Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Sometimes, my brothers and sisters in this industry (i e fellow drivers) surprise me.  I am about 100 miles north of Indianapolis, In this evening.  A student driver needed to get home to San Antonio Texas because his father suddenly passed away.

The company he was training with did not appear to want to help.  So he told them where to go.  With no place to go and flat broke, drivers pitched in. 

Enough money was raised so that a bus ticket could be purchased through greyhound in Indianapolis to get him home.  A driver will be taking him from this truck stop to the truck stop in Indy.  Once there, a security guard at the truck stop has offered to take him to the bus terminal AND give the man some cash for the ride home.

Truckers helping truckers.  That's what we are supposed to do, look out for one another.  It makes me mad and sad that this is often NOT the case any more these days.  It really did my heart good to see all this unfold.

Let's be safe out here and happy motoring!

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