JMJ attending National Truck Driving Championships to promote a safety culture in the trucking industry
Annual event is a great incentive for professional truck drivers to operate safely and create a safety culture.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is the largest and most comprehensive national trade association for the trucking industry in the USA. Rick Cates, Senior Consultant at JMJ has been involved in the ATA’s Safety Management Council for many years. He is also on the executive committee which oversees the annual National Truck Driving Championship, a competition for professional truck drivers. Rick will be attending this years’ event, which is taking place in Indianapolis between 16-19 August.
The National Truck Driving Championship
The ATA’s National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC) is a competition for professional truck drivers to inspire truck safety. Around 450 drivers will compete to demonstrate their driving and inspection skills, knowledge, and professionalism through a series of tests. To take part, competitors must be accident-free for at least one year prior to the event. Many of them have millions of accident-free driving miles to their credit.
Find out more about the ‘Superbowl of trucking’ https://ntdc.trucking.org/
About The American Trucking Associations
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is the largest and most comprehensive national trade association for the trucking industry. Since its inception in 1933, it has leveraged the strength and size of its membership, which includes a robust federation of state associations, affiliated conferences, and individuals, to successfully help our member companies grow and promote truck safety. www.trucking.org