This summer has been full of competition: from Spain winning the World Cup, to the NBA finals where the Knicks saw a historic comeback, to now, where an event in which drivers across the country are putting pedal to the metal and competing in the National Truck Driving Championships, colloquially known as the “Super Bowl of trucking.”
This year’s competition saw 429 drivers from 49 states who have logged a combined total of nearly 775 million safe driving miles throughout their careers, which is over 31,000 circles around the earth. Drivers from 55 companies, ranging from small mom-and-pop companies to Fortune 500 giants like Walmart, FedEx, XPO, and UPS, all vied in tests showcasing their driving, turning and parking skills as they [safely] raced for glory in Pittsburgh earlier this month.
“The entire motivation of this program is to make them better on the road and to continue to drive safe,” said Jacob Pierce, executive director of the American Trucking Associations’ Safety Management Council. “It creates a company culture where everybody buys into ‘every day is a safe day.’”
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Why safety, not speed, wins
