National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

WHEREAS, professional truck drivers are the greatest resource and the public face of the Truck Driving Industry; and

WHEREAS, truck drivers deliver almost 90 percent of the products shipped into and out of Alabama each day; and

WHEREAS, professional truck drivers have proven themselves to be among the safest drivers on our nation’s highways; and

WHEREAS, trucking serves as the wheels of our state’s economy; and

WHEREAS, I would like to personally thank Alabama Truck Drivers for their dedication, hard work and sacrifice:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim September 11 through September 17, 2011, as

National Truck Driver

Appreciation Week

in the State of the Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 7th day of September 2011.

 

                                                                                 Governor Robert Bentley