{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Transportation Nation","title":"52 Years on the Flatbed: Mrs. Taylor's Thank You to Drivers","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1035,"description":"In this Driver Appreciation Week episode, Lee Gentry sits down with Mrs. Taylor, who is marking more than 52 years with Bennett, for a candid conversation about what life on the road actually costs — and what it gives back.\nThey talk fuel prices, the parking shortage (and the specific safety stakes for women drivers), the pull on families left at home, and why the public rarely connects the shelves they shop to the people who stocked them. Mrs. Taylor makes the case that driving is a real career — equal pay for women, husband-and-wife teams, family traditions passed down through Bennett's divisions — and worries aloud about the veterans aging out without enough younger drivers stepping in.\nIt closes where it should: with thanks, a prayer, and a reminder that appreciation isn't a week.\nTimestamps\n00:29 Welcoming Mrs. Taylor\n01:11 What Driver Appreciation Week means\n01:49 Life on the road: fuel, distraction, patience\n02:40 The parking problem and women drivers\n04:06 What the public doesn't see behind the shelves\n05:47 Drivers don't get the respect they deserve\n06:30 Bennett's specialized cargo and skilled drivers\n09:11 Attracting the next generation of drivers\n10:13 Equal pay and husband-wife driving teams\n12:12 Mrs. Taylor's 52 years and message to drivers\n14:33 Safety first and honoring million-mile drivers\n15:24 Aging drivers and the coming retirement wave\n16:06 Closing prayer for drivers","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dp8Qu1ep64tErzXugq5JHnDw3TVsN2YgBa22Lk5CuGg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNmY3/ZDAxNGFhMzg4ZjYx/MDJlYTZlYWIxODkw/MDBmOC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}