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and CEO Bill Graves. “These 19 out- says 50-year-old Kenneth Ray Cisco trailer and bus drivers, will remain at
standing professionals join a select of Lesage pleaded guilty to aiding and 50 percent through 2015.
fraternity. Since 1986, America’s Road abetting the distribution of oxycodone. The agency’s decision to maintain
Team has delivered the message of safe- Cisco owned the defunct Cisco the current testing rate was based on
ty to millions, and I’m proud that these Trucking in Huntington, W. Va. data from motor carrier industry con-
individuals will now be representing our Goodwin says an undercover federal trolled substance lab test results, the
industry.” agent and another individual met with 2012 drug and alcohol testing survey
While maintaining their jobs as Cisco at the company and additional investigations, which
full-time professional drivers, the new on March 14, 2013, showed the following:
Captains will now travel the country to exchange six tires • Positive test rates following an initial
speaking on behalf of the trucking for oxycodone. The positive result increased by 4.1 per-
industry to communities, news media agent received 33 oxy- cent from 2011 to 2012;
and public officials. The Captains will codone pills. • Reasonable suspicion positive test
address transportation and safety issues, rates continued to rise sharply from
speaking at community events and any- FMcsa to keeP 5.6 percent in 2010, to 15.7 percent
where they can reach the motoring pub- randoM drug in 2011 and 37.2 percent in 2012,
lic to share safe driving tips and offer testing at 50 marking a five-fold increase over the
advice on how to safely share the road Percent 3-year period;
with tractor-trailers. The Federal • The rate of total positive drug
Motor Carrier Safety test results reported to DOT from
trading tires For PiLLs Administration reported independent Health and Human
After admitting that he exchanged the annual minimum ran- Services-certified laboratories
drugs for tractor-trailer tires, a West dom controlled substances increased from 95,427 positives in
Virginia trucking company owner faces testing rates for employees 2011 to 97,332 positives in 2012.
up to 20 years in prison. in safety sensitive posi- • A two-week 2014 Strike Force focus-
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