Trucking is important for many different reasons one of them is obvious to get things to places. Like say if you lived in Bellingham,MA and owned a paving company you would need a truck to take the supplies and the machines that you need for the job to the site. Another way trucks are used is for cross country delivers like if you have ever order something offline and it was from say Austin, TX you would need yet again a tuck to deliver it to your location.

When people are trucking it can be very dangerous to them and the people around them. Some trucking can even be deadly such as driving the Alaskan Ice Road this is one of the worlds most dangerous jobs. Even trucking form North Carolina to Florida can be dangerous because you have to drive for a long distance and if any of you have driven for a long time you know how boring it gets. This is when accidents can happen if for example a trucker falls asleep at the wheel there can be catastrophic results. But I am not saying that you should avoid going near trucks because the likely hood of a trucker falling asleep at the wheel is the same as a giant Gremlin coming out from this computer screen and asking you for Steven Colbert's phone number. The reason behind this is because they are regulated by people and there are safety processions that are taken like on the highway you see rest stops that are meant for a trucker going a long distance to go and take a break. So there is no need to fear the truck just be aware of the possibility and drive safely around them.