Driver Roles

Truck driver

Professional driver of cargo trucks for interstate or local road freight.

A truck driver is the professional operator of cargo vehicles (trucks, tractor-trailers) handling interstate or local road freight. May be owner-operator, fleet driver, or company employee. Subject to specific hours-of-service rules (US DOT, Brazil Law 13.103/2015), rest periods, and tachograph requirements. Per-trip mileage receipts feed freight settlement.

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