Newsline
2-15-2022 | Issue 4
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2022 NEWSLINE SPONSORSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE
We are now taking commitments for the 2022 Newsline Sponsorships. If your company would like to be a sponsor, please contact Carol Foster at (615) 777-2882 or email cfoster@tntrucking.org to reserve your edition. The cost will be $350.00 per edition with your logo and a link to your website. If you would like a banner ad linked to your website it would be $550.00 per edition. There will be a total of 24 editions this year.

THANK YOU to those that sponsored in 2021!!!

We would like to thank the attached members for their support of the Tennessee Trucking Association in sponsoring TTA Newslines for 2021. We appreciate your continued support.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
CareMoat Inc.
CareMoat provides the employer a health benefits platform with data analytics and an expert staff that engages with each employee individually resulting in substantial savings and better health.

Tim Moore, Director, Business Development
CareMoat Inc.
2 International Plaza Dr
Nashville, TN 37217-2013
Phone: (615) 973-2169
Moving Trucks, Vans, Commercial Trucks & More -...

Looking for a quality used truck for your business? We sell our trucks, too. Enterprise Truck Rental has nationwide inventory of well-maintained 12-26' Box trucks, stakebeds, cargo vans, pickup trucks and parcel vans. Each features a 90-point...

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Shea Hargett, Group Truck Manager
Enterprise Truck Rental
209 Seaboard Lane
Franklin, TN 37067
Phone: (615) 309-9685

Referred by: Dale Allen, Adams and Reese LLP
Home - Erlanger ExpressCare

No one cares for your family like Erlanger-the region's most full-service health system. Our team is prepared to deliver walk-in medical care for adults and children over the age of two. Now Offering Telehealth Visits - Quality care from the...

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Cristal Jones, Business Development and Marketing Manager
Erlanger ExpressCare
832 Georgia Ave, #300
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: (423) 320-3128

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Sean Martin, Shareholder
Carr Allison
736 Market St, Ste 1320
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: (423) 648-9832
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
TN CDL KNOWLEDGE TEST WAIT TIME TO RETEST WILL NOW BE NEXT DAY
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security has lifted the 7 day wait period to retest if you fail the knowledge portion of the CDL test. The individual should be able to retest the next day. We would like to thank the Department of Safety Driver Services for assisting in this. Please let us know if you have any questions. 
TDC & TSC Sponsorships Now Available!

Support and be a part of TDC/TSC by sponsoring these events. These events aren't possible without your generous support!!!
 
The TDC competition allows TTA member drivers to test their knowledge of the industry, driving skills, and overall professional competence. The winners of this competition are eligible to compete in the American Trucking Associations' National Truck Driving Championships Indianapolis, IN on August 16-19, 2022.
 
This program has been a great asset in promoting professionalism and safety consciousness among participating drivers and a positive image of our industry with the public. Please consider sponsoring these events. Download TDC Sponsorship FormIf you sponsored in the past and would like to make the same commitment you can simply contact Marty Pollock at mpollock@tntrucking.org or Carol Foster at cfoster@tntrucking.org.
 
The TSC competition allows TTA member technicians to test their knowledge of the medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, including both theory and practical application. The Grand Champion is eligible to compete in the Super Tech Competition September 25-29, 2022 in Cleveland, OH. Download TSC Sponsorship Form. If you sponsored in the past and would like to make the same commitment you can simply reply to this email or you can email Shane Deppermann shaned@ccl-tn.com or Cory Sellars csellers@ozark.com.
 
If you have any questions or have problems accessing the Website or downloading the forms, call the TTA office at (615) 777-2882.
Averitt Express employees deliver its largest-ever...

COOKEVILLE - Setting a company record for its largest-ever contribution, truck drivers and other employees of Averitt Express raised $1,050,001 in 2021 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The amount is $50,000 more than Averitt's previous...

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INDUSTRY NEWS
A Message from the ATRI Team



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Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks - 2022

Since 2002, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has collected and processed truck GPS data in support of numerous U.S. DOT freight mobility initiatives. Using truck GPS data from over 1 million freight trucks, ATRI develops and...

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The list is on ATRI's website at the above link. You can click on the map, it will show you the bottlenecks in your state. A new feature ATRI has added this year are animations made with their GPS data for the top 10 bottlenecks
SAFETY SPOTLIGHT
Safety Spotlight

Safety is all of our concerns. Each day someone’s life is changed as a result of a crash on Tennessee roadways. With the growing population, we have experienced, the number of vehicles moving up and down our highways will inevitably increase. Here are some facts that put into perspective the growing challenge trucking faces daily as more vehicles travel our state. 

Crashes by Month and Year

CY 2021
CY 2020
Large Truck Crashes by Area and Roadway

CY 2021
CY 2020
In 2021, data collected by the Tennessee Highway Patrol shows 1,280 fatal crashes across the state. In 2020, that number was much lower at 1.160 crashes. Since March 2020, an uptick in risky behavior has been seen on the road that includes impaired drivers, speeding, and distracted driving. 

Below is a snapshot of crashes involving large trucks from prior years.

Fatalities by Vehicle Type a 10-year Comparison
The Tennessee Integrated Traffic Analysis Network Statistics Team has performed a multitude of in-depth researches related to crashes and you are invited to visit their interactive dashboards for more Tennessee motor vehicle crash information at https://www.tn.gov/safety/stats/dashboards.

Truck drivers face unfocused drivers and drivers who have less experience.
1 out of 9 crashes involve a distracted driver

1 in 15 drivers involved in a crash was distracted
 
8 out of 10 crashes involving a distracted driver occurred in Urban Areas
 
One year costs* for crashes involving a distracted driver exceeded
Drive Defensively & Truck Awesome!

Marty Pollock | Director of Safety
Tennessee Trucking Association
FOUNDATION NEWS
2022 ROAD TEAM UPCOMING EVENTS

If you would like to schedule an event, please contact
the TTA Office at (615) 777-2882.
ROAD TEAM CAPTAINS VISIT
OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Last Friday, February 11, three of our Road Team Captains and our Director of Safety visited Oakland High School in Murfreesboro with the No Zone truck. They made the presentation to 6 different Drivers Ed classes.  
Students from one of the Drivers Ed classes were given the opportunity to see what it’s like to sit in the driver's seat and get a visual demonstration of where the blind spots are around a big truck.
TTA Director of Safety, Marty Pollock, saw his first No Zone presentation by John Tetreault, Averitt Express, Inc., Rick Bennett, FedEx Freight Corporation, and John Henderson, TCW., Inc.
2022-23 TN ROAD TEAM CAPTAIN TRAINING COMING UP
Our 2022-2023 Road Team Captain Training is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, February 17 and 18. All 27 Captains are required to attend the first day of training, but only the new Captains will attend the training on Friday. Memos of instruction are going out today to Supervisors and Captains.  
Tennessee Trucking Foundation Contribution

Want to make a contribution to our Foundation? You can easily donate to the foundation on our website. Thank you to all that support our Foundations mission. 

  • Advancing highway safety
  • Educating the public through programs designed to make our roads safer
  • Providing Tennessee children’s charities with funds to improve the lives of our state’s children
  • The TTF Scholarship, administered annually by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee