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Next Level Safety

Recap of the 2019 ATA Safety Symposium

Arkansas Trucking Association held overview of the issues the federation is
its third annual safety symposium in working on, including ELD compliance,
Little Rock on Oct 17-18. This year’s hours of service flexibility, Compliance,
line-up offered attendees two days of Safety, Accountability (CSA) shortcom-
educational workshops and network- ings, the drug and alcohol clearing-
ing opportunities to inspire companies house, recruiting entry level drivers and
to strive for “next level safety”. The more.
event attracted 44 attendees, represent- This year’s event was made possible
ing 34 companies to the Statehouse by three sponsors who are dedicated to
Convention Center. trucking safely on American highways.
Thursday morning began with
Kevin Breedlove from the Federal Motor  American Trucking
Carrier Safety Administration providing Associations’ Dan Horvath
an update on the agency’s brand new
drug and alcohol clearinghouse that
will be rolling out in January 2020.
Attendees explored downtown
Little Rock for lunch hour before recon-
vening for Bob McCall, bestselling
author of Zero Accidents & Injuries: Are
You Willing to the Pay the Price? In his
afternoon presentation, “Getting Your
Safety Performance to the Next Level,”
McCall challenged safety professionals
to create a team culture.
Friday’s sessions included insight
from Clay Merches, president of
Leading Edge Consulting, on how
compliance audits have changed since
electronic logging devices were imple-  Lytx’s Sonya
Moore
mented in 2017. Merches shared his
experience through the new audits and
how carriers can avoid problems when
creating compliant policies.
For a full national trucking
regulatory update, vice president of
safety policy at the American Trucking
Associations Dan Horvath presented
on the top issues trucking is watching
across the nation. Horvath provided an

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