2010 Southern California Driver's of the Month

The California Trucking Association held their 2010 Driver of the Month Reception and banquet on Saturday, November 13th at the Wyndham Hotel in Costa Mesa, California. This event proceeded the most recent Northern California awards banquet. As mentioned in the previous blog, this premier event honored and celebrated the dedicated drivers who achieve outstanding safety performance in 2010. These drivers were nominated by their companies and succeeded at the nation's most intense driver award program.

KKW Trucking and it's drivers were once again victorious at the Southern California awards banquet. Congratulations to the following KKW drivers for being selected as Drivers of the Month 2010!

January 2010 - Cesar Arellano, Line Driver, 11-20 years driving

February 2010 - Michael Rios, Local Driver, 21 or more years driving

February 2010 - Eduardo Gonzalez, Line Driver, 11-20 years driving

April 2010 - Jose Ramirez, Line Driver, 11-20 years driving

April 2010 - Alfonso Sanchez, Line Driver, 21 or more years driving

May 2010 - Jim Walker, Local Driver, 21 or more years driving

September 2010 - Kevin Marrett, Line Driver, 21 or more years driving

In attendance for the awards banquet were Steve Benninghoff, Tom Howard, Jim and Lynnette Brown, Roberto Barba, Doug McFarland, Jim Kraft, Michael Rios, Jose Ramirez and Alfonso Sanchez.

Also honored as California Trucking Association's Driver of the Year was our very own MICHAEL RIOS!!! What a great accomplishment. Congratulations!

2010 Northern California Drivers of the Month

The California Trucking Association recently held their 2010 Driver of the Month Reception and Banquet on Saturday, November 6th at the Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova. This event is the California trucking industry's premier event honoring and celebrating the dedicated drivers who achieve outstanding safety performance in 2010. These drivers have been nominated by their companies and succeeded at the nation's most intense driver award program.

Congratulations to the following KKW Trucking drivers for being selected as Drivers of the Month for 2010!

March 2010 - Sherry Vaughn, Local Driver, 1-10 years driving

June 2010 - Anthony Jones, Local Driver, 11-20 years driving

June 2010 - Anthony Washington, Local Driver, 21 or more years driving

In attendance for the arwards banquet were Jim Kraft, Chuck McVey, Anthony Jones and Tony (Anthony) Washington.

The purpose of the Driver of the Month awards is to recognize the men and women that our industry is built upon. This program is intended to identify and honor drivers who have displayed a high degree of excellence during their driving career. These drivers have displayed a continuous dedication to highway safety and a respect for the basic rules of the road that all drivers should live by. The selection process is very competitive. Unlike the California Truck Driving Championships, which measure the driver’s skills, this is a driver recognition program where professional drivers are selected based on their many years of:

• Driving
• Clean records, and
• Overall job and community activities

Applications are accepted for the North and the South through September 2010. There are two rounds of judging throughout the year. If an applicant is not chosen the first round, the driver is still eligible for the second round. Drivers of the Month are notified when they are chosen. A Driver of the Year for the North and one for the South is chosen from all of the winners.
The program culminates with an awards banquet for the North drivers and another for the South drivers where we recognize and salute each person and their companies for their accomplishments. The night is also filled with great excitement and anticipation as the Driver of the Year honor is revealed for the first time and bestowed upon the unknowing recipient.
This is an excellent safety incentive program as well as a chance to recognize the industry's most valuable commodity - our drivers!

The Southern California Drivers of the Month will be celebrated Saturday, November 13th at the Wyndham Hotel Costa Mesa.