Truck drivers

While regular drivers are hurting because of the price of gasoline the 3.5 million independent truck owners are going broke. Two years ago the price of diesel was $2.72 and today it is $4.03. The average trucker drives 100,000 miles per year and gets 6.5 miles per gallon which means the average fuel consumption is 15,300 gallons per year. Two years ago the owners were paying $41,000 per year for fuel and today they are paying $61,300. In short they are going broke and must use money from savings to stay afloat.