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Trucking News Roundup
South Carolina officials advise trucks to use additional caution on I-85 construction zones
South Carolina highway and trucking officials say truck-involved fatalities in con struction zones along Interstate 85 within Cherokee and Spartanburg counties warrant special attention. According to state highway officials, this stretch has a high commercial vehicle count, is right-of-waychallenged, and is hilly and winding.
As SCDOT widens this section, “chutes” are being used. For trucks, these zone man agement methods are particularly challeng ing. When an accident occurs within a chute, they leave nowhere to bail out, and everything stops. Distracted drivers pose the greatest risk, and SCDOT wants to reduce and then eliminate the chutes wherever possible.
In the meantime, to lessen the chance of accidents, SCDOT has reduced the speeds to 35 MPH at some points. And they are ex pediting work from mile markers 81 to 98 in phases of five-mile segments. (Con cret ing lanes require the use of chutes. Asphalt is being reconsidered in order to minimize chuting).
SCDOT Secretary Christy Hall and Deputy Secretary for Engineering Leland Colvin took South Carolina Trucking Association officials on a tour of the zone, seeking input and feedback from the industry. Belue Trucking’s Casey O’Dell and Cardinal Transport’s Mark Ran dolph weighed in on various recommen dations such as rarely, often and consistent signage. Signs need to be posted con spic uously well before the chutes are deployed. As CMVs begin to enter the construction zone, signage needs to be seen multiple times by drivers so they can expect, prepare for, and pick the proper lane. All trucks should move to and keep right in the chutes.
After months of negotiation, the U.S. Senate last month passed a bipartisan, $1 trillion infrastructure bill called the Infra structure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
According to published reports, the legislation contains several measures related to trucking but also leaves out things that were previously thought to be included. Overall, industry experts are pleased with the results.
The legislation reauthorizes spending on existing federal public-works programs and provides $550 billion in new spending. Of those new funds, $110 billion would go toward roads and bridges, $66 billion to rail and nearly $40 billion to transit. Some $65 billion is designated for improving the electrical grid and energy production, and nearly $50 billion for making infrastructure more resilient to cyberattacks and natural disasters. Approximately $7.5 billion is dedicated to building charging stations for electric vehicles.
Instead of raising the fuel tax or im pos ing new types of user fees, or Biden’s plan to raise corporate taxes to cover the cost, the money will come from repurposing Covid-19 funds, delaying a Trump-era rule on Medicare rebates, and auction sales of wireless-spectrum space.
The Congressional Budget Office, how ever, said it won’t be enough, and that the package would add $256 billion to the federal deficit in the next 10 years.
The legislation would “establish a pro gram to test the feasibility of a road usage fee and other user-based alternative revenue mechanisms” — in other words, a vehiclemiles-traveled pilot program — “to help maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.”
Getting a final bill to President Biden’s desk isn’t a sure shot, however. In the House, the fate of the bill is tied to a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that includes many of the progressive priorities that didn’t make it into the Senate bill, such as climate change and housing.
Politico.com notes that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she won’t bring the infrastructure bill to a floor vote until the Senate also passes the reconciliation bill.
The current transportation programs expire in September. It’s quite possible lawmakers will have to pass another shortterm extension.
Trucking provisions in the infrastructure legislation include efforts to lure more women in the trucking workforce, who currently make up about 47 percent of the workforce in the U.S. Also provisions are included to set an apprenticeship pilot program for commercial driver’s license holders under the age of 21 to operate in interstate commerce with limitations for speed limiters and training.
The legislation also calls for the DOT and the Labor Department to set up a Truck Leasing Task Force to take a close look at truck leasing arrangements between motor carriers and owner-operators, in cluding lease-purchase agreements, and how those affect things such as vehicle mainte nance, emissions from drayage vehicles at ports, driver compensation, etc.
Other items include automatic emer gency braking; underride protection; driver compensations; crash causation; and electric vehicles.
Industry reaction was mixed. News of a deal got a thumbs up from the American Trucking Associations, but a more cautious reaction from the Owner-Operator Inde pendent Drivers Association, whose CEO Todd Spencer, expressed frustration with lawmakers who treat truckers as an after thought, especially with regard to safety and driver concerns. OOIDA leaders did express satisfaction that the legislation did not in clude previously discussed measures to in crease minimum insurance levels.
