CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 11 - 17 NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVER APPRECIATION WEEK
SEPTEMBER 13 - 14 ARKANSAS HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT 2016 SAFETY SUMMIT Little Rock, Ark.
SEPTEMBER 13 – 14 ARKANSAS TRUCKING SEMINAR Rogers, Ark.
SEPTEMBER 15 TRUCK DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY TA Petro, North Little Rock, Ark.
SEPTEMBER 17 SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRUCK CONVOY North Little Rock, Ark.
SEPTEMBER 18 - 22 2016 CVSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Little Rock, Ark.
SEPTEMBER 19 - 22 AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS’ TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE COUNCIL (TMC) FALL MEETING & TMC SUPERTECH Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, N.C.
OCTOBER
OCTOBER 1 - 4 AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS’ MC&E CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nev.
OCTOBER 12 -13 NATMI FLEET MAINTENANCE CERTIFICATION Little Rock, Ark.
OCTOBER 13 SAFETY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Little Rock, Ark.
OCTOBER 15 ATA RAZORBACK TAILGATE Fayetteville, Ark.
OCTOBER 20 MAINTENANCE & TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 24 -26 SAFETY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL & TSC’S SAFETY, SECURITY AND HUMAN RESOURCES NATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Oklahoma City Renaissance Convention Center Hotel and National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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the Arkansas State Police to appear in person at the meeting. After the meeting, Sorvillo says he
wants to encourage the development of public service announcements to high- light what can be done. “The public is going to be the best
resource,” he said. “If we can make it easy to report that, the sooner we can get it off the road. Motorist can report problems like road debris on the app IDriveArkansas.
FMCSA MEDICAL REVIEW BOARD TO OFFER SLEEP APNEA RECOMMENDATIONS The Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration’s medical review board will soon offer new recommendations for changing standards and practice for medical examiners diagnosing and treating truck drivers for obstructive sleep apnea. Specifically, the board will make
suggestions to the agency on the dispo- sition of comments from medical pro- fessionals and associations, as well as from safety advocacy, labor and indus- try groups. Earlier this year, FMCSA and
Federal Railroad Administration issued the ANPR as a first step to consider whether to propose requirements spe- cifically on sleep apnea. The agency has cited estimates that
22 million men and women could be suffering from undiagnosed OSA, a respiratory disorder characterized by a reduction or cessation of breathing dur- ing sleep that can lead to unintended sleep episodes and deficits in attention, concentration, situational awareness, memory and the capacity to safely respond to hazards when performing safety-sensitive service. “The collection and analysis of
sound data on the impact of OSA must be our immediate first step,” FMCSA Administrator Scott Darling said in
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