By Tom Ricciardone, Guest Writer I had the opportunity last year to participate on the selection panel for the inaugural Arkansas Road Team. Patterned after America’s Road Team, it is a public outreach program of professional truck drivers who share superior driving skills, remarkable safety records and a passion to spread the word about highway safety […]
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Truckers Against Trafficking enlists the trucking industry to the effort to end human trafficking By Jennifer Barnett Reed, Contributing Writer Kevin Kimmel could have just minded his own business that cold January morning. He could have looked the other way, told himself the men knocking on the door of the RV parked two slots down from
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Could Amazon.com’s logistics network compete with the trucking industry? By Bethany May, Managing Editor In December, news broke that Amazon.com, the nation’s largest internet retailer, had purchased a fleet of shipping trailers. Within a few weeks, there were rumors that the e-commerce company had also acquired a fleet of cargo planes to connect its large
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New rule defines ‘driver coercion’ and demands lofty penalties for perpetrators By Steve Brawner, Contributing Writer A new FMCSA rule is meant to protect drivers from being coerced to violate rules by carriers, shippers, receivers and intermediaries. The rule works in carriers’ favor by discouraging shippers from trying to force drivers to violate hours-of-service limits,
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ATRI’s reports top ten trucking concerns in Arkansas Rebecca M. Brewster, Guest Writer Trucking is big business in Arkansas. The industry employs over 82,000 individuals in the state, meaning one out of every 12 employees statewide has a trucking-related job. And, trucks transport more than 80 percent of manufactured freight moved in the state. It’s
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Shannon Newton President, ATA There is a universal rule in baseball about playing the outfield with a lead, especially a two-run lead in the bottom of the 9th. Under no circumstances can the ball be hit over an outfielder’s head. It’s called no-doubles defense. In Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, the Texas Rangers were
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By Andy Davis, Guest Writer After months of the Governor’s Highway Funding Work Group meetings, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his proposals for additional highway funding to a large crowd on Tuesday January 19, 2016. Some of the ideas presented in the working group are included in the Governors proposal. The plan includes transferring $4 million ($2.7 to
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By John Burris, Guest Writer The field of candidates for the Republican Party presidential nomination is large in size and heavy on experience. The Obama years have given us Christie, Rubio, Sandoval and others, just like the Bush years gave us McCaskill, Franken, and Obama. So the 2016 race is littered with governors, senators and other leaders
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Shannon Newton President, ATA Progress can be hard to measure. Bringing about change is often a slow process. However, this year has produced several notable pieces of legislation and regulation that have been a long time coming, bringing with them meaningful change for the industry in Arkansas and across the nation. As 2015 began our
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Shannon Newton President, ATA Earlier this week, at a nearby terminal, one of our newly minted Arkansas Road Team Captains did his first piece for a local news crew on distracted driving. There was excitement and nervousness. Any opportunity to educate the public on how to safely share the road with tractor-trailers and demonstrate the
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Arkansas Trucking Association
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1401 West Capitol Ave.
Suite 185
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 372-3462
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