Trucking Association Donates to Military CLD Program
By Jared Hunt
Daily Mail Business Editor
The West Virginia Trucking Association has donated $1,500 to the Southern West Virginia Community College Foundation to help it develop a Military Commercial Drivers License Program.
The Military CDL program builds upon state Military Connection Network efforts to speed up the CDL qualification and certification process for state National Guard members and reservists.
Professional Drivers Offer Highway Safety Tips for Thanksgiving Travel
The West Virginia Trucking Association and American Trucking Associations are urging the 43.4 million motorists that are expected to travel on the highways this Thanksgiving holiday weekend to follow the safety tips from a team of professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles.
Additional motorists and winter road conditions can lead to dangerous situations, so a team of elite professional truck drivers, are offering advice on how to navigate through highway traffic and arrive at your destination safely. Tips include:
U.S. 35 to be Finished, Putnam Commissioners Say
From the Charleston Gazette...
Construction on the unfinished section of U.S. 35 in Putnam and Mason counties will start next spring and could be done by 2016, Putnam County commissioners said at a meeting today.
A public-private partnership will provide the money for the project, which would complete the last 14.6 miles of the highway.
ABC 20/20 Tonight! ---- Dayton, Ohio Share the Road Media Coverage @ Jet Express
Tonight ABC 20/20 will highlight life on the road as a truck driver. According to the producer, the part that ABC filmed with an America’s Road Team Captain (Steve Fields, YRC Freight) and Interstate One, ATA’s Image Truck, will also be included in the piece but has been cut down. That portion should focus on highway safety as the reporter did a ride-a-long and we have been working with the producer on safety tips for the four wheelers. The truck driver they highlight in ‘Trucking Isn’t a Job or a Career, It’s a Lifestyle’: A Trucker’s Story looks professional and his story seems positive from the blog. Tune in tonight at 10 p.m. EST for ABC 20/20.
WV State Police Kick Off Seat Belt, Texting Blitz
Law enforcement agencies across West Virginia are watching very closely to see if you're buckled up behind the wheel.
Police across the state are starting the first of four seat-belt enforcement blitzes from Friday through Dec. 1.
WCHS-TV reported that the West Virginia Highway Safety Office and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have provided highway safety funds to conduct three mini "Click it or Ticket" campaigns that go along with the national campaign scheduled every May.
West Virginia Trucking Association members receive a 2.7% discount
