Truckers Emergency Assistance Responders-TEAR,is a 501(c)(3) serving truck drivers in immediate distress with short term assistance to get home or a safe haven. TEAR is a nationwide charity relief fund that helps truck drivers who experienced carrier abandonment “We Step Up, When They Step Back” Truckers Emergency Assistance Responders (TEAR) is a non-denominational nationwide 501 (c)(3) charity relief fund to help truck drivers in distress that require immediate assistance due to carrier abandonment, wage theft, carrier retaliation, accident, weather, illness or injury that leaves a driver in sudden distress.