A Living Legend – The American Trucker
The guy who drives a long haul truck has always been of a special breed, yet to many whose lives are
rarely crossed by a major highway, this vital member of our country could just as well live on another
planet.
It has only been in recent decades that the general population has come to know something near an
understanding of what a trucker’s life entails. It first began some years ago with the completion of the
Interstate Highway System. From that point going forward the status of the trucker rose, along with his
standard of living.
The stereotype, blue-collared character in a fancy shirt and western boots, whose rig is the pride of the
highway, whose road judgment is widely respected and whose lifestyle is increasingly envied. This is the
independent trucker straight out of Smokey and the Bandit – and is to a greater extent still the
independent trucker of today.
The guy who drives a long haul truck has always been of a special breed, yet to many whose lives are
rarely crossed by a major highway, this vital member of our country could just as well live on another
planet.
It has only been in recent decades that the general population has come to know something near an
understanding of what a trucker’s life entails. It first began some years ago with the completion of the
Interstate Highway System. From that point going forward the status of the trucker rose, along with his
standard of living.
The stereotype, blue-collared character in a fancy shirt and western boots, whose rig is the pride of the
highway, whose road judgment is widely respected and whose lifestyle is increasingly envied. This is the
independent trucker straight out of Smokey and the Bandit – and is to a greater extent still the
independent trucker of today.
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