Governor Fife Symington signs the repeal of the weight-distance tax in the 1997 legislative session.
Left to right are: Rep. Gary Richardson; Terry Smalley, AMTA; Richard Dungan, Atlas Forklift Rentals;
four unknowns; Rep. Lela Steffey (in red); Rep. Bob Burns; unknown; Gov. Symington; unknown; John Greene, Ryder Transportation; Bill Ewing, Hurley
Transportation; Dave Berry, Swift Transportation; Ray Fay, Automotive Sales Co.; unknown; Rep.
David Schweikert; Rep. Jerry Overton; Tom Warren, ADOT Director.
Hurley’s Bill Ewing and Frank Bowdoin celebrate their 1986 Trailmobile fleet safety awards.
AMTA held many conventions at the Pointe South Mountain Resort in Phoenix.
Bill Riley and Lou Edwards talk with an unidentified attendee at an AMTA meeting.
in other states. Arizona became one of three Charter Members of the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) in 1983. Arizona deregulated intrastate trucking
in 1982 and transferred truck enforcement from the Corporation Commission to the Department of Public Safety. Deregulation and the recession brought hard times to AMTA and in 1983, the Board of Directors voted to sell property the association owned behind its parking lot to make up a serious shortfall. In 1985, several high-profile truck
Arizona Trucking Association 2012 Yearbook
accidents brought calls for stronger state safety regulations. DPS said that approximately half of the trucks their officers checked were poorly maintained or were driven by fatigued drivers. In August 1985, Capt. Richard Landis, the head of DPS’ commercial enforcement division, was appointed by the Reagan administration to head the Office of Motor Carriers in the Federal Highway Administration. Governor Bruce Babbitt expressed concern that new ICC regulations for Mexican truckers would effectively ban Mexican trucks, disrupt the
produce season and result in severe produce shortages and higher prices. Senator Barry Goldwater announced he would not seek re-election in 1986, paving the way for Congressman John McCain to succeed Goldwater.
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