Country music lovers will hear safe driving tips in between their favorite tunes during the holiday season from a member of America’s Road Team.
American Trucking Associations has distributed public service announcements featuring Road Team Captain Eddie Roberts to top country music stations and newspapers across the nation, said Mike Russell, spokesman for the organization.
The radio spots with Roberts, a driver for Safeway Inc. in Waldorf, Md., are attempts by the trade association to help motorists safely navigate through the holiday season. In them, he offers advice on how to stay awake at the wheel based on information garnered from ATA’s examination of driver fatigue and alertness issues in an effort to reform hours-of-service rules.
“This is the time of year when people hit the road in increasing numbers for holiday travel and shopping,” said ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr. “Our professional truck drivers want to share what they have learned to help make the highways safer for everyone. They know an alert driver is a safer driver.”
For the full story, see the Dec. 13 print edition of Transport Topics. .
