Truck Driver Training

This week across the country, many people have been observing National Transportation Week, which this year runs from Sunday May 10th to Saturday May 16th. American Trucking Associations (ATA) has been celebrating this week by bringing trucking industry outreach programs to public events around the country. Its programs, Share the Road and America’s Road Team, are representing the trucking industry at state trucking associations, schools, truck driving championships, and several other events scheduled through Saturday.

National Transportation Week is a Federal celebration of the important role that all modes of transportation, such as truck, rail, vessel, or airplane, play in keeping America moving. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, even sent out a press release proclaiming May 10th through May 16th as National Transportation Week, and today, Friday May 15th, as National Defense Transportation Day.

National Defense Transportation Day, which occurs every year on the third Friday of May, remembers the contributions of men and women working in the United States’ transportation industry. It’s a day set up to urge people to observe the importance of the nation’s transportation systems. So, if you haven’t yet this week, take a minute to think about how different things would be for our country if our transportation industry didn’t exist. And, if you see a truck driver or a pilot in the next few days, make sure you say thank you…I’m sure they would appreciate it.