National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Overdrive Staff
Aug 14, 2013
Updated Aug 20, 2013

Overdrive celebrates the 2013 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with this video featuring images from photographer Kim Reierson’s book “Eighteen” (http://www.kimreierson.com/eighteen.html) and by Overdrive.

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