| The number of female truck drivers has steadily | | | | The real issue is that there is a shortage of truck |
| increased over the years and today there are | | | | drivers in the United States that over the next |
| more women truck drivers than ever before. Not | | | | decade could be as high as 700,000 and someone |
| only are there more local women truck drivers, | | | | has to fill the gap. Interestingly enough female |
| but there are also more long-haul truck drivers | | | | truck drivers tend to be very safe drivers and |
| who are female. | | | | therefore they make excellent candidates for |
| In 1995 there were 130,000 female truck drivers | | | | truck drivers. |
| and in 2005 there were 155,000 female truck | | | | Next time you pass a truck on the freeway |
| drivers state; the American trucking Association. | | | | perhaps you will look over and notice that it is not |
| These figures are confirmed by the Bureau of | | | | a male driver but rather a female and realize she |
| Labor Statistics, part of the US federal | | | | is not alone. There's a growing number of female |
| government. The number of female truck drivers | | | | truck drivers on the road and that trend is |
| is increasing at a greater rate than ever before | | | | expected to continue well into the next decade. |
| and by the end of 2007 is expected there will be | | | | Please consider all this in 2006. |
| over 200,000 female truck drivers. | | | | |