There are many ways that a person can be employed as a driver of some sort from a cab driver to a handler of large earth mover equipment at a construction site. A type of driver that is essential for the successful movement of goods and products around vast areas of the United States is a truck driver, who is commonly referred to as a "trucker" in slang terms. Truckers can cross the entire country in their vehicle after attending truck driving school and it's the open road carrying loads for thousands of miles to their destinations.