Sixteen Roadway Drivers Recognized for 2,000,000 Miles of Safe Driving
22 March 2000
Sixteen Roadway Drivers Recognized for 2,000,000 Miles of Safe Driving
AKRON, Ohio--March 21, 2000--Today, sixteen professional pickup and delivery city drivers from Roadway Express, Inc. were recognized for individually driving at least two million miles without a preventable accident, a total of over 32 million miles of safe driving. Ceremonies to recognize the drivers, who came from terminals located across the U.S., were held at Roadway's corporate offices in Akron.James D. Staley, President and Chief Operating Officer for Roadway Express presented each driver with the key to a new Pickup and Delivery tractor that will be used exclusively by that driver for the rest of his career with Roadway. A plaque commemorating the event was presented to each driver by Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy and Julie Anna Cirillo, Acting Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The tractors awarded in today's ceremony will have the name and safety accomplishment of each driver emblazoned on the doors of his cab.
"It is our distinct pleasure to honor these professional drivers for this achievement," said Staley. "These tractors serve not only as a reminder of their safety accomplishment, but as an inspiration to their co-workers and every motorist who sees them as they travel America's roadways. Roadway's goal is to be the safest carrier in North America and we challenge others in our industry to join us in this objective. We are proud of our drivers and grateful for the many years of dedication and outstanding performance they have given the company."
John D. Bronneck, Vice President of Operations for Roadway commented, "These are the finest drivers in our industry and they represent their profession well. We are proud to offer these drivers, and 1,911 other active Roadway drivers who have traveled one million miles or more without a preventable accident, as proof that drivers, companies and our industry can operate safely. Safety is not only important to the motoring public, with whom we share the roads, but it is also important to shippers, our employees and our shareholders. Safety in our operations means Roadway is a better place to work, greater reliability for our customers and reduced cost and less expense for our shareholders."
Roadway currently has 50 active drivers who have achieved three million accident-free miles; 329 who have accumulated two million miles without a preventable accident; 1,531 who have traveled over one million miles without a preventable accident; and one driver who has driven four million miles accident free. That totals 2.3 billion miles traveling our nation's highways without a preventable accident...equivalent to 418,575 round trips between New York and Los Angeles.
Our Best-of-the-Best drivers are: Marvin D. Bostic, Jr., domiciled in Durham, NC and residing in Rougemont, NC; Cecil E. Carney, Jr., domiciled in Memphis, TN and residing in Memphis; Kenneth Casey, domiciled in Brockton, MA and residing in Holbrook, MA; Anthony Evangelista, domiciled in Boston, MA and residing in Reading, MA; Arnold A. Francisco, domiciled in Paterson, NJ and residing in Montville, NJ; Kenneth Himmelwright, domiciled in Lansdale, PA and residing in Pennsburg, PA; David Alan Johnson, domiciled in Rock Island, IL and residing in Geneseo, IL; William Howard Jones, domiciled in Baltimore, MD and residing in Baltimore; Ronald P. Lara, domiciled in Chicago, IL and residing in Harwood Heights, IL; David L. Nordin, domiciled in Mt. Vernon, IL and residing in Mt. Vernon; D. Edward O'Toole, domiciled in Hagerstown, MD and residing in Waynesboro, PA; Joseph Pizanie, domiciled in Carlstadt, NJ and residing in Hewitt, NJ; August Pleger, Jr., domiciled in Carlstadt, NJ and residing in Wayne, NJ; Joseph Poth, domiciled in Kearny, NJ and residing in Newark, NJ; James J. Smith, domiciled in Somerville, NJ and residing in Long Valley, NJ; and Walter Thompson, domiciled in Elk Grove Village, IL and residing in Des Plaines, IL.
Included in the Dow Jones Transportation Average, Roadway Express, Inc. is a leading transporter of industrial goods with a variety of innovative services designed to meet customer needs. An ISO 9000 certified carrier, Roadway provides seamless service between all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico with export services to 66 countries. The Company is dedicated to being the most reliable, responsive, efficient -- and safe -- motor carrier in the industry. For additional information, contact the Company at www.roadway.com.
