Before the advent of motor vehicles, all freight in the U.S. was moved either by horse-drawn carriage, by train, or via boats on the riverways and lakes. After the invention of the automobile, the first trucks looked very much like the horse-drawn carriages which had preceded them, with the basic…

In spite of the issues related to congestion, infrastructure, and numerous regulations, trucking is still the primary method of transporting freight. According to reports by U.S. trucking associations, trucks move 70% of all domestic freight by weight and 74% of freight by value. Trucking is the most popular method of…