tca highway angel

Driver responds to fatal crash, named Highway Angel

| April 08, 2013

The Truckload Carriers Association recently named John Lilley, of Kelowna, B.C., a Highway Angel. Lilley drives for Bison Transport out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and he tried to help save an injured man in a fatal ...

Con-way driver named Highway Angel

| March 20, 2013

Professional truck driver Robert Woolf of Leland, N.C., has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association. Woolf, a driver for Con-way Truckload of Joplin, Mo., was driving along I-90 about 100 miles east ...

Werner driver saves motorcyclist from oncoming traffic

| January 26, 2013

Randall For his efforts in monitoring his surroundings carefully and protecting a wrecked motorcyclist lying in the road from oncoming traffic, Werner driver Mark Randall of Mesquite, Texas, has been named a Highway Angel by ...

ABF driver helps elderly couple

| January 26, 2013

Indiana-native Ronnie Milner, a company driver for ABF Freight System, Inc., of Arkansas, has been named TCA’s newest Highway Angel. Milner was driving southbound along I-57 in Illinois when he saw a car turned sideways ...

FedEx driver named Angel of Year

| December 04, 2012

Kenny Cass of Portland, Ore., and FedEx Freight has been named the Truckload Carrier Association's Highway Angel of the Year for his efforts in rescuing two people after an accident happened in front of him ...

Trucker rescues sick motorist

| November 05, 2012

Pavel Kolacek, an owner-operator from High Ridge, Mo., has been named a TCA Highway Angel due to his quick thinking while on the road. Kolacek, who is leased to Artur Express of St. Louis, Mo., ...

Driver saves toddler

| November 01, 2012

The Truckload Carriers Association has named Rodney L. Smith of Plant City, Fla., its latest Highway Angel. Smith, a driver for FFE Transportation Services Inc. of Lancaster, Texas, is being recognized for helping a toddler. On ...

Driver team helps family after accident

| September 05, 2012

The Truckload Carriers Association has named the team operation of Laurent Pennacchio and Olegas Milevskis as its latest Highway Angels. Pennacchio and Milevskis, both of Regina, Saskatchewan, drive for the Yanke Group of Companies in ...

Watch those post-crash-inspection violations

They shouldn't be assigned severity weights to contribute to a carrier's ranking in any CSA BASIC if the violation was a result of the crash.

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Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent

Inconsistent enforcement: Insist on inspection, not citation

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