Supply chain pressures prompt Midwest states to relax regs for fuel haulers
Supply chain challenges have prompted multiple states in the Midwest to extend regulatory relief to truckers who haul fuel. The governors of Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska each have issued executive orders offering hours-of-service flexibility for truck drivers transporting fuel.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proclamation pertains to crews and drivers hauling diesel, gasoline, ethanol and biodiesel. Experts there point to several terminals closed down for maintenance, which challenged trans portation patterns for haulers. When a terminal that a driver usually visits closes, that person has to reroute to a different terminal, leading to longer lines and added congestion.
Likewise, Iowa Motor Truck Association President Brenda Neville told Transport Topics she has heard reports that con -
venience stores have not been able to accommodate all of their customers on certain days because they run out of gas and haven’t been able to get fuel deliveries. Also noted is the fact that the U.S. economy is picking up steam and ramping up demand for fuel.
Meanwhile, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order easing certain HOS regu lations for motor carriers providing direct assistance by transporting fuels also cites increased travel and economic activity as reasons behind gasoline demand.
Walz’s executive order states that fuel terminals across his state have experienced shortages or outages of fuel products which are affecting several areas where farming and industry are most affected during their busiest time of the year.
“This step will help ensure Minnesotans get the fuel they need at a busy time this summer,” Walz said in a release. “Whether you’re making plans for harvest in the mid dle of a drought or running a gas station that’s depended on by motorists heading ‘Up North’ and locals alike, we need to make sure Minnesotans have the fuel necessary to get where they’re going and keep our local economies running.”
According to reports, Walz’s executive order pertains specifically to the provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations that have to do with the overall limitation on work time (60 hours in seven days, for example) and restarting the seven- or eightday total work time clock.
In Nebraska, Gov. Pete Ricketts issued an executive order temporarily waiving HOS requirements for truckers hauling gasoline and gasoline blends. Besides refineries shutting down for maintenance, Ricketts’ order mentions issues with the transition from winter gasoline to summer gasoline. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, summer gasoline has lower volatility than winter gasoline to limit evaporation-related emissions that normally increase with warm weather.
The executive orders are scheduled to expire on various dates. Iowa’s order will expire Aug. 28, while Nebraska’s will re main in effect until Aug. 31 and Minne sota’s until Sept. 4.
ATA Comp Fund establishes nationwide coverage program
The ATA Comp Fund recently an nounced the formation of Alliance Inter state Risk, which will now encompass all policies written for exposures outside the state of Alabama. This will allow the Fund to offer its program on a nationwide basis. The Alliance Interstate Risk program is fully insured and coverage is provided by Safety First Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Safety National, an A++ (Superior) AM Best-rated Company.
What does this mean for agency partners and members? According to Fund officials, nothing will change regarding cur rent, inforce policies, only the company from which you will receive correspondence and commissions. Alliance Interstate Risk Service was formed in conjunction with Alliance Interstate Risk and will be the servicing company for this nationwide program.
There are several added benefits with this expansion: 1) The Alliance Interstate Risk program is now available in 46 non-mono polistic states without an Alabama nexus requirement; 2) All policies written through Alliance Interstate Risk will be eligible to participate in the dividend program and the same loss-sensitive deductible options are available; 3) As an added benefit to Ala bama Trucking, for every Alliance Interstate Risk policy, a donation will be made to the Ala bama Trucking Association Foundation to help promote the trucking industry through out Alabama: 4) Alliance Interstate Risk Service will strive to partner with other state trucking associations to assist with their mission, encourage safety initiatives and expand support for our industry.
The fund encourages you to reach out to its team if you have any questions. You can contact its business development and under writing teams at 334-834-7911.
ATRI-developed assessment tool shows promise for identifying safe, younger drivers
ATRI recently released results of the Phase 1 Beta Test of its Younger Driver Assessment Tool. This is the second in a series of technical memoranda from ATRI exploring the potential for an assessment tool to identify the safest drivers among 18-20-year-olds, a critical component of ex panding interstate CDL eligibility to younger drivers.
The recently passed Infrastructure In vestment and Jobs Act provides for a threeyear, national pilot program based on the DRIVE-Safe Act, designed to provide a pathway for 18-20-year-old drivers to undergo advanced safety training in order to participate in interstate commerce.
Results from ATRI’s beta test show promise for the statistically validated assess ment to differentiate safer drivers from less safe drivers. ATRI’s beta test adminis tered a comprehensive assessment battery to cur rent commercial truck drivers. Truck drivers who participated in the assessment repre sented a broad range of ages (20-60 years old), driving experience and safety perfor mance. Among the measures tested in the assessment were personality traits, reason ing, impulsivity, sensation-seeking, sleep quality, and cognitive control. Participating drivers’ safety performance was evaluated using motor vehicle records and pre-em ployment screening program data on safety violations and crash involvement.
