Hi, my Dad used to be a truck driver.  He was gone a lot.
Aw that is a shame, but truck drivers provide an essential service to society by transporting goods all over the country.
That absolutely do.  I heard they have self-driving trucks now.
I was under the impression that they were working on them but not on the road yet. Truck drivers are also responsible for inspecting their vehicles and providing maintenance.
Yes, I don't how many times I have seen a truck broken down on the side of the road.  It must be stressful.
Work-related road safety in the United States
People who are driving as part of their work duties are an important road user category. First, workers themselves are at risk of road traffic injury. Contributing factors include fatigue and long work hours, delivery pressures, distractions from mobile phones and other devices, lack of training to operate the assigned vehicle, vehicle defects, use of prescription and non-prescription medications, medical conditions, and poor journey planning. Death, disability, or injury of a family wage earner due
Truck driver
A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver, or driver in Ireland, the United Kingdom, India, Nepal and Pakistan) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck (usually a semi truck, box truck or dump truck).
Duties and functions.
Truck drivers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by transporting finished goods and raw materials over