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Professional trucking (view source)
Revision as of 02:09, October 27, 2008
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In the [[United States]], most products are shipped via professional trucking. In prior times, the [[railroad]] shipped a lot of goods, but the development of the [[National Highway System]] and the consequent general shift from rail transit to the [[automobile]] is put more emphasis on trucks as opposed to rail. Very little [[freight]] is transported by [[air]]; [[air mail]] being one key exception. (In contrast to the public [[USPS]], [[privatized]] mail services such as [[DHL]] and [[Federal Express]] still deliver mail in trucks.) Each day, more than 1 million tractor trailers and semis hit the road.
In the [[United States]], most products are shipped via professional trucking. In prior times, the [[railroad]] shipped a lot of goods, but the development of the [[National Highway System]] and the consequent general shift from rail transit to the [[automobile]] is put more emphasis on trucks as opposed to rail. Very little [[freight]] is transported by [[air]]; [[air mail]] being one key exception. (In contrast to the public [[USPS]], [[privatized]] mail services such as [[DHL]] and [[Federal Express]] still deliver mail in trucks.) Each day, more than 1 million tractor trailers and semis hit the road.
Professional trucking is a lightly [[regulation|regulated]] [[industry]]. Most trucking companies [[police]] themselves, with the [[cave]]at that the federal government requires a certain standard of behavior to be met by each employed trucker. For example, truckers coming into the United States from [[Mexico]] must be U.S. [[citizen]]s, or else have [[green card]]s that allow them to work within the United States of America. Furthermore, they must be fluent in [[English]], which is necessary to understand essential road [[signs]] such as [[traffic light]]s and [[speed limit]]s.
The image of the "lone trucker" as an [[outlaw]] in American [[pop culture]] has been erected over the years in films such as ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]'' and ''[[Buckaroo Banzai]]'', songs such as "[[Convoy]]", and modern TV shows such as ''[[Ice Road Truckers]]''. To combat this perception, some organizations have called for stricter [[certification]] procedures for professional truckers. For example, truckers might have to pass a written test or even a driving test before being issued their rolling papers. Such calls have met with stern disapproval from trucking companies.
==See also==
*[[CB radio]]
[[Category:Transportation]]