Nebraska Trucking Association focuses on teens for trucking careers
Nebraska Trucking Association in part ner ship with the University of NebraskaOmaha and American Transportation Re search In stitute conducted a trucking career focus group earlier this year aimed at learning what messages are most effective for next-gen eration recruitment and ul timately helping to ease the driver shortage for Nebraska carriers.
The NTA Virtual Focus Group brought together a group of Nebraska high school students to weigh in on messages aimed at careers in trucking. Some NTA members created advertisements geared toward boost ing the reputation of trucking as a career. Those ads were presented to the focus group of students who discussed their thoughts about the ads and their reactions were docu mented. NTA plans to use the information gathered to polish the messaging and promote trucking as a career possibility to future generations.
Driver shortage remains a top concern in the trucking industry and has ranked at the top of ATRI’s Top Industry Issues survey for the past four years.
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Luke Skipper joins Palomar Insurance
Palomar Insurance is pleased to an nounce the addition of Luke Skip per to their ex pand ing sales team as an Account Executive, specializing in com mercial insur ance. His in-depth knowledge of the food distribution industry and personal ized service will help our clients understand their com pany’s risks and help shape our insurance products to meet their needs.
Before joining Palomar, Skipper worked for Amwins, a leading specialty insurance distri butor. He also has over ten years of experience in food & beverage distribution. “We’re pleased to welcome Luke to the team in our Kennesaw office,” said Lane Milam, Execu tive Vice President of Sales and Mar keting at Palomar. “Luke adds tremendous value to our company and clients in the food industry.”
A graduate of the University of South Ala bama, he lives in Woodstock, Ga. with his wife Haley and their two children. In his spare time, he enjoys Braves baseball, as well as playing and officiating hockey.
Founded in 1954, Palomar Insurance is among the largest and one of the oldest in dependent agencies in the Southeast. Head quartered in Montgomery with offices in Georgia and Tennessee, Palomar In sur ance delivers tailored insurance programs to U.S. and international companies. Skipper
Telecom Transport Services expands warehouse and logistics division
ATA member firm Telecom Transport Ser vices recently doubled the size of its Birming ham, Ala. storage facility to 19,000 sq. ft. The full-service trucking company has ex panded its secure commercial storage division that serves telecommunications, construction, utilities, manufacturing and retail businesses.
“With construction on the rebound, we’re seeing growing demand for warehouse storage and staging services,” said company owner and president Sue Watkins. “Builders are storing high-value materials in secure facilities rather than on-site, and we can store and organize materials for quick and easy distribution.”
Telecom Transport Services is fully certified to transport and store hazardous materials including lithium-ion batteries and serves as a staging facility for battery recycling and dis posal. The company provides customers with inventory and logistics management, offering the advantages of a large-scale distribution center.
“Our warehouse expansion is a response to the Birmingham area’s growing demand for ‘last mile’ execution, heavy hauling, crane hoisting and hazmat materials man agement, and we are thrilled to be part of the region’s growth,” said Watkins. Telecom Transport Services is a fullservice ground carrier specializing in haul ing and hoisting of power, hydraulic, tele com muni cations and electronic equip ment, hazardous materials and other high-value cargo. The com pany provides secure com mercial storage facilities with turnkey
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logistics and inventory management and serves some of the most prominent companies in the telecommuni cations industry.
Telecom Transport Services provides com pre hensive last-mile services and has earned numerous awards including the Ryder Inte grated Logistics & Alcatel-Lucent Hauling and Hoisting Contractor of the Year Silver. Founded in 1988, Telecom Transport Services is nationally recognized as a Women’s Busi ness Enterprise.
Massachusetts rolling stock tax issue.
In a recent letter to members of the truck ing industry, the Trucking Association of Massachusetts has developed a comprehensive legislative strategy to remove the sales and use tax on rolling stock (“rolling stock tax”) currently levied on all interstate trucking in Massachusetts. For those who might be new to the issue, the rolling stock (i.e. trucks, tractors, and trailers that transport goods in interstate commerce) tax is a “sales and use” fee that most other states do not charge. If your company has a nexus (e.g. domiciled vehicles, terminals, regularly serviced custo mers) in Massachusetts, this tax will be levied on any new rolling stock purchased or used in the Commonwealth – even if the vehicle was purchased in a state with a rolling stock exemption in place.
