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About a decade ago I had cause to hire a long-haul truck [across the continental US]. At the time, I had come across information about how couples [married, wha
by drdeadringer 8y ago
About a decade ago I had cause to hire a long-haul truck [across the continental US]. At the time, I had come across information about how couples [married, whatever] were a segment of the trucker population; they would truck back and forth together.
Is this portion of the trucker population relatively small, and//or have little impact on issues being discussed here?
- HeyLaughingBoy 8y agoProbably both. My wife has seen 48 states (except Hawaii & Alaska) through the windshield of an OTR truck, because when she was young her father would take her on some of his trips when school was out. He would also go with his wife sometimes. None of that changes anything: the vast majority of trips are still with a single driver alone in the cab. Just because you can have a passenger doesn't make the lifestyle more desirable for most. In fact, I think the drivers who do it the longest are personality types that prefer to be alone.