Happy Veterans Day!
18 Wheels of Justice would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who have served and are currently serving our beloved country protecting our citizen’s rights and freedom! God Bless America and the Armed Forces! For all our veterans returning from service, and returning to a slow economy, the trucking industry is hiring and training drivers. Becoming an OTR Driver is full of opportunities, good pay and security. There are many opportunities to buy your own truck and become an owner opportunity after a few years. The future is bright for you in our Industry!
I was blessed with spending opening week-end deer season with my Dad, two of my brothers and my 10 Year old son, Joe, at our family farm in Northern Missouri. After a very enjoyable week-end, my son and I embarked on our two-hour journey home on a rural two lane highway. With a ten year old boy, many rapid fire conversation start and stop abruptly, change course and reignite later at random times. One of many conversations involved the lines on the two lane highway. What do the dotted lines mean? Can I change the radio station? Why is there a dotted line next to a solid line? Look at that cow… Why are there two solid lines? Dad? Why didn’t they make this highway wider?
They made the lanes wide enough for a truck to safely haul freight.
Joe: Why is a truck that wide?
Because the machines they used to make railroad cars are the same machines they used to make trucks and trailers with.
Joe: Why are railroad cars that wide?
The axles and tools that were used to make wagon axles were used to make railroad car axles.
Joe: Why were the wagons that wide?
Because of the Romans
Joe: What does this have to do with Bible?
Nothing, the Roman Empire built Chariots and all of the major roads throughout Rome and much of Europe, and wagon axles were built the same width as the chariots. That way the wagon wheels would fit in the ruts that already existed in the road. The wagons would ride level and the wagon wheels wouldn’t break in a rut.
Joe: Do you mean the rut during deer season?
Not that rut, a rut in the road.
Joe: Ok, then why did the Romans build the Chariots that wide?
Roman Emperor Julius Caesar declared that all official Roman Chariots be built to the width of two horses. There has to be a standard width or nobody would be able to fit on the roads, it would be chaos.
Joe: Hmm. Look at that cow over there…
