[self_buddliea]

> "... but I never left trucking," he said. "I would always either drive on the weekends or part-time not because I had to, but because I enjoyed it."

The impression I get being in the UK is that driving HGVs is a cruel and soul destroying activity.

[Stevvo]

In the UK it definitely would be, however in the USA there is an appeal to the 'open roads' that might make up for some of the career's shortcomings.