TAM’s effort to enact legislation that would repeal the statute during the 2019-20 legislation nearly came to fruition before it was ultimately derailed by the COVID pandemic. Despite this setback, TAM’s efforts have continued behind the scenes.
“As a result, we have continued to grow our support while maintaining the base that helped us gain the Governor’s support and pass the House of Representatives last ses sion,” the letter states. “Our legislative initia tive continues to be the only legitimate ave nue there is towards eliminating this onerous tax on our industry. Note, the constitution ality of this was previously litigated to the Su preme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and has been upheld accordingly.”
The rolling stock tax has already impacted companies of all sizes from all sectors of the industry and will continue to do so until it is eliminated via legislation. Moreover, this is not just a Massachusetts issue; this is an in dustry issue that has no guarantee of just re maining in Massachusetts. With legislation to remove the rolling stock tax now before the Massachusetts legislature, now is the time to contribute.
In the meantime, all trucking companies who do business in Massachusetts should consider the following: l After a period of relative silence, the Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue has sig nificantly stepped up the number of audits they are conducting on trucking com panies. l Audits from the Massachusetts Dept. of Revenue determine whether the rolling stock tax has been paid correctly. If the agency reviews your company, it can seek back taxes (and penalties on unpaid tax) on any rolling stock you’ve purchased for the past three years. l The Dept. of Revenue essentially de ter mines what constitutes a “substantial” nexus to the Commonwealth. Trucking companies that thought they were safe from this tax because their headquarters were elsewhere have still been required to pay the tax. l Even if you paid the rolling stock tax in one of the few states that do not exempt rolling stock from taxation, you may owe Massachusetts additional tax. Massachusetts law gives you credit for rolling stock tax already paid, but unless it is equal to the Massachusetts rate, you will have to pay the difference.
TAM officials say the group continues to make tremendous progress in raising the industry’s profile before the public and with lawmakers.
“For the future of trucking in Massa chusetts, we need to continue this im por tant work and eliminate this burdensome tax on our industry,” the letter states.
TAM is asking stakeholders for financial support. Interested parties can donate to this initiative at https://masstrucking .org/donate. If you have any questions, please contact TAM Executive Director Kevin Weeks at kweeks@masstrucking.org or call 781-3076679.
From left, Andrew Linn, Rick Halbrooks, Fenn Church, Ronnie Stephenson, Greg Brown, Greg Cook, Tom McLeod, Buck Moore, Mark Colson and J.J. McGrady.
The Alabama Trucking Association’s poli tical action committee has endorsed Birm ingham attorney Greg Cook for Place 1 on the Alabama Supreme Court. Recently, a con tingent of ATA leaders from the Birm ing ham area met with Mr. Cook at the McLeod Soft ware headquarters in Birming ham to discuss his vision for the state’s top court and other key issues affecting state business owners.
“Alabama’s trucking community has a rich history of supporting judicial can di dates who are fair and follow the rule of law,” said TRUK PAC Chairman Greg Brown. “Greg Cook has proven over his distinguished legal career that he respects the rule of law, and Alabama truckers are proud to support his candidacy for the State Supreme Court.”
Mr. Cook has been an attorney for more than 30 years and is currently the lead counsel for the Alabama Republican Party. Originally from Florence, he attended Duke University on an Air Force ROTC scholarship and then served in the Air Force, reaching the rank of captain. He later attended Harvard Law School where he worked on the Federalist Society’s Journal of Law and Public Policy alongside future Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
“I am very proud to be supported by the Alabama Trucking Association,” said Cook. “Your members are heroes. One thing we learned from the pandemic is how im portant trucking is to Alabama and our nation. Truck ing represents tens of thou sands of jobs in Alabama and literally drives our economy. Every life in Alabama is touched by the trucking industry, and I am excited to have your support.”
Cook added that he believes in the rule of law and, if elected, he looks forward to serv ing all of the citizens of Alabama with honor and integrity.
He has been married to his wife Kim berly for 33 years. They live in Birmingham and have three children. The family attends Daw son Baptist Church where Cook is a Deacon and served as a volunteer student minister for more than 20 years.
43 Ke
ey Seconds to Save Lives
The cautionary tale of Philip Lutzenkirchen, the Foundation created in his honor, and its powerful message to end impaired and distracted driving.
By Ford Boswell
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Sadly, it did, and it could have been avoided.
