As someone with truckers in their family, I can 100% confirm this is happening. They are talking of retiring since it isn't the "gentlemen of the highway" anymore. They have said they can't communicate with most of the other truckers now, they have had people threaten them and try to take their shower time at truck stops, and they had to be escorted out at one point not because they did anything, but because some migrant threatened them and the truck stop wanted to make sure my family members were safe. They have said that there is way more crime at truck stops, and they are tired of being lumped in with the migrants. They started trucking in the 70's when it was cool to be a trucker. Now they can't communicate with dock workers, other truckers, and worry whenever they park at a truck stop. It's ridiculous we are going to lose such great drivers.
I tell my kids I won't drive next to or in front of a truck. I don't trust them not to kill me. I will go over the speed limit to get away from them. We used to wave and want them to blow their horns. So sad.
As someone with truckers in their family, I can 100% confirm this is happening. They are talking of retiring since it isn't the "gentlemen of the highway" anymore. They have said they can't communicate with most of the other truckers now, they have had people threaten them and try to take their shower time at truck stops, and they had to be escorted out at one point not because they did anything, but because some migrant threatened them and the truck stop wanted to make sure my family members were safe. They have said that there is way more crime at truck stops, and they are tired of being lumped in with the migrants. They started trucking in the 70's when it was cool to be a trucker. Now they can't communicate with dock workers, other truckers, and worry whenever they park at a truck stop. It's ridiculous we are going to lose such great drivers.
I tell my kids I won't drive next to or in front of a truck. I don't trust them not to kill me. I will go over the speed limit to get away from them. We used to wave and want them to blow their horns. So sad.