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Something has to change. The cost of distracted driving – in dollars and lives destroyed – has become too high. NTTC’s Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year, Todd Stine of Carbon Express, works tirelessly to educate Americans about the dangers of distracted driving. As this year’s Grand Champion, Todd chose to focus on this issue because he feels it is the single greatest threat to safety on our roadways today. As chairwoman of NTTC’s Safety and Security Council, I could not agree more. That’s why we created the Zero Distractions Campaign – because we want to see every driver, whether they’re in a tank truck or a passenger vehicle, get home safely to their family. Safe driving is vital to our nation’s future – so we are sharing this critical campaign from coast to coast. Our mission is to save lives and eliminate the distracted driving epidemic on our nation’s roadways. To help us reach that goal,
we welcome the support and participation of automobile manufacturers, cellular and wireless companies, other trucking and commercial motor vehicle associations, driving safety organizations, middle and high schools, colleges and universities, law enforcement personnel and any other group that wants to join us in NTTC’s Zero Distractions Campaign. We also encourage individual citizens to partner with us. We need your help to make this campaign a success. We need your commitment to be part of the solution – and there are a number of things you can do to stand beside us in the fight against distracted driving. You can take the NTTC Zero Distractions Pledge, available on our website, ZeroDistractions.org, and vow that you will not drive distracted. You can also share the link to the pledge over social media – spreading this critical message to your friends and family, and encouraging them to join the campaign, too. Once you sign our pledge online, you will also be asked to sign the
NTTC Zero Distractions Nationwide Petition. With your signature, you’ll stand beside NTTC in our call for legislators to make distracted driving illegal in every state. We also need you to contact your elected officials directly. They need to know that you stand behind this campaign’s powerful message: When You Drive Distracted, We are All Impacted. As a constituent, your voice can play a powerful role in making distracted driving illegal in your state. At NTTC, we want to end distracted driving on our roads. I hope you’ll join us. Together, we can save lives and achieve an America with zero distractions on the road. For more information on NTTC’s Zero Distractions Campaign, contact Tracy Henke at thenke@tanktruck.org. n
Candi Coate, 2017-2018 National Chairwoman NTTC Safety and Security Council, Vice President of Safety and Regulatory Compliance, K-Limited Carrier, and Dave Edmondson, 2018-2019 National Chairman NTTC Safety and Security Council, Director of Safety, Usher Transport Inc., presented the Zero Distractions Campaign at the NTTC Winter Membership and Board Meeting in Miami, Florida, in February 2018. This banner was signed by NTTC’s full board, executive committee and senior staff, and it was displayed at NTTC’s 70th Annual Conference and Exhibits in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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