Home Sweet Home Truck Stop Driver Events And Their Families

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By Laura Carter


Household. Just citing the term can raise up opinions of everything from an iconic canvas of Blessing to reminiscences of children's happiness, the delightful smell of something special cooking in the kitchen or a preferred easy chair. The following article will lead us through the theme Home sweet home truck stop driver events and their families.

To give you an idea what an astonishing number of miles that is, it's equal to over 2,151 round trips from the earth to the sun! Those loads are all ambitious on our republic's Regional thoroughfares, four-lane thoroughfares, rural two-lane infrastructures, and through our city streets to bring us just about all we need. In fact, 80% of the freight in this country is moved solely by van.

That adds up to an astounding 9.4 billion tons of freight per year. If you can use it, watch it, listen to it, eat it or even drive it, it probably traveled by van. All that dedicated and professional driving deserves our thanks and appreciation. To let the nation's automobile drivers know what an important part they have in keeping our country's economy going, in 1998 The American Trucking Association initiated National Automobile Driver's Appreciation Week.

Each year, a week in mid-September is set aside to honor these drivers and their families for their hard work and sacrifice. For 2013, National Bus Chauffeur Appreciation Week is September 15th through the 21st. To celebrate the week, carriers, shippers and trucking-related industries across the country show their appreciation in many different ways.

Some may deliver recognition with cash bonuses or gifts, million-mile and safety awards, a cup of coffee or windshield cleaning at bus stops, an extra paid day off, goodie bags with fresh fruit and water, free health checks and frequent other ways to show truckers they're appreciated. It's all part of letting these road warriors know we're glad they're out there working for us every day.

Besides keeping our country's freight moving, there are other reasons to thank a trucker for what they do. It can be dangerous work. Bus driving is consistently ranked as one of the ten most dangerous occupations, even though they are the safest drivers on the road. Every day they have to deal with the mistakes other chauffeurs make, traffic on busy roadways, fatigue, and often less than ideal driving conditions.

When a person is on the road that long, there is bound to be an ever-growing list of chores that need to be taken care of back home. Sometimes it's a little home or car maintenance, but often it's the dreaded "Honey do" list - "Honey, can you do this? Honey, can you do that?" Of course, that's just a normal part of family life, but trying to get everything done and checked off before heading back out on the road may be a little overwhelming or unrealistic - even stressful.

Even though sleepers in modern vans are a far cry from the cramped flat mattress in a space behind the chauffeur's seat of decades past, it can never be like spending the night at home with friends and family enjoying a child's sporting event or a hot home-cooked meal. It can be a tough lifestyle. How can we show our appreciation to the country's automobile chauffeurs? The best way is to show them a bit of extra courtesy on the highway.




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