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JOURNAL NEWS INBRIEF 02/12 Operation Safe Driver continued from page 11 Donald J. Schneider, chairman emeritus and former president and CEO of Green Bay, Wis.-based , died Jan. 13 following a battle with Alzheimer's disease; he was 76. Schneider retired from day-to-day responsibili- ties in 2002, selecting then-chief operating officer Chris Lofgren to succeed him as president and CEO. Schneider retired in 2007. The announced nearly $1.6 billion to states and territories across the nation to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters. , 45, former super- visor of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's office in Buffalo, N.Y., was sentenced in fed- eral court to 18 months in prison for accepting bribes from third par- ties working for Canadian trucking companies. announced that James J. Keller, president and chief operating offi- cer, succeeded his brother, Robert L. Keller, as president and chief execu- tive officer effective Jan. 1. Robert Keller will remain as chairman. The finalists for the 2011 award are James Coles of MacKinnon Transport, John Moeller of Roehl Transport and Ronald Round of Pottle's Transportation. The finalists for the 2011 award are Kirby Killgore of O & S Trucking, Larry Severson of Dart Transit and Bryan Smith of Art Pape Transfer. The winners of the con- tests – sponsored by the Truckload Carriers Association and Randall- Reilly Business Media & Information Co. – will be announced at TCA's annual convention March 4-7 at the Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, Fla. The will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6, at the zMax Dragway/Charlotte Motor Speedway Complex in Concord, N.C. Tickets will go on sale in March. For more information, contact the Randall-Reilly Events Group at info@truckshow.com or go to www. dieselsupershow.com. ers; and 3.7 percent were issued for failing to use a seatbelt while operating their vehicle, compared to 7.0 percent for passenger car counterparts. CMV drivers were issued sig- nificantly less warnings and citations in 2011 for failing to buckle up (416) as compared to 2010 (1,055). The data, obtained during the fourth annual Operation Safe Driver campaign conducted Oct. 15-22, 2011, was collected by 3,805 law enforcement personnel at 1,848 locations across the United States and Canada. "FMCSA is proud to be part of a lifesav- ing effort like Operation Safe Driver – which sends a strong message to all drivers to think safety first, every trip and every time," said FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro. Unified Registration continued from page 11 that are no longer relevant," NPTC said in its comments. NPTC supported inclusion of both private and for-hire motor carriers in the new URS database. "Both private and for-hire carriers are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to the same extent, and there is no policy reason for separating entries for private truck fl eets," NPTC said. "Moreover, many private fl eets also have for-hire operating authority to supplement their private carrier operations, which further blurs the regulatory distinction between private and for-hire carriers for safety purposes." 12 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | FEBRUARY 2012 Write 232 on Reader Service Card or visit ccjdigital.com/info