It’s not the truck

Jul 15, 2016

If you’re living under a rock, you may not be aware of the recent tragedy in Nice, France. Yesterday, a terrorist drove a big truck through a Bastille Day celebration, and killed 84 people. Ten of them were children. And although the headlines say, “84 killed by truck,” it’s important to remember it wasn’t the truck that killed the people, it was a deranged, evil, sadistic, inhumane terrorist who killed the people, with a truck.

Granted, this isn’t the time to nit-pick about wording in headlines, but replacing the public mental image with a truck instead of a human as the killer, even subliminally, seems irresponsible.

There’s so much to say that means so little after the fact. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims in Nice today.

Ask Gary is a series detailing owner-operator business challenges and how operators can navigate toward success. Gary Buchs, a former Owner-Operator of the Year, spent 17 years as an independent contractor at Landstar before retiring in 2019. He now coaches owner-operators and also hosts the Truck Business Forum group on Facebook. Buchs can be reached at truck.biz.coach@gmail.com.

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