At age 49 and an empty nester, she came to Dudley’s Driving Center in Virginia to make her dream a reality and just in time. According to the American Trucking Association, the truck driver shortage reached industry highs in 2021. Erica Denney, with the American Trucking Association's Women in Motion program, says the first step is getting rid of the idea the trucking isn’t for women.
how did you find each other? how did you get along? we actually when we first went on the road trip, we didn t get along at all. i said it was the longest first date of my entire life. didn t know each other at all. we ve become quite good friends, with anyone you spend a month with. my liberal brother from another mother at this point. who did you talk to? we went to almost 20 different states and talked to everything from exotic dancers, muslims, canny bus users, politicians, hard core christians, hard core orthodox jewish people. every kind of person we could find. truck drivers, women truck drivers, which was interesting. that is, yeah. we wanted to get a taste of what was going on in america. we fell disillusioned, me working in media, sometimes you feel disattached. i want to pick up on that. when you get outside the beltway, do you find americans