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When one refers to the lifeblood of America, I'm sure they would agree it includes the US trucking industry. Hello, I'm Ron Edwards on today's page from the Upwards Notebook. When it comes to what you and I wear, eat, or use, it is most likely transported by one of the many legions of dedicated truck drivers criss crossing our beloved Republic. Starting in nineteen ten, the development of a number of technologies gave rise to the modern trucking industry. By nineteen fourteen, there were almost one hundred thousand trucks on American roads. In nineteen fifty four, President Dwight Eisenhower laid the groundwork by the construction of the Interstate Highway system, which includes ribbons of roadway that enable America's dedicated army of truckers to deliver everything we the people utilize for our daily lives. The truckers, in my opinion and oft, have been overlooked and even maligned by I rate highway motorists who berate the truckers for supposedly causing traffic slowdowns. Today, over twenty seven million trucks traverse our highways, hauling over seventy percent of the total volume of freight. Because of the twenty four seven trucking industry, our economy will recover more quickly and our way of life be more secure. So when you pass a trucker on the highway, give them the thumbs up and tell them Ron Edwards said Hello, I'm Ron Edwards. Check out the run edwards dot com.