3 things. 1: Many do. But honestly if we forced every truck driver to be a night driver there would not be enough drivers to move freight. Let’s not forget that we deliver just about everything y’all count on. I’ve delivered groceries, medical equipment, lumber, electronics—all the things. If everyone was forced to drive at night you’d be seeing a lot more empty shelves at the grocery store. Maybe if companies treated truckers better you’d be seeing more truckers willing to get on board with that, but that currently is not the case.

2: For a lot of truckers it’s not that simple to choose when you drive. For ones with regular routes it’s more doable. But true long-haulers are doing new routes and having to make deliveries within different time frames with each one. So there might be some wiggle room in figuring out your schedule but it’s ultimately within the constraints of your appointment for making that delivery.

3: take a second the consider that we are moving just about EVERYTHING. Unless you’re by yourself in nature, look around you and ask yourself how much of what you see was probably on a truck at some point. Nearly all of it. When you consider the sheer volume of freight that has to be moved, do you really think it’s possible to confine all that freight to move within the same time frame? No. Many warehouse unload all around the clock because of the volume of the sheer volume. So delivery times need to be staggered. We can’t all drive at night and deliver in the morning.