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Grant Sykes, market support man-
wElComE, ager at ABF Freight; Mallory Millican,
sr. manager of process development
NEw aTa mEmbErS! and compliance at ABF Freight; Brad

Heisterkamp, vice president of opera-
tions at Transco Lines, Inc. and Adren
Together, We Are the Power of Association Hillenburg, safety advisor at FedEx
Freight join a select group of Arkansas-
We welcome the following new members. Each new member based transportation professionals
adds to the Arkansas trucking industry’s collective strength under the age of 40. Collectively, the
to promote, protect and inform with a unified voice. council represents 17 companies and
various expertise, including safety, oper-
FOR-HIRe CARRIeR oPen RoAd dRiveRs PLAn ations, pricing, recruitment, truckload
MeMbeRS overland Park, Kan. and less than truckload.
913.940.4629
HoTfooT TRAnsPoRTATion, LLC www.openroaddriversplan.com
Little Rock, Ark. Provides legal services for CDL holders dot to chAnge stAnce on
501.492.5600 and CSA help for members self-drIVIng cArs
Number of Trucks: 17 The Department of Transportation’s
PAL TRAiLeR LeAsing (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety
Saint Charles, Mo.
ALLIeD MeMbeRS 636.757.7960 Administration (NHTSA) will be updat-
CoReTex offers personal attention leasing, and ing the DOT’s policy on self-driving cars.
Liverpool, Ny provides trailers, flatbeds and reefers to The department’s previous state-
315.453.9064 transportation companies of all sizes ment, published in May 2013, says cars
www.coretex.com should be limited to testing and not
Provides refrigerated telematics, “authorized for use by members of the
in-cab telematics, technology and
food safety products public for general driving purposes.”
In light of recent progress in
Mf BLoCk insuRAnCe inC. For membership information, autonomous vehicle technology,
Paragould, Ark. visit arkansastrucking.com
870.236.8744 Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx
www.mfblockinsurance.com says he knows critics thought DOT
Provides transportation insurance played it too safe in its 2013 stance.
Foxx told reporters, “I think what
you’re sensing from me is a belief that if
News iN Brief, The SMC was recognized for the highest done well, we will set the ground rules

Continued from page 15 safety council award by the 2015 State for the next 20 or 30 years in transpor-
Association Recognition Program at tation by figuring out as early as we can
the annual Safety, Security and Human how best to integrate this technology
Mugno, a member of ATRI’s Research Resources National Conference & into our roadways.
Advisory Committee as well as vice Exhibition in Little Rock, Ark. “I want the posture of our agency
president of safety and maintenance for The Arkansas Safety Management to be obviously vigilant on the safety
FedEx Ground. Council has been honored with this front, but I don’t want our agency to be
ATRI estimates non-preventable award for more than decade. skittish about innovations that are out
crash costs exceed $68 million for the there,” Foxx said.
15 carriers in the analysis. 40 under 40 councIl “We’re on the cusp of a massive
welcomes new members transformation in transportation.
ArkAnsAs smc recognIzed The Arkansas Trucking Association ...And that’s exciting on some levels,
for sAfety ProgrAms 40 Under 40 Council names four new but it’s also something that requires a
The Arkansas Trucking Association council members this fall. lot of thought on the part of our agency
Safety Management Council (SMC) has The Council identifies and culti- in terms of how to create the safest
been awarded by the American Trucking vates new, young executives in member possible environment for that technol-
Associations with Summa Cum Laude companies and acclimates them to the ogy and what some of the ground rules
status for exceptional excellent safety intricacies of the trucking world as well ought to be.” ATR
programs and dedication to saving lives. as the dynamics of the association.

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