definition of troquero

[Ernesto Nevarez]

Truck driver; anyone that drives a truck. In English it often excludes
those that drive their own truck.

Owner-operator: A misnomer which has no legal basis, cannot even be found
in CFR49 in the www.gpo.gov
formerly, a PUC defined term which required such
individual to have operating authority sec.3548
The generic term shifts between one with
authority and one that leases the truck to company

Trucker: When convenient the trucking industry uses the term to refer to
truck drivers at when otherwise convenient
use it to refer to motor carriers. Very ambiguous term
commonly used by laymen who don't want to seem ignorant.

Lessor-driver: A legally defined term by the DOT which means the driver
that also owns a truck that he leases to a motor carrier.
Does not include truck drivers driving someone else's
truck.

Troquero: A spanish dialect word commonly used in the Southwest to refer to
anyone driving a truck without any discrimination as to the origination or
ownership of the truck that is being driven. Very similar to "truck driver"
but without the restrictions imposed upon the term as to not owning the
truck being driven.

The term "troquero" has no English translation other than the definition "a
person driving a truck without any regards to the ownership or origination
of the vehicle." None of the English terms above fill the need to describe
such individual, many because the industry has made their connotation
ambiguous. The term includes company drivers, lessor-drivers, drivers of
trucks owned by third party lessors, but not motor carriers!!!! The use of
the term is preferred not because of language selection but due to the need
for a distinctive identification. If there was an English counterpart we
would gladly use it when communicating in English.

[Ernesto Nevarez]

the problem is that the term "truck driver" as used in the industry does not
include anyone other than those that drive a company truck. The distinction
is an industry norm that is not dictated by the 99% of those in the United
States.

If you were in the trucking industry you would understand so please do not
try to make this an issue of nativism.

<johnny@.> wrote in message news:40BA4656.20102@....

> Then use, truck driver, like 99% of the people in the United States do.
>
> truck driver -- (someone who drives a truck as an occupation)
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