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Dear {FName}, october 15, 2012

Trucker Buddy of the Month
July 2012
William Mike Mattingly

William “Mike” Mattingly has been named Trucker Buddy of the Month for July 2012 following his nomination by teacher Carla Eutsler of Friendship Village School in Friendship, Maine.  The two have been paired since the beginning of the year and work together with Eutsler’s fourth, fifth and sixth grade social studies and science classes.

Eustler says as soon as the students were told that Mattingly was their Trucker Buddy, they began sending him letters and cards.  Just a few weeks after he first received their correspondence, Mattingly came to see the classes at their school.  He was even able to co-teach with Eutsler for two days.  Some of the sixth grade students located on map of the U.S. the many places Mattingly and his Chihuahua, Rufus, have traveled.  In one month, he traveled from Texas to California to Georgia to Maine to Louisiana to NYC and back to California.  On his visit to the school, all the students there (about 100) were able to “tour” Mattingly’s truck.  “The students enjoyed his visit and missed him when he left,” says Eutsler.

He has sent the students pictures of his home state of Texas and taught them some interesting facts  about Texas.   Also, because of his travels across the country, the students are learning about time zones and safe driving.  He has even sent them a picture of a sign from Friendship, Ark.

“My family has made a new friend, too,” says Eutsler. Her family got to be a part of Mattingly’s visit.  Her 13 year-old sons were able to tour his truck and learn about trucking.  “Mike got to try lobster for the first time when he came to Maine,” remarked Eutsler.  The two families exchanged items such as Mercer shirts, a notebook and coffee mugs to remind them of their visit.

“We appreciate the positive interactions the Trucker Buddy program encourages,” says Eutsler.  “This is a wonderful program and it enhances student learning.”


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Carrier of the Month
Quality Carriers, Inc.

Opportunity can shine as brightly as the sun for those who would look hard enough to see it. Quality Carriers, has been following the path of opportunity since B.F. Leaman sent out his first tanker in 1913. Since then, the company has grown with strength of experience under their belts. And that experience has helped them not only with their customers, but with their drivers.

If a career in the transportation industry were as easy as moving a load from point A to point B every trucking company would operate on the same level. At Quality Carriers, they understand that’s not the case. They know that optimizing the driver experience is the best way to keep their team happy and their freight moving. In order to expedite this process, QC has honed in on what’s important to drivers by creating an open line of communication on a company wide scale.

Drivers don’t come in cookie cutter form; they all have different wants and needs as far as freight goes. Quality Carriers not only covers most of the United States, it also offers a wide variety of possible freight options to fit the needs of each potential driver.

Local – Work in a 300-mile or less radius and be home every day. This work is highly dedicated, requiring specific trailers for specific customers.

Regional – Work within a 300-mile radius and be home two to three times a week. These loads are predominantly dedicated, requiring specific trailers for specific customers (mainly due to product incompatibility).

Over-the-Road – A large portion of their business is system work exceeding 500 miles that is usually reloadable. Major metropolitan markets represent key traffic lanes for QC and they strive to get their drivers home as often as possible.

Call: 877-WORK-4QC
Website: www.work4qc.com
https://www.facebook.com/QCFanPage


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The FTC’s Judgment Against HireRight Solutions
Derek Hinton -DOTJobHistory.com


Last month’s column reported on the Federal Trade Commission Penalizing HireRight Solutions (the company that furnishes “DAC Reports”) $2.6 Million for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

What follows are the specifics from the FTC judgment.

PROHIBITED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
HireRight Solutions is permanently restrained and enjoined from:

A. Failing to maintain reasonable procedures to assure the maximum possible accuracy of the information concerning the individual about whom a consumer report relates, as required by section 607(b) of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 1681e(b), including but not limited to:

1. failing to follow reasonable procedures to assure that the information contained in consumer reports it furnishes reflects the current public record status of consumers' information, such as expungement of a criminal record;
2. failing to follow reasonable procedures to prevent the inclusion of multiple entries for the same criminal offense in a single report in a manner that would render the report inaccurate in violation of section 607 (b) of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 1681e(b); and
3. failing to follow reasonable procedures to prevent the provision of obviously erroneous consumer report information to employers, such as purported information on a single consumer that includes records of other consumers with different names, dates of birth, or other identifiers that are available in the public record.

B. Failing to, upon request, clearly and accurately disclose to a consumer all information in the consumer's file at the time of the request, as required by section 609(a)(I) of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 1681g(a)(1).

C. Requiring that a consumer who disputes the completeness or accuracy of information in his or her file obtain a copy of his or her consumer report before Defendant will conduct a reasonable reinvestigation to determine whether the disputed information is inaccurate and record the current status of the disputed information, or delete the information from the file before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which Defendant receives the notice of dispute from the consumer, in violation of section 611(a)(1)(A) of the FCRA, 15 U.S.c. §168li(a)(1 )(A).

D. Failing to provide written notice to the consumer of the results of a reinvestigation not later than five business days after its completion, as required by section 611(a)(6) of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 168li(a)(6).

E. Failing to notify the consumer, at the time such information is reported to the user of the information, of the fact that public record information is being reported by the consumer reporting agency, together with the name and address of the person to whom such information is reported; or, in the alternative, failing to maintain strict procedures to insure that whenever public record information which is likely to have an adverse effect on a consumer's ability to obtain employment is reported it is complete and up to date, as required by section 613(a)(1)-(2) of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 1681k(a)(1)-(2).

I can assure you that HireRight Solutions is not the only agency that has made mistakes and I can assure you that employers use other agencies and sources that may contain mistakes. As a driver you should know your information and correct it prior to it costing you a job.

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The TruckDriver.com Favorite Truck Survey results are in and here’s what you had to say:

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Now that we know about your favorite truck, maybe you can tell us the last place on earth you want to take your favorite truck by taking the TruckDriver.com City Dispatch Survey.

Until next time, keep on truckin’ and please drive safely.

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