There are some really great shows out there that feature trucks and truck drivers. Some of them are realistic and others are more science fiction, but they do seem to hold the attention of the viewer. Pimped out trucks had been a great star and is gathering really blockbuster movies. This is a good help for people who are in the truck industry.

The movie “Convoy” starring Kris Kristofferson was released in 1978, and it is still a very popular movie today. The movie portrays the powerful numbers of truck drivers when they band together for a central cause. As a result of their efforts, the government steps in and takes notice of the ill treatment of truck driving jobs and steps are taken to make positive changes.

The cartoon Transformers was very popular in the early 1980’s, and it has found a renewed life recently. A full length movie of the cartoon was released in 2007 with a sequel due out in late 2008. The leader of the good guys is Optimus Prime, a very large semi jacked up truck that is able to transform into a robot. He is powerful yet his is very wise and attempts to resolve conflicts with his mind instead of his strength.

In the Disney Pixar animated cartoon called Cars, various semi trucks are given personalities. Some trucks are repairing themselves, changing ford truck parts while racing. They portray the hard work of semi trucks on the roads very one. My favorite scene is at night when all of the trucks are lined up at the truck stop sleeping. Some of them are even snoring after a hard day of work.

Maybe this type of show will earn truck drivers the recognition they deserve instead of being classified as road hogs and lazy people who sit behind the steering wheel all day. And maybe this will help budget truck rental and buying business to boom. Anyway, trucks deserve all the publicity it can get because trucks are very useful. They help us in many ways.