Arkansas Trucking Association

In March, McDonald’s joined restaurants around the country in closing their dining rooms to slow the spread of COVID-19, leaving fewer options for the 1.8 million truck drivers still on the road delivering critical supplies to affected communities.

Though the fast food chain continued to do business via drive-thru windows, these are largely inaccessible to truck drivers who cannot move their trucks through these lanes. A company-wide safety policy prevented employees from accepting orders from customers who walked through instead of driving up to the window.

The hardships truck drivers face when their food options dwindle made headlines all over the country when restaurants and even rest stops closed their doors to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Taco Bell has also created a drive-thru experience for truck drivers. The fast food chain served free meals to drivers at their corporate headquarters.

An app, BasicBlock, is allowing truckers to stay safe, practice social distancing as recommended by the CDC,  and file their paperwork over the phone.

Social distancing is a term that describes measures taken to prevent the spread of contagious disease, like COVID-19, by maintaining physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other.