities in the western U.S., from Denver all the way to the California coast. More than 6 million trucks go through the nine Utah ports of entry. About 80 percent of the trucks on Utah's roads are owned by Utah trucking companies.

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