With people across much of the country ordered to stay home to slow the spread of the virus, truckers are still plying the highways in an effort to ensure those loads of food, soap, toilet paper and cleaning supplies can keep moving.
As the virus has taken hold, truckers say they have had to contend with new challenges on the road: State governments that have ordered rest areas closed, meaning truckers no longer have places to eat or use the bathrooms.
Truck drivers spend much of their time alone and can sleep in their cabs. They’ve been taking small measures to protect themselves: Using their own pens to sign forms, carrying hand sanitizer and trading cans of Lysol spray among themselves.
Read the article at The Washington Post.
