and CEO Bill Graves. “These 19 out- standing professionals join a select fraternity. Since 1986, America’s Road Team has delivered the message of safe- ty to millions, and I’m proud that these individuals will now be representing our industry.” While maintaining their jobs as
full-time professional drivers, the new Captains will now travel the country speaking on behalf of the trucking industry to communities, news media and public officials. The Captains will address transportation and safety issues, speaking at community events and any- where they can reach the motoring pub- lic to share safe driving tips and offer advice on how to safely share the road with tractor-trailers.
TRADING TIRES FOR PILLS After admitting that he exchanged
drugs for tractor-trailer tires, a West Virginia trucking company owner faces up to 20 years in prison. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin
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says 50-year-old Kenneth Ray Cisco of Lesage pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of oxycodone. Cisco owned the defunct Cisco
Trucking in Huntington, W. Va. Goodwin says an undercover federal agent and another individual met with Cisco at the company on March 14, 2013, to exchange six tires for oxycodone. The agent received 33 oxy- codone pills.
FMCSA TO KEEP RANDOM DRUG TESTING AT 50 PERCENT The Federal
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Motor Carrier Safety Administration reported the annual minimum ran- dom controlled substances testing rates for employees in safety sensitive posi- tions, including tractor-
trailer and bus drivers, will remain at 50 percent through 2015. The agency’s decision to maintain
the current testing rate was based on data from motor carrier industry con- trolled substance lab test results, the 2012 drug and alcohol testing survey and additional investigations, which showed the following: • Positive test rates following an initial positive result increased by 4.1 per- cent from 2011 to 2012;
• Reasonable suspicion positive test rates continued to rise sharply from 5.6 percent in 2010, to 15.7 percent in 2011 and 37.2 percent in 2012, marking a five-fold increase over the 3-year period;
• The rate of total positive drug test results reported to DOT from independent Health and Human Services-certified laboratories increased from 95,427 positives in 2011 to 97,332 positives in 2012. • A two-week 2014 Strike Force focus-
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