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were creating a solution that would
WELCOME, meet the need. We didn’t want to go
through this exercise and end up with
NEW ATA MEMBERS! something that companies weren’t

going to choose to use.”
“There is still work to be done, as
Together, We Are the Power of Association additional enhancements will roll out
in 2018. Improving the governmental
We welcome the following new members. Each new member services that our members rely on is
adds to the Arkansas trucking industry’s collective strength to an important priority for the associa-
promote, protect and serve with a unified voice. tion and we are proud of the strides
that will be realized come January 1,”
Newton said.
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Number of Trucks: 4
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ALLIED MEMBERS
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For membership Leases, rents and sells trailers
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Offers transportation refrigeration services
During a congressional round-
table on emerging technologies in the
trucking industry, American Trucking
NEWS IN BRIEF, expedite the process with each truck. Associations reiterated trucking’s strong

Continued from page 10 Christy Earnhart at the Arkansas record of investing in and implement-
Office of Motor Vehicles said, “The self- ing innovative technologies to improve
According to Arkansas motor car- registration process will be beneficial safety on the nation’s highways.
riers, the state’s administrative pro- to all new account holders as well as “J.B. Hunt and many ATA mem-
cesses have been out of date and an service bureaus establishing accounts bers are early adopters of emerging
impediment to the pace of business. for their customers. They will no longer safety technologies,” Greer Woodruff,
All trucks engaged in interstate com- have to mail, email, fax or come to the senior vice president of safety, security
merce are required to register with the IRP Unit to establish their accounts. and driver personnel at J.B. Hunt, said
IRP in a particular state where they do Once they have been established, they on behalf of ATA. “In fact the trucking
business, with the money disbursed to can continue to create all future supple- industry spends over $9 billion annu-
other states where they travel. First-time ments 24-hours a day if needed.” ally on safety including technology
carriers have been required to register “Efforts to improve the process enhancements to help ensure that driv-
by mail or in person at DFA offices have been a big undertaking,” said ers and passengers of all vehicles make
in Little Rock. Afterwards, they could Shannon Newton, Arkansas Trucking it safely to their destination.”
register online, but they’ve been forced Association president. “We brought The roundtable was hosted
to wait for licenses and credentials to multiple carriers to the table, some by the House Transportation
arrive by mail, leading many to send a who were registering here and others and Infrastructure Committee’s
company representative to Little Rock to that were not, to make sure that we Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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