Trucking A Mainspring of the U.S. Econmy Flashcards
There have been a number of slogans that have captured the essentiality of trucking; for example
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and most recently
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Trucking Delivers America
Good Stuff Trucks Bring it
Trucking Moves America Forward
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Over ___% of all U.S. communities rely exclusively on trucks to deliver their products and goods
80%
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Businesses choose trucks for nearly ___ cents out of every dollar they spend on freight transportation
80.3%
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Trucking received _____ billion in gross freight revenue spent on all mode of U.S. freight transportation in 2018
796.7
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Trucking received _____% of dollars spent on all mode of U.S. freight transportation in 2018
80.3%
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Trucks carried ___% of all domestic freight tonnage
71.4%
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What is the advantages of motor truck over other
forms of transportation
(5)
Motor Trucks are
- Flexibility
- Versatility
- Efficient Delivery
- Protection
- Essentiality
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Long haul drivers travel over ____ miles per years
100,000 miles
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Who has accepted its responsibility as an essential force in the continued expansion of American’s mass production and distribution, and is constantly striving to develop better service and equipment to support a growing American
dynamic motor transport industry
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There is no doubt that the trucking industry
can be justly called a
_____
mainspring of the U.S. economy
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Much of the success of the American way of life is due to ____ and ____
motor carriers their drivers
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____ perform a distribution service which cannot be duplicated by any other form of transportation
Trucks
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____ have the advantage of flexibility which does not appear likely to be challenged
Trucks
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Trucks carried ____ billion tons of all domestic freight tonnage annually
11.49 billion
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On average, trucks are more efficient than ___ transport
rail
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