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of you, if not for the bitterness expressed to them an average of every 10 minutes.

It seems like war against the trucker and frankly, we don't understand why. Where would this country be without us? Does anyone realize how long it would take to clean off every grocery store shelf and run completely dry of groceries, if the truckers suddenly stopped? Would you believe 2 days?

This is our Job.

For some of us, this is our life. Some truckers are local drivers, some travel from one state to the other and then most of us are all over the country all the time. While you are familiar with the main streets in your town, we are familiar with the interstates. We do this all the time. Is it any wonder it seems the truckers act like the boss of the highway sometimes?

We don't mean to be that way, we just have a job to do and there are so many stumbling blocks. Imagine somebody walking into your office, interrupting your work and flipping you off for being there.

Truckers pay. They pay just for the privilege of using the highways. The fact is, the highway use taxes and commerce fees are enough in themselves, to pay for every highway in the country. Now can you imagine why the attitude sometimes? It seems to us, that the four wheel' drivers just want us to disappear, get out of their neighborhood, get out of their state and from our point of view we are the ones paying for that pavement while putting up with the abuse.

We are so grateful to that courteous driver, that driver who actually seems to want to help out. You wouldn't believe how much you, that courteous driver, lift the spirit of that weary driver. Thank you.

Bottom line.

We all have to get along on the highway and safely. That's all the trucker really wants. The vehicle is big but that doesn't mean boss, in fact it means victim if we aren't careful. Nobody wants to die and nobody wants to cause harm, especially the truck driver.

We have ridden in and driven cars. How I would love for every car driver to at least ride in a big truck just once. Just experiencing from the truckers point of view, would answer so many questions.

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