The trucker & the professor
· Date: 2001-12-16
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A few decades ago, truckers were the folk heroes of American culture - "the dotcommers of their day" says Wired Magazine writer David Diamond. But the independence of the trucker is giving way to a new role that is high-tech and high pressure.
The romance is gone, writes Diamond. In the freewheeling days, when CBs were
the hot tech of the day and C.W.
McCall's "Convoy" was top of the country and western charts, a driver
would deliver his load and head for a truckstop. There, he'd pick up a payphone
and start looking for his next load. Now, GPS tracks his truck, and his onboard
satellite-based communication device hooks him up to a system that has already
planned his next delivery. The science of logistics, once the esoteric domain
of the military, is taking over in the trucking industry. The routing of trucks
and loads on the America's 42,794-mile interstate highway network is increasingly
handled systematically by satellites and software. Read
the Wired Magazine article 
- Drivers.com Professional Drivers page
- Drivers.com technology page
- Logistics.com
- Transport Logistics Inc
