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  • Thanks to clean diesel technology, 60 modern-day trucks put out the equivalent emission of a single truck from 1988.
  • If you could line up all U.S. trucks, they would reach the moon.
  • In 2022, the total market size of the truckload industry in the United States is expected to reach over 250 billion U.S. dollars.
  • Trucks need about 40 percent more stopping time compared to a car – that means they need about three football fields of room to come to a complete stop at highway speeds.
  • The trucking industry is booming and expected to increase by 21 percent by 2022, and since this is a multi-billion dollar industry with stable pay and job security, it is a worthy career choice to consider for young adults or anyone looking for an exciting career change.
  • While mud flaps installed behind the wheels of a semi-truck help prevent dirt, mud, and other types of road debris from creating a safety road hazard for vehicles traveling behind the truck, they can also reduce drag. Wind resistance can reduce a semi-truck’s fuel efficiency by as much as one-third.
  • In the U.S. there are more than 3.2 million long-haul truck drivers that hold Class A driver’s licenses.
    The Class A level permits drivers to pilot vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds.
  • Trucking is the activity of transporting goods from one place to another using trucks. A commercial truck used about 20,500 gallons of fuel per year, compared to about 500 gallons for a standard car. Consider that the next time you feel the pain at the pump!
  • Trucks haul:
    83% of farming and agriculture, 91% of lumber and wood, (22% of canned items and dairy, 65% of pharmaceutical essentials).
  • Everything you own, use, eat, is brought to you by truck. Without trucks America STOPS!
  • The average trucker will drive over 100,000 miles per year. That works out to nearly 40 trips across the United States.
  • 7.95 million people work in the trucking industry in some way.
  • In April 2020, there were a total of 799,342 private carriers on file.
  • Trucks moved a total of $772 billion worth of freight in 2019.
  • 6.7% of the truck drivers in the U.S are women.
  • 41.5% of the trucking industry drivers are minorities.
  • The average age of drivers in the trucking industry is 46 years old.
  • To combat the driver shortage, the industry will need to hire about 1.1 million new drivers for the next decade or an average of 110,000 drivers per year.
  • Trucking is the most common profession in 29 U.S. states.
  • The average truck’s engine has between 400-600 horsepower.
  • The maximum weight an 18-wheeler can hold without special permits is 80,000 pounds.
    To put this crazy fact about semis into perspective for you, that’s about 23 small-sized cars, or roughly 450 people.
  • Snowman's Kenworth W900 from Smokey and the Bandit.
  • Rubber Duck's 1977 Mack from Convoy.
  • Optimus Prime from Transformers.
  • The Green Goblin from Maximum Overdrive.
  • B.J.'s Kenworth K100 from B.J. and the Bear.
  • 1 Last-Minute Merging. Trucks aren't small.
  • 2 Being a Sidecar. If you're planning on passing, just do it.
  • 3 Jumping Ahead at the Light. It's always tempting to get ahead of someone at the stop light.
  • 4 Inching Up at Intersections.
  • 5 Breaking After You Pass.
  • 6 Passing on the Right.
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