OTA Road Knights Team:
We’re Looking for Drivers to Serve as Industry
Ambassadors
(Toronto: August 21, 2008) -- The OTA needs your help
to find Ontario’s finest professional truck drivers to serve as industry
ambassadors on its 2009-2010 Road Knights Team.
OTA Road Knights are professional transport drivers
with first class driving records who meet with community groups to share their
knowledge about how to safely share the road with trucks. Their mission is to
make our roadways safer by encouraging all road users to be partners in safety.
They also make presentations about careers in trucking and the importance of the
industry to Canada’s economy.
"The transport drivers who make up the team are
first-class drivers who represent their peers - Ontario transport drivers who
are dedicated to safety and professionalism in the industry," said OTA President
and CEO, David Bradley. "They are highly qualified to spread the message of road
safety because they travel our roadways every day and have faced every type of
traffic and weather condition imaginable."
Participating as a Road Knight is an exciting
opportunity for transport drivers to speak on behalf of the industry’s
best drivers and an excellent way for carriers to demonstrate their commitment
to road safety education.
The time requirement is about one or two days each
month. Some of the presentations Road Knights deliver include: "Sharing the Road
with Trucks," "Sharing the Road with Cars," and "Careers in the Trucking
Industry." Duties include speaking to job seekers about career opportunities and
booth staffing at public safety exhibitions.
The OTA provides media relations and public speaking
training and sets up the engagements. Sample speeches, videos and brochures are
also provided by the association.
The program is open to both company drivers and
owner-operators, but nominees must be based in Ontario and currently employed as
a full-time truck driver by an OTA member company
A nomination form is available from the OTA web site
or by contacting OTA’s Communications Director Rebecka Torn at (416)
249-7401 x 224 or Rebecka.torn@ontruck.org.
For more about the OTA Road Knights Team program,
please visit
www.ontruck.org/info/knights
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