CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JANUARY
JANUARY 12 ATA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Victory Building Little Rock, Ark.
JANUARY 23 -27 CVSA COHMED CONFERENCE
Savannah, Ga. FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 23 40 UNDER 40 COUNCIL MEETING Oaklawn Gaming & Racing Hot Springs, Ark.
FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 2 TMC ANNUAL MEETING & EXHIBITION
Nashville, Tenn. MARCH
MARCH 9 ATA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Oaklawn Gaming & Racing Hot Springs, Ark.
APRIL
APRIL 1 - 30 DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH
APRIL 23 – 27 CVSA WORKSHOP Atlanta, Ga.
NEWS IN BRIEF, Continued from page 13
A Colorado state patrol vehicle
escorted the truck from a safe following distance while the truck maintained 55 mph throughout the trip. Instead of building its own trucks,
Otto, which was acquired by Uber in August, designs and installs hardware kits for existing truck models. The truck that completed the beer delivery was equipped with two cameras for lane detection, a LIDAR sensor to create a 3D environment, two front-facing radar sensors to detect obstacles and other vehicles on the road, and a GPS sensor to help pinpoint the truck’s location.
14 Issue 6 2016 | ARKANSAS TRUCKING REPORT Wayne Smith celebrates 40 years in business
The company routed the delivery by driving kitted-out trucks back and forth along Interstate 25 in advance. Otto co-founder Lior Ron said
their goal is a safer trucking industry. “Ninety-four percent of fatalities are caused by human error,” he noted. “We fully intend to dive deeper:
more types of highways, more weather conditions, more traffic patterns, and obviously more partnerships in the future,” Ron said.
WAYNE SMITH TRUCKING CELEBRATES 40 YEARS Wayne Smith Trucking, in
Morrilton, Ark., celebrated 40 years in business on Nov. 10. The company host- ed an open house and ribbon cutting at their new facility on 41 WST Circle. Employees treated guests to tours
of the new facility, which includes mul- tiple offices; a dispatch center, driver
Photo: Pat O’Connor
lounge, uniform shop and showers; maintenance shop and truck wash bay. After the ribbon cutting, guests were served a BBQ lunch in the new truck shop, catered by Whole Hog Cafe.
HEALTH TOLL OF VEHICLE POLLUTION IS EXPENSIVE AND DEADLY, AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION SAYS A report by the American Lung
Association of California revealed that pollution from passenger vehicles in 10 U.S. states cost $37 billion in health and climate expenses a year, and the study concludes moving to emission- free vehicles would save lives and money. The Clean Air Future: Health and
Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles report analyzed the harm caused by passenger vehicle pollution, largely driven by internal combustion
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