Thank you for your post. I recently retired from being an over the road truck driver. I drove in every state in every condition for 9 years. Under normal conditions it is a very under-appreciated occupation. Most everybody looks down on these workers. This includes 99% of automobile drivers that cut off semi trucks and this includes most shippers and receivers. Truck drivers are regularly disrespected by the companies they work for and by the companies that contract their services. Not to mention the hours they work, the lack of benefits and the wages they earn. Plus a normal work week was over 60 hours with no overtime, many driving jobs are non-union.

I know from my over the road driving career of 750,000 miles that there are very many rogue truck drivers. Those truck drivers that do not respect those driving in cars by getting right up on cars bumpers to intimidate them. I observed that every say that I drove.

One of the best days I ever experienced on the road was one afternoon right before Christmas, a van pulled into the truck stop where I parked for the night, A person got out and approached my truck with a smile on his face and a lunch bag filled with Christmas cookies and a Christmas and thank you card. That was so thoughtful, they went to every truck that had a driver they could see.