Richmond, Va. – American Trucking Associations and ATA’s Share the Road highway safety program are urging Memorial Day travelers to focus on safe driving habits throughout the busy holiday weekend. AAA projects nearly 1.1 million Virginians are expected to travel for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Nationwide, more than 39.3 million Americans will travel for the holiday.
“The fallen heroes who fought for our freedom served so that we could enjoy the comforts and safety of life in America, including the safe highways that we travel each day,” said
Share the Road Professional Truck Driver Tim Melody of ABF Freight. “Truck drivers, like me, who continue to deliver goods during this holiday weekend hope that all motorists will go to great lengths to insure safety.”
Through the trucking industry’s commitment to safety this weekend, trucking pays its respects to the fallen soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in defending the nation’s freedoms. Trucking companies continue to take tremendous pride in providing meaningful, rewarding work for veterans of the military who want to continue their service to the country by assisting in the transportation of its most essential goods. In order to assist truck drivers as they provide this service to the country, Share the Road professional truck drivers encourage all motorists to take steps to promote safe driving habits and make safe decisions during Memorial Day Weekend.
“As professional truck drivers, we hold an important responsibility of making safe decisions every moment of our work day,” said Share the Road Professional Truck Driver Micheal Sheeds of Werner Enterprises . “By following a few simple rules, members of the motoring public can greatly improve their driving behaviors to insure that everyone makes it home safely this weekend.”
Share the Road professional truck drivers promote these safety tips to motorists, students, members of the media, and elected officials throughout the country while on tour with the Share the Road program. They emphasize the tips during major US holidays to remind motorists of all ages about key elements of safe driving, especially relating to near large tractor-trailers.
Share the Road is a highway safety outreach program of the American Trucking Associations that educates all drivers about sharing the roads safely with large trucks. An elite team of professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles deliver life-saving messages to millions of motorists annually. The safety program is sponsored by Mack Trucks Inc., and supported by TA-Petro, Pre-Pass, Hyundai Translead, OmniTracs, SmartDrive, Mack Leasing, P.S.I., and Bendix. www.atastr.org.
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