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above and beyond

compliant behavior

First SMC meeting of the year tackles the new ELD rule

by ATR staff
On January 21, the Arkansas
Trucking Association’s Safety
Management Council hosted FMCSA’s  FMCSA’s division
Kevin Breedlove, division administrator, adminsitrator kevin
to discuss the ELD final rule and how breedlove presents on the
carriers can work toward compliance of recently published ElD rule
the new rule. Then ATA’s David O’Neal
moderated a panel for carriers to share
their own compliance efforts on man-  Carrier panelists leslie stout,
aging hours of service, implementing Maverick Transportation; Mike brust,
Southern Refrigerated Transport; Malea
in-cab cameras and telematics tech, still, CalArk International
as well as how to retrain drivers and
reform noncompliant behaviors. The
event was held at the Embassy Suites in
Little Rock, Ark., with 67 attendees rep-
resenting 38 companies.
The panel, which included Leslie
Stout (Maverick Transportation), Mike
Brust (Southern Refrigerated Transport)
and Malea Still (CalArk International)
answered questions about successes
and challenges while transitioning to
an electronic logging environment and
steps each company takes to go beyond
FMCSA rules and foster a safety-focused
work environment. ATR

 Arkansas Road Team Captains
gary Mars, Walmart Transportation;
otto schmeckenbecher, loren
hatfield and walter stanley, all
of ABF Freight; gary Jaworski and
robert kelly, both of Walmart
Transportation.

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