This holiday season is shrouded in a bleak fog of bad economic news, and I’m not going to play Scrooge and remind you of all the negative forces out there. Anyone who has been in trucking for any length of time knows that in this industry, the law of “survival of the fittest” is periodically put to the test. Fuel prices may be falling, but nobody’s cracking open champagne bottles while freight stays sluggish.
But the good news is that this is a good time to focus on areas where your support can make a difference, and the American Trucking Associations’ highway safety agenda is a good place to start. Barbara Windsor, president and chief executive officer of Hahn Transportation, presented the ATA’s Board of Directors highway safety agenda at the recent annual Management Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. The purpose of the 18-step agenda is to reduce the number of highway-related fatalities and injuries for all drivers.
Ongoing safety initiatives are included among the 18 recommendations:
Any effort to reduce highway fatalities is good for the industry, and when conditions improve, hopefully we’ll be stronger and safer for it.
Happy holidays from all of us at Commercial Carrier Journal.
