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In this issue...Fuel haulers conditional rest exemptionCarriers keep rolling out pay raisesLife sentence for former trucker Pro Truck Driving Championships

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(785) 267-1641www.kmca.orgMay 2018 Issue

A race against the clock: Truckers cite problems with HOS rulesThere has been a lot about what truck drivers and fleets say should be changed concerning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-tion's (FMCSA) HOS regulations. But after an article in Fleet Own-er that was seeking input since about the full enforcement of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate was printed, hundreds more comments flooded in. This is clearly an issue that many drivers feel very strongly about. Overall, the complaints aren't focused on ELDs themselves but on the HOS rules the devices enforce. Here's what they heard.

Don't add to the overall time frame allowed for driving, many commercial truck drivers say, but allow that time to be paused when drivers are delayed, rather than requiring those 14 hours to keep running down and forcing a race against the clock. Or allow the off-duty/sleeper berth time the HOS rules call for to be split up to allow drivers to rest when they need to and break up the on-duty clock.

Another comment addressed the rigidity and inflexibility. "The [HOS] rules themselves aren't terrible; it's the lack of flexi-bility that is the worst," the president of one trucking company said.

Flexibility was a big issue for many commenters. A company that provides regulatory services for owner-operators and small trucking companies noted that they need flexibility with the on-duty clock becasue too much time is wasted wait-ing to load or unload.

Stated one driver, "truck stops are filling up at 3 to 4 o'clock every day, and there's nowhere to park. States want to fine you for parking on the ramps. Towns don't want you to park there. Shippers and receivers don't allow you to park there if they hold you over hours."

Lastly, a driver commented that the present structure of the HOS rules is detrimental to drivers' health. "Imagine if an employer mandated that you had to sit for six consecutive hours at a desk," he said. "The fact is there are health benefits of stopping every two-three hours and refreshing your mind and body."

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Fuel haulers get conditional rest exemption from FMCSAAn announcement from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-ministration states that under certain conditions fuel trucks can operate for 12 hours a day without triggering the rest break requirement. FMCSA has granted an exemption from the 30-minute rest break requirement for trucks hauling petroleum products.

FMCSA recognized that “these drivers receive several short ‘breaks’ each day when they unload at service stations.”

“This is a great development for our fuel haulers and a shin-ing example of association partnership for trucking advo-cates,” said Daniel R. Furth, the National Tank Truck Carriers president. “We are thrilled that the agency agrees that this relief will lower costs for carriers and prices for consumers without compromising safety on our nation’s roadways.”

The NTTC and the Trucking Association of Massachusetts (TAM) jointly applied for the exemption in August 2017. The two organizations requested that FMCSA exempt

the drivers that would be on-duty more than 12 hours so long as their vehicles were carrying petroleum products and were equipped with an electronic logging device (ELD). FMCSA agreed that the time these drivers spend unloading provides rest that is equivalent to, and often great than, rest from the traditional 30-minute rest break. Accordingly, the exemption allows these drivers a 14-hour window to make their fuel runs.

“This announcement will provide relief that allows our drivers to get more rest and creates flexibility that will provide improved customer service and greater efficien-cies throughout the fleet,” former TAM chairman and NTTC memberJohn Hamel, president of J&S Transport Co. of Lynn, MA, said recently.

Former trucker gets consecutive life sentences for role in deadly 2017 human smuggling caseA former Florida-licensed truck driver has been sentenced to two concurrent life sentences without parole for his rolein the deaths of 10 immigrants who died while being transported in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio lastsummer.

According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, the judge in the case equated former owner-operator JamesMatthew Bradley Jr.’s actions to torture. Bradley originally pleaded not guilty in August, but later changed his plea inOctober to guilty, the report states, on two counts of conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants for profit,resulting in death.

The crime unfolded in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio on July 22, 2017, when 39 undocumented immigrantswere found in the back of a trailer. The trailer had a reefer unit, but it wasn’t working while the immigrants were inroute from Laredo to San Antonio.

Bradley reportedly had his CDL revoked in April 2017 and had a criminal record dating back to the 1990s. At the timeof the smuggling discovery, Bradley had been working as an owner-operator, without a CDL, for Iowa-based PyleTransportation, which has since been shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for hours-of-service and driver fitness violations.

June 6, 2018KMCA Pro Truck Golf ClassicNewton

June 15-16, 2018KS Truck Driving ChampionshipsTopeka

August 14, 2018Safety Management Council Mtg.Wichita

September 25-27, 2018KMCA Annual ConventionSalina

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FMCSA assigns CSA severity weights to ELD violations

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has assigned severity weights to each of about a dozen electronic logging device-related violations that are being recorded on a driver’s or motor carrier’s safety profile score.

In a posting earlier this month on the agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability website, FMCSA said that any of the ELD-related hours-of-service violations written up will be added to safety measurement system scores. The severity weights range from five points for not having an ELD to one point for failing to make annotations on the ELD when appli-cable.

“As of April 1, 2018, violations related to electronic logging device regulations found during roadside inspections are being used in the SMS,” the agency said in a web posting. “These violations are not being applied retroactively; viola-tions recorded prior to April 1, 2018, will not be counted in SMS. Motor carriers that have received ELD-related violations have seen them reflected in their HOS Compliance BASIC from early May."

Reprinted from Transport Topics.

Carriers keep rolling out driver pay raisesThe need for truck drivers has spurred a number of carriers recently to raise compensation and entice qual-ified drivers to stick around. Trucking companies find themselves competing for talent as the unemployment rate hovers around 4%, the economy expands and the freight market moves at a boiling-hot pace.

For instance, the value of Truckstop.com’s Market De-mand Index in March was near its all-time high, demon-strating an extraordinarily strong need for trucks and truck drivers. And a study in 2017 by American Trucking Associations found that driver pay had gone up in the previous four years at a measured pace. ATA report-ed that truckload drivers last year working a national, irregular route received pay of $53,000, a rise of $7,000, or 15%, from 2013. A private fleet driver in 2017 earned more than $86,000, up $13,000, or nearly 18%, from 2013.

In response, Memphis, Tenn.-based Intermodal Cartage Co. said it would give its drivers pay raises averaging more than 30% as of April 15. Intermodal is a division of IMC Cos., a national network of intermodal logistics businesses. “Our goal is to retain seasoned drivers while attracting new talent to our growing industry,” IMC Chairman Mark George said. IMC ranks No. 84 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire car-riers in North America. Maverick Transportation raised the pay of its over-the-road, temperature-controlled division drivers by 5 cents a mile. The increase will took effect April 29th and brought starting pay from 51 cents to 55 cents per mile. Drivers in the division also are part of a $1,000 weekly minimum guarantee pay program, and the firm is offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus for driv-ers with at least one year of experience.

Reprinted from Transport Topics.

2018 Truck Driving Championships Sponsorship FormThe annual Kansas Truck Driving Championships are