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Safety is the cornerstone that allows our industry to prosper. Unsafe behaviors or policies raise the risks on the roads that our families travel, they cost our industry time and money, and they endanger our most scarce, costly and valuable resource—our employees. So the notion that the trucking industry is anything other than an advocate for safe driving and roadways is baseless.
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TravelCenters of America Vice President Fleet Sales
GREG CARMAN Carman, Inc. President
P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. President & CEO
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Star Transportation, Inc. Vice President
Loggins Logistics, Inc. President & CEO
Vice President - Transportation Distribution
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MIKE MCNUTT Tyson Foods, Inc. ROB LYALL JEFF LOGGINS J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. CRAIG HARPER DAN CUSHMAN CARL BOJA ALLEN BERRY
Morris Transportation, Inc. President
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Walmart Transportation Senior Vice President
Wayne Smith Trucking, Inc. President
VICKI JONES STEPHENS C.C. Jones, Inc. President
President - Trucking
MHC Kenworth of Little Rock Branch Manager
University of Central Arkansas Associate Professor of Logistics
STEVE WILLIAMS Maverick USA
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ARKANSAS TRUCKING REPORT | Issue 5 2016
It’s imperative that when opposing this flawed rule, we advocate, as we always have, for safety. This is not about our emotional attachment to freedom. Instead, let us speak with one educated voice for the safety of our industry and our loved ones alongside us.
DOUG VOSS
President & CEO TODD VENABLE
TIM THORNE ABF Freight
MARTIN TEWARI USA Truck
WAYNE SMITH FedEx Freight
The rule, as proposed, is lacking all of the above. It doesn’t recommend one speed limit to be enforced on every stretch of highway, but three options that appeal differently to industry segments and regional operators. It doesn’t have data demonstrating the safety benefits of any of the options if applied uniformly. It doesn’t address the speed differentials that would exist for trucks and the speed laws of multiple states—allowing passenger vehicles to travel at much higher speeds than commercial trucks, elevating the risk for increased accidents.
We are all familiar with the adage that it’s not what you say, but how you say it. There is no environment where this is more true than in politics, advocacy.
PAT REED MARK MORRIS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD G.E. “BUTCH” RICE III
They are watching, waiting. How will we as an industry respond to the irresponsible, data-lacking, incomplete, division-seeking, last minute rule dropped in the lap of trucking as the Obama administration is packing up their boxes?
Our response is critical. What we say is important, but how we say it could have even greater implications. WE are pro-safety. WE support national speed-limiters. WE support a national speed limit. WE support data-driven policies. WE support uniform enforcement. And we have, for the last decade. Any response that falls short of these fundamentals leaves us vulnerable.
However, that notion is one we must be constantly vigilant against when opposing regulations that make us uncomfortable. Anti-trucking groups masquerading as safety advocates are always looking for ways to paint our legislative and regulatory agenda as anything but beneficial for public safety.
lacey@laceythacker.com ANGELA THOMAS
DEREK RAMENT HOW WE SAY IT
We Americans love our freedom. An inalienable right, it is baked into our national identity. We are emotionally attached to making our own decisions, being our own bosses, ruling our own domains. Even when it’s not in our best interest, we cling to freedoms like eating too much or driving too fast.
So it should come as no surprise that many in the trucking industry are squirming after reading the recent proposal from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to equip heavy-duty vehicles with devices that limit their speeds on U.S. roadways and require those devices be set to a maximum speed.
UP FRONT
Drivers Legal Plan Drivers Legal Plan
Shannon Newton President, Arkansas Trucking Association 7
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