Posts Tagged ‘Driver’

Wal-Mart Truck Driver Honored For Keeping Roads Safer

October 12th, 2011 by Jessica Martinez

He’s an auto insurance company’s dream customer. He’s driven millions of miles and had no preventable accidents. Most drivers could probably learn a thing or two from Rickey Oliver, a Brookhaven, Mississippi-based professional truck driver for Wal-Mart Transportation. Since Rickey has spent 27 years behind the wheel, traveling 3.5 million miles he was just named the American Trucking Associations’ 2011 National Truck Driver of the Year.

It’s considered the highest honor of professional truck drivers. “Rickey Oliver embodies the professional truck driver who delivers America’s goods safely and efficiently everyday,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves in a news release.  ”His passion f

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A GPS-Monitoring System for Your Teen Driver

May 15th, 2010 by Crystal Davis


Technology exists that may help keep your teenage driver in check when you are not in the car. Systems range from simple data loggers that can tell you where teenage drivers have been, how quickly they accelerate or stop, and how fast they drive, all the way to GPS-based monitoring systems with in-car cameras and real-time alerts.

How the System Works

Several insurance companies now offer programs that allow you to monitor your teen driver.

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