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May 2017 | Overdrive | 43 A new documentary released in April on Amazon.com examines the crumbling U.S. infrastructure system and the eff ect it has on the trucking industry. "Be Prepared to Stop" looks to raise awareness about the impact of deteriorating roads and bridges and the potential impact of their "impending breakdown," according to the show's creators. "I don't think the average person knows just how much we rely on the movement of goods and commodities and how fast this country would shut down if that were in any way infringed upon," says Jennifer Clymer, the fi lm's co-director and executive producer. Creators of the documentary inter- viewed truckers, company executives, representatives of the Owner-Opera- tor Independent Drivers Association and others. The fi lm also examines what would happen during the fi rst fi ve days without trucks in the event of an infrastructure failure. According to the fi lm, after the fi rst day without trucks, medicine would be unavailable at pharmacies, grocery stores would run out of milk, and hospitals wouldn't have clean linens. By the fi fth day, fresh drinking water would be harder to come by, industrial production would stop, ambulances would stop, and hospitals would run out of supplies, medicine and oxygen. According to the fi lm's website, the best way to head off an infrastructure crisis is to be in contact with repre- sentatives at the national and local level. More information can be found at BePreparedToStop.org. – Matt Cole The "Be Prepared to Stop" feature documentary film was released on Amazon for online streaming April 6 and can be rented for $3.99 or purchased for $9.99. More information about the film can be found at BePreparedToStop.org. Doc on failing roads counts down to chaos