As an Owner/Operator over the road trucker for 30 years, pulling my own flat bed and stepdeck, there were many many days, sometimes weeks, when I could not afford to even hire MYSELF let alone a driver if I had owned more than one truck.
Now, many of the drivers working for the megacarriers can barely speak english and are nothing more than warm bodied steering wheel holders and the DOT is more of a revenue enhancement division than safety promoters since the ICC went away years ago.
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