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Many store shelves would be empty in a matter of days if truck drivers were unable to deliver goods to retailers.

society would literally grind to a halt within a week if a freeze was placed on the trucking industry as a result of a national emergency: • in the first 24 hours, hospitals would run out of basic supplies, gas stations would begin to run out of fuel, and mail and other package deliveries would stop • within two to three days, food shortages would increase as a result of hoarding and panic buying, ATMs would run out of cash, gas stations would run out of fuel, garbage would start piling up in our streets, and freight delivered to train and maritime depots would begin to back up • within one week, personal auto travel and public transportation would stop (due to lack of fuel), and hospitals would run out of oxygen supplies, putting patients in peril

In short, life would quickly fall apart without the work of professional drivers. These predictions don’t even account for the

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Careers in Infrastructure: Truck and Transportation Drivers