Deadline Extended for Ontario Driver of the Year Nominations

TORONTO – Want to nominate a safe Ontario driver as the 2010 OTA/Volvo Trucks Canada Ontario Driver of the Year? You have until Oct. 22 to get the paperwork together.

The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) and Volvo Trucks Canada have extended the deadline for 2010 nominations.

They’re looking for nominations of drivers with collision-free driving record and exemplary professionalism both on and off the road.

Professional truck drivers who has been regularly employed for the past five years and during that period encountered no preventable collisions are eligible. This award program is open to company drivers and owner-operators contracted to OTA member companies.

Other criteria include the driver is a professional in every sense of the word, has an exemplary driving record, extends courtesy to other road users, and puts road safety before all else.

Judges will also be looking for active participation in highway safety programs and initiatives, truck driving championships, driver training programs, and first-aid courses.

To supplement the nomination, examples of unusual courtesy extended to other road users, customer commendations, and accounts of acts of bravery or kindness arising out of highway incidents should also be submitted.

Ontario’s Driver of the Year receives an attractive keepsake plaque engraved with the recipients name, a cheque for $500 courtesy of Volvo Trucks Canada, and a trip to the OTA Convention in Toronto, where the award will be presented.