The History of America in My Lifetime by Brooks Sterritt

were indeed professional truck drivers (a dubious assertion at best), this would mean that only 0.00001429% of truckers embodied pure evil. If all serial killers operating in the U.S. In addition, according to an article in Scientific American, the FBI puts the number of active serial killers in the U.S. At last count, there were over 3.5 million men and women employed as professional truck drivers in this great nation. Though a twisted few are indeed dangerous, they do not represent the views of truckers in general, and are a miniscule portion of our overall industry. Nearly all American truckers are certifiably decent, hardworking individuals in love with the open road and the American Dream. Highways are the lifeblood of America, and truckers, if you will, are a key part of the respiratory system that carries oxygen (cargo) to America’s bloodstream. Joint statement from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA): Of course, the single most potent technology used in the apprehension of these mobile killers has been surveillance footage, and the ability to remotely access and search this increasingly high resolution footage with growing computer power. They’ve been incriminated via several means: credit card receipts, GPSes affixed by their trucking companies, records of tolls paid by E-ZPass, FasTrak, and other electronic toll collection (ETC) systems, including SunPass, TxTAG, Peach Pass, Good To Go!, K-Tag, MnPass, Palmetto Pass, Pikepass, and GeauxPass.

Excerpted from The History of America in My Lifetime.ĭozens of former truckers have been imprisoned in America for multiple murders.

The History of America in My Lifetime by Brooks Sterritt