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2. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The trucking industry employs 10 million people (out of a total national population of 300 million) [51] in jobs that relate directly to trucking. The trucking industry is the industry of small business, considering 93 percent of interstate motor carriers (over 500,000) operate 20 or fewer trucks. [52]

3. Truck driver - Wikipedia

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   A Nissan Diesel trucker in Hong Kong. There are three major types of truck driver employment: Owner-operators (also known as O/Os, or "doublestuffs" [4]) are individuals who own the trucks they drive and can either lease their trucks by contract with a trucking company to haul freight for that company using their own trucks or haul loads for multiple companies and are self-employed independent ...

4. Owner-operator - Wikipedia

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   In trucking, an owner-operator is a self-employed commercial truck driver or a small business that operates trucks for transporting goods over highways for its customers. [1] Most owner-operators become drivers for trucking companies first to gain experience and determine whether the career is for them.

5. Amazon trucking contractors have higher rates of safety ... - AOL

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   The death of a 19-year-old college student on a Texas highway is raising questions about the fleet of drivers Amazon uses to move packages between its facilities. College freshman Iliana Velez's ...

6. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   A specialized set of jargon describe the tools, equipment, and employment sectors used in the trucking industry in the United States.Some terms may be used within other English-speaking countries, or within the freight industry in general (air, rail, ship, and manufacturing).

7. History of the trucking industry in the United States

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   Starting in 1910, the development of a number of technologies gave rise to the modern trucking industry. With the advent of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, improvements in transmissions, the move away from chain drives to gear drives, and the development of the tractor/semi-trailer combination, shipping by truck gained in popularity. [1]