Phillip Lutzenkirchen was an Auburn University football hero with a bright future, a loving family, and a host of friends and admirers who loved and respected him for being a great person who would do great things beyond the playing field. But on an early June morning, after a long day and evening of drinking, he and a few friends made a series of bad decisions that led to a deadly auto accident.
Almost a decade later, his father, Mike, through the Lutzie 43 Foundation, a nonprofit organization he created in Philip’s honor, is on a mission to educate drivers of all ages about the consequences of dis tracted and impaired driving, and now travels the nation visiting schools, com panies and or gan izations to spread a sober ing message about the dangers of distracted and impaired driving, as well as the im portance of seat belt use.
Hero Struck Down
Most college football fans in Alabama remember Phillip Lutzenkirchen for the touchdown catch he made during the 2010 Iron Bowl, a play that has become one of the most memorable in Auburn football lore.
It was an Auburn third and four at the Alabama seven-yard line. Lutzenkirchen lined up on the left. Quarterback Cam Newton took the snap, scrambled left, and under pressure, floated a pass to Lutzen kirchen who grabbed it for the eventual game-winning score and move on to the SEC Champion ship Game.
To celebrate his TD, Philip performed a hilarious shuffle step dance that went semiviral as “The Lutzie”, and made him an instant fan favorite of that 2010 National Championship team.
Lutzenkirchen finished his career at Auburn as its all-time touchdown reception leader as a tight end with 14 TD catches. He later signed with the St. Louis Rams to achieve his goal of becoming an NFL football player, but nagging injuries he sustained in college ended his NFL career right before the 2013 season.
After football, he settled in Montgomery, Ala., found a good job and was doing well, but he yearned to give back to his com mun ity through coaching. He had some prospects for accomplishing that goal and was excited to start this new chapter of his life.
Early on the morning of June 29, 2014, Philip was at a farm near LaGrange, Ga. with friends hanging out and drinking. As the day drifted into the night and even tually early morning, a friend wanted to make a run to a nearby gas station for a can of chewing tobacco. The driver, Phillip, and two other friends loaded into the SUV. Around 3 a.m., the four friends left the gas station and headed down a two-lane highway nearing a T-intersection.
Though the posted speed limit was 55 MPH, the vehicle charged through the intersection with the driver failing to see the posted stop sign at 77 MPH. It flew off the road and into a ditch, most likely causing Philip to smash his head into the roof. Philip and the other rear passenger were thrown from the vehicle as it continued to travel into the air and off its wheels. Philip landed 15 ft. from the car’s final stopping position. He and the driver, Joseph Ian David, 22, were killed instantly.
Another passenger would die later. The only survivor was the front passenger who wisely used her seatbelt. Also, both the driver and Philip were later determined to have been legally drunk at the time of the accident.
Legacy to Inspire
Hours later in Marietta, Ga., Mike Lutzenkirchen and his family returned home from church to find a yellow Post-It note stuck to his front door with in structions to call a 706 area code number.
The voice on the other line introduced himself as the coroner of Troup County Georgia. He confirmed whom he was speaking to and said, “Mr. Lutzenkirchen, there has been an accident, and your son, Phillip, is dead.”
Mike says the rest of the conversation included details of the accident that were hard for him and his family to understand. “I asked myself, ‘How could someone so bright make so many careless decisions that ultimately lead to Philip’s death?’”
The next morning, after a sleepless night, Mike went for a run to clear his mind. He took his time and ignored calls and texts from concerned family and friends checking on him. He stopped for coffee at a local shop where he spontaneously began writing words on a napkin that described Philip’s qualities and attributes as a son, a brother, a teammate, a coworker, and a leader.
“I didn’t realize it then, but those words were the beginnings of something im portant,” he says. “I set the list aside and forgot about it. Then about a week later one of my daughters found the napkin and asked, ‘So, dad, what are you going to do with this?’”
He wasn’t sure, and he prayed that an answer would reveal itself.
Philip Lutzenkirchen finished his college football career as Auburn’s all-time touchdown reception leader as a tight end with 14 TD catches. He later signed with the St. Louis Rams to achieve his goal of becoming an NFL football player.
Mike started asking family and friends to add their own words to the list. From there, the 43 Lessons to Legacy curriculum was built.
“Each one of these words on our list was authored by someone who knew Philip, including former coaches, friends, and a few celebrities,” Mike says. “These are peo ple who knew Philip’s spirit on and off the football field.”
As word spread about his new initiative, invitations to speak to schools, churches, civic organizations and college and high school football teams came in, and the Lutzie 43 Foundation was born with the motto to “Live Like Lutz, Love Like Lutz, Learn From Lutz.”
