Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

SATISFACTION LEVEL OF HEAVY TRANSPORT GOODS CARRIER OWNERS IN SALEM DISTRICTS

Dr. M. Sasikumar, Dr. C. Vijayarani

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The first earth tracks were created by humans carrying goods and often followed </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%28food%29" title="Game (food)"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">game</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail" title="Trail"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">trails</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">. Tracks would be naturally created at points of high traffic density. As animals were domesticated, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse" title="Horse"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">horses</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox" title="Ox"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">oxen</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey" title="Donkey"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">donkeys</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> became an element in track-creation. With the growth of trade, tracks were often flattened or widened to accommodate animal traffic. Later, the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travois" title="Travois"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">travois</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">, a frame used to drag loads, was developed. Animal-drawn </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel" title="Wheel"><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:windowtext;&#10;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">wheeled</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> vehicles probably developed in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer"><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:windowtext;&#10;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Sumer</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;&#10;text-underline:none">Ancient Near East</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> in the 4th or 5th millennium BC and spread to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Europe</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">India</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> in the 4th millennium BC and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">China</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> in about 1200 BC. The </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:&#10;none">Romans</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> had a significant need for good roads to extend and maintain their </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">empire</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> and developed </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_roads" title="Roman roads"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:&#10;none">Roman roads</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>