You may not realize how important trucking is to our daily lives. According to Forbes Custom, “Trucking is the driving force behind all companies’ worldwide supply chains, moving nearly everything consumed in this country. Nearly 80% of U.S. communities receive their goods exclusively by truck. Virtually all U.S. goods touch a truck during at least one leg of the supply chain. Trucking moves nearly 70% of all freight tonnage in this country. Even goods that have traveled by railroads eventually wind up on a truck for the ‘last mile’ of the delivery.”
What would happen if the trucking industry suddenly disappeared from our lives?
1. Need Cash? Forget about it. Banks would run short of cash and ATM’s would be out of money in as little as a day.
2. Grocery stores would be empty … Yup that means NO food.
3. That purified drinking water. Nope that’s gone. The clean water supply would quickly be disrupted, as vital cargo would not be shipped to water purification plants.
4. Garbage piling up? No one is there to take it. In a week or two, garbage and waste would become more than a nuisance and an eye sore. It would become a potential health hazard.
5. Feeling ill? Hospitals and Pharmacies would soon run out of medical supplies.
6. You won’t be seeing your Amazon order anytime soon. Most gas stations would be out of fuel in less than a week, and some, in a day.
7. Trucks travel billions of miles every year to get you the products you need.
8. Trucking professionals are one of the first to respond to help those in need.
9. Truck drivers even take part in charities that move precious cargo across the country.
Operation Roger connects truckers with pets to travel their new home.
10. Seven million people are employed by the trucking industry to make your life what it is today and allow you to read this amazing piece on your phone, tablet or computer!
Let’s face it, trucking is awesome!
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