43 Key Seconds
According to Mike, the Lutzie 43 Foun dation now exists solely to reduce the num ber of distracted driving incidents and the number of deaths caused by unsafe driving. The mission is to encourage and empower folks to be positive ambassadors for safe driving, carried out through the 43 Key Seconds initiative.
The curriculum teaches drivers young and old to learn from the circumstances that lead to Philip’s death and the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. His mes sage seeks to lead them to become better drivers and develop the positive character aspects that Philip embodied.
And as a physical reminder, the Foun da tion produces 43 Key Seconds Key lan yards that can be branded with a company’s logo or message.
“The key reminds a driver to take 43 seconds to ensure that they have a clear head, clear hands, clear eyes, and to fasten their seat belt before turning the key to begin their trip,” Mike explains.
Sobering Statistics
According to the Center for Disease Con trol and Prevention, in 2018, more than 2,800 people were killed and an estimated 400,000 were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver, and about 1 in 5 of the people who died in crashes in volv ing a dis tracted driver in 2018 were not in vehicles they were walking, riding their bikes, or otherwise outside a vehicle.
Teens are much more likely to drive while distracted either by talking or texting. Ac cording to a recent study by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, those who use cell phones while driving are also more likely to engage in other risky behaviors such as speed ing and running red lights. Vehicle crashes are the top cause of preventable death and injury for teens, who are three times more likely to be involved in a fatal car crash than adults.
Parents, teachers, coaches and school faculty play crucial roles in preventing dis tracted and impaired driving by promoting safe driving among teens. Research suggests that showing young people the effects of distracted and impaired driving and edu cating them on how to avoid it works better to motivate behavioral changes than simply telling them to put away their phones or don’t drink and drive.
Get Involved
Mike Lutzenkirchen’s mission to end distracted and impaired driving extends far beyond teen drivers. Every driver, whether they commute to and from work or earn a living as a commercial driver, can benefit
from the lessons of Philip Lutzenkirchen’s tragic story.
To spread the word with your employees and your community, partner with the 43 Key Seconds safe driving initiatives to edu cate your staff, drivers and their families with potentially lifesaving information. Your leader ship can create lasting and impactful partnerships with local schools and businesses that will lead to fewer accidents and fatalities due to teen distracted and impaired driving, and thus, safer roadways.
There are several ways you can connect. First, book Mike Lutzenkirchen to deliver his 43 Key Seconds presentation to your group. His presentation honestly and courageously shares Philip’s life and the fatal car accident that ended it.
His speech provides helpful tools to pre vent distracted and impaired driving and the tragic consequences of what can happen when someone chooses to drive distracted or im paired in a way that truly resonates with audiences. In this presentation, Mike leaves teens with the knowledge, resources and tools to motivate them to change their driving behavior. Another way to promote safer driving techniques is to provide employees, students and other community stakeholders co-branded 43 Key Seconds keys lanyards. The 43 Key Seconds keys can be designed with your business logo or a local school mascot and the 43 Key Seconds initiative. The idea of these key lanyards is to en cour age student drivers to place the key on their keychain or keep it within sight in their car. The keys serve as a constant, physical re minder to drive safely by prompting them to take 43 seconds to ensure they have a clear head, clear hands, clear eyes, and click their seatbelt before
operating or riding in a vehicle. There are already several ATA members actively engaged with the Foundation, in cluding Great Southern Wood Preserving and its transportation wing Greenbush Logistics which has provided co-branded key units to local high schools and has also sup ported the Foundation’s annual golf tourna ment; Church Transportation, which in vested in co-branded 43 Key units for its drivers; and Boyd Bros. Transportation, which has supported the foundation’s annual golf tournament. According to Mike, his foundation is work ing hard to build public awareness, edu cating and impacting the employees, driving age family members and com muni ties inter secting with Alabama trucking companies. Mike Lutzenkirchen travels the country on behalf of the Lutzie Foundation to warn others of the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. “I’d love to connect with Alabama’s trucking industry to improve highway safety and save lives,” he said. “Professional truckers are the backbone of our nation. Their ex per tise on the road and the leadership they dis play in their communities would be strong allies for Lutzie 43 Foundation’s mission.” For more information on the Lutzie 43 Foundation, or if you’re interested in partnering your business, please call Mike Lutzenkirchen at 770-565-6494 or visit https://lutzie43.org/become-a-partner/.
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