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Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel. A licensed commercial truck driver herself, Balay discovers that, for people routinely subjected to prejudice, hatred, and violence in their hometowns and in the job market, trucking can provide an opportunity for safety, welcome isolation, and a chance to be themselves - even as the low-wage work is fraught with tightening regulations, constant surveillance, danger, and exploitation.

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This Round Table presents a report on the working conditions of professional drivers covering such aspects as social environment and job situation, road safety and productivity and health.

Transportation --- Truck drivers --- Trucking --- Traffic safety --- Professional motor vehicle drivers --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Public transportation --- Transport --- Transportation, Primitive --- Transportation companies --- Transportation industry --- Locomotion --- Commerce --- Communication and traffic --- Storage and moving trade --- Motor vehicle drivers --- Automobile driving --- Highway safety --- Road safety --- Traffic accidents --- Public safety --- Traffic engineering --- Transportation, Automotive --- Automobiles --- Road haulage --- Truck freight --- Trucking industry --- Freight and freightage --- Drivers, Truck --- Motor-truck drivers --- Truckers --- Highway transport workers --- Labor productivity --- Employment --- Economic aspects --- Safety measures --- Prevention --- Collision avoidance systems --- Freight --- 656 --- 656 Transport en postdiensten. Verkeersorganisatie en controle --- Transport en postdiensten. Verkeersorganisatie en controle --- 656 Transport and postal services. Traffic organization and control --- Transport and postal services. Traffic organization and control