$7,500: Average amount paid in taxes and fees by the trucking industry for each truck

2.6 million: Number of large tractor-trailers on the road in the United States

68: Percentage of all freight in the United States that was hauled by truck in 2002 (13 percent was hauled by rail)

82: Percentage of U.S. communities that depend solely on trucking for delivery of goods

105,000: Miles driven annually by the average long-haul trucker