Jennifer Winters is behind the wheel of a 72ft long, 400 horse-powered truck.

In the last two days she's been on the road for 18 hours. She's 1,600 miles from home in the city of Shakopee, Minnesota, on her way to a truck stop where she'll spend the night sleeping in her cab.

But for the 32-year-old it's all in a day's work. Around 18 months ago Jennifer left her home in Milnrow , Rochdale , and emigrated to Canada to follow her dream of becoming a truck driver.

Now she spends her days on the freeways and highways driving a huge, heavy-duty truck, called a Freightline Cascadia, which if you picked it up and plonked it down on the M62 would dwarf the HGVs seen here in the UK. It's been a whirlwind journey - and it's all thanks to the advice of an Uber driver called Gary.

Jennifer,

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