my father was a driver himself.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver, or driver in Ireland, the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck (usually a semi truck, box truck or dump truck). Truck drivers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by transporting finished goods and raw materials over land, typically to and from manufacturing plants, retail and distribution centers. Truck drivers are also responsible for inspecting all their vehicles for mechanical items or issues relating to safe operation. Others, such as driver/sales workers, are also responsible for sales, completing additional services such as cleaning, preparation and entertaining (such as cooking and making hot drinks) and customer service. There are three major types of truck driver employment:   Both owner operators/owner driver and company drivers can be in these categories. In Australia, drivers of trucks and truck and trailer combinations with gross vehicle mass greater than 12 tonnes must rest for 15 minutes every 5.5 hours, 30 minutes every 8 hours and 60 minutes every 11 hours (includes driving and non-driving duties).\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "My dad was a truck driver back in the day."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well thank him for his service! Truck drivers are essential to our society, as raw materials need to be moved in great quantity."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I will tell him! I didn't know truck drivers were so important!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Trucks in general don't get enough love.  The majority of manufacturing goods is done by truck."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is so interesting! I wonder how many people drive trucks for a living."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's tough to say, seeing as how anyone who earns a living as a driver, semi, box, or dump, could call themseves a truck driver."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Dump trucks really weren't even conceived of until the late 19th century in western Europe though."}]