07/01/2008
Eye-Catching Truck of the Month Features Celebrates Its First Anniversary
Boston, MA, Indianapolis, IN - July 1, 2008 - Chrome, bright lights, fancy paint, and pride. What do these all have in common? Taken collectively, they are what separates the trucking industry from all other professions.
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Boston, MA, Indianapolis, IN - July 1, 2008 - Chrome, bright lights, fancy paint, and pride. What do these all have in common? Taken collectively, they are what separates the trucking industry from all other professions.
In the United States, trucking is not just a job, a way to make a living. Trucking is a lifestyle. Those fancy trucks running up and down America’s highways, their chrome and paint gleaming in the sunlight, their lights glowing throughout the night, these trucks that move America’s goods are a source of pride to their owners and drivers alike.
While many of these trucks go unnoticed, the “Eye-Catching Truck of the Month” feature at Eyes on the Road is a way to showcase the pride these truckers have for their profession in general and in the trucking industry in particular.
Many of these rigs are personal reflections of their owners, from vintage antiques that helped get the trucking industry to where it is today, to the specialized equipment that is required for certain applications, and to owners who compete in pride and polish events with trucks that are cleaner than the average home.
July 2008 marks the one-year anniversary of the “Eye-Catching Truck of the Month” feature at Eyes on the Road. “It’s a way for owners and drivers to show their support for vision research and have some fun at the same time,” says Mark Harter, the founder and principle coordinator of Eyes on the Road, who in part with the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Truck.Net put this program together to educate the trucking and transportation industry about eyesight healthcare, safety and research awareness to prevent and find a cure for blindness. Harter was a truck driver before a motorcycle accident in 2005 took the majority of his eyesight away. “The trucks are my favorite part of our industry, and it’s fun to be around these rigs and owners, but good eyesight is needed to really enjoy them,” Harter continues.
With the help of proud owners and the Eyes on the Road Eye-Catching Truck of the Month staff writer, Duncan Putman, Eyes on the Road will continue to showcase these beautiful rigs on the eyesontheroad.org website. “It’s a great way to get involved” says Tim Begle, who’s Western Star 4900SA tractor and Stainless Steel Great Dane trailer was the first truck to be featured. “Since that feature, my company has stepped up and decided to help by carrying the Eyes on the Road message to the motoring public on the rear doors of our semi-trailers” Begle explains.
To read the Eye-Catching Truck of the Month feature, learn about the research the Schepens Eye Research Institute is doing, along with eyesight healthcare, safety and research awareness, or submitting your truck for this feature, please visit: www.eyesontheroad.org
Schepens Eye Research Institute is an affiliate of Harvard Medical School and the largest not-for-profit independent eye research institute in the world. The Institute fights blindness by developing new technologies, therapies and knowledge to retain and restore vision www.schepens.harvard.edu.
Truck.Net, headquartered in Lebanon, Missouri, provides modern, cutting edge interactive recruiting services to trucking companies since 1996 along with an array of services from, web design and increased web presence to access to one of the largest trucking databases and industry discussion communities available anywhere on the Internet. www.truck.net
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