Special Delivery: If You Bought It, Chances Are a Truck Brought It

Have you ever stopped to think just how important trucks are? Right now, you're probably looking at something that once rode at the back of a truck. Your gadgets, furniture, food, and even the grass on your lawn have likely gone on very long journeys—epic trips that involved countless different trucks—before they landed in your possession.

Many drivers absolutely hate trucks, but they don't realize that trucking plays a crucial role in the economy. Trucks are noisy and sometimes rude, but they're also responsible for bringing people the luxuries they've gotten used to. Without trucks, food can't make it from the farms to the market; there would be no gasoline to fuel the cars in the country; and construction materials or equipment would not get to where they need to be.

People have a love-hate relationship with trucks and truckers, and that's okay. After all, it's the mutually beneficial relationship between customers and truckers that keeps the ball rolling. Both sides can honk at each other in the streets all they want, but in the end they need each other to survive.

If all the different products that move from city to city will be considered oxygen, then truckers would be the red blood cells that get the job done. Without the red blood cells to deliver the oxygen, all the different body parts will waste away. Now, how's that for important? Cheers to the truckers!