San Antonio, Texas is the home of a record setting semi driver, and it is a record that is not likely to be broken anytime soon due to the amazing longevity and execution that goes into a career defining success streak. Texas has more highway miles than any other state, and it is not even close because it takes plenty of concrete to cover almost 270,000 square miles that is the Lone Star State.
In fact, there are around 315,000 total miles of roadways in Texas, and with over 30 million residents operating who knows how many vehicles, a fender bender is pretty much guaranteed at minimum for the driving career of an average person, let alone a commercial semi driver. This driver has not only avoided all preventable crashes, he’s done so while driving the equivalent of every road mile the state has over a dozen times.
Record Setting Texas Semi Driver Receives New Award
Even if you put the total miles aside, the more impressive feat is David Montague has been driving for Frito-Lay for 45 years, and was never involved in a preventable accident. According to this KENS 5 article, Montague was greeted with a police escort home after eclipsing 4 million road miles, and presented with an award from the Texas Department of Public Safety…