Truck Driver Appreciation Week Begins Sunday

With National Truck Driver Appreciation Week approaching, American Trucking Associations is extending the deadline until Nov. 7 for submissions for its video contest on why professional truck drivers are essential to the U.S. economy.

“We’ve received so many great submissions for the National Truck Driver Appreciation Week video contest that we wanted to keep the competition open” through the end of the week, said ATA Vice President Elisabeth Barna.

NTDAW runs from Sunday, Nov. 1, through Saturday, Nov. 7.

There are over 3.5 million professional truck drivers nationwide, who log more than 432 billion miles per year. Trucks delivered 10.7 billion tons of freight in 2007, almost 70% of total U.S. freight tonnage, according to ATA.

NTDAW seeks to highlight that professional truck drivers are more essential to the national economy than ever before, delivering their loads safely and professionally.

Visit www.ntdaw.org for more information on NTDAW or the video contest.