Benjamin Netanyahu
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More and more Americans are slipping deeper into what can only be called indentured servitude and bordering on outright slavery as well. And truckers are a vast and underappreciated lot. So, first of all, understand that everything, Everything in your life comes to you on a truck.
More and more Americans are slipping deeper into what can only be called indentured servitude and bordering on outright slavery as well. And truckers are a vast and underappreciated lot. So, first of all, understand that everything, Everything in your life comes to you on a truck.
More and more Americans are slipping deeper into what can only be called indentured servitude and bordering on outright slavery as well. And truckers are a vast and underappreciated lot. So, first of all, understand that everything, Everything in your life comes to you on a truck.
From the big appliances of our lives to the smallest bite of food, every single staple, butter knife, copper wire or ceramic mug comes via a truck. If you build it yourself, the parts you use for building arrived on a truck. If you grow it, the seeds, organic fertilizer and bailing wire for your compost bin arrived that way too. Trucking as an industry is gargantuan.
From the big appliances of our lives to the smallest bite of food, every single staple, butter knife, copper wire or ceramic mug comes via a truck. If you build it yourself, the parts you use for building arrived on a truck. If you grow it, the seeds, organic fertilizer and bailing wire for your compost bin arrived that way too. Trucking as an industry is gargantuan.
From the big appliances of our lives to the smallest bite of food, every single staple, butter knife, copper wire or ceramic mug comes via a truck. If you build it yourself, the parts you use for building arrived on a truck. If you grow it, the seeds, organic fertilizer and bailing wire for your compost bin arrived that way too. Trucking as an industry is gargantuan.
In America, 10.7 billion tons of freight are moved per year. That breaks down to 54 million tons a day or 350 pounds of freight per man, woman and child moving around this country every single day. Bis zum nächsten Mal. Tracking is the most common form of employment in the majority of American states, with more than 12.6 million commercial drivers circulating our highways.
In America, 10.7 billion tons of freight are moved per year. That breaks down to 54 million tons a day or 350 pounds of freight per man, woman and child moving around this country every single day. Bis zum nächsten Mal. Tracking is the most common form of employment in the majority of American states, with more than 12.6 million commercial drivers circulating our highways.
In America, 10.7 billion tons of freight are moved per year. That breaks down to 54 million tons a day or 350 pounds of freight per man, woman and child moving around this country every single day. Bis zum nächsten Mal. Tracking is the most common form of employment in the majority of American states, with more than 12.6 million commercial drivers circulating our highways.
That is almost 5% of adults in America working in trucking. Without trucking, life in America ceases. They are like our nation's circulatory system, bringing everything that is needed, where it is needed, when it is needed. And the industry ebbs and flows with minute shifts in our economy or our taste for the holiday season.
That is almost 5% of adults in America working in trucking. Without trucking, life in America ceases. They are like our nation's circulatory system, bringing everything that is needed, where it is needed, when it is needed. And the industry ebbs and flows with minute shifts in our economy or our taste for the holiday season.
That is almost 5% of adults in America working in trucking. Without trucking, life in America ceases. They are like our nation's circulatory system, bringing everything that is needed, where it is needed, when it is needed. And the industry ebbs and flows with minute shifts in our economy or our taste for the holiday season.
And yet, it's also one of the most dangerous jobs, right up there with deep-sea fishermen and timber cutters. Trucking has the highest numbers of deaths per year of any job.
And yet, it's also one of the most dangerous jobs, right up there with deep-sea fishermen and timber cutters. Trucking has the highest numbers of deaths per year of any job.
And yet, it's also one of the most dangerous jobs, right up there with deep-sea fishermen and timber cutters. Trucking has the highest numbers of deaths per year of any job.
In The Secret Life of Groceries, Lore writes, The trucker is constantly on edge, recalculating braking distance based on the load, expecting and then reacting to major equipment failure, tensing up at the slightest precipitation in a manner that simply has no analog in the modern car. Runaway-Ramps are meaningful lifelines.
In The Secret Life of Groceries, Lore writes, The trucker is constantly on edge, recalculating braking distance based on the load, expecting and then reacting to major equipment failure, tensing up at the slightest precipitation in a manner that simply has no analog in the modern car. Runaway-Ramps are meaningful lifelines.
In The Secret Life of Groceries, Lore writes, The trucker is constantly on edge, recalculating braking distance based on the load, expecting and then reacting to major equipment failure, tensing up at the slightest precipitation in a manner that simply has no analog in the modern car. Runaway-Ramps are meaningful lifelines.
Shifting into the wrong lane, merging onto any and every off-ramp, a momentary lack of caution, or just for half a second, treating your truck like a regular car, will lead to death. Lynn Riles, the trucker that he's profiling, says, quote, In a car, your blind spot might be a few feet. Mine is 53 feet.
Shifting into the wrong lane, merging onto any and every off-ramp, a momentary lack of caution, or just for half a second, treating your truck like a regular car, will lead to death. Lynn Riles, the trucker that he's profiling, says, quote, In a car, your blind spot might be a few feet. Mine is 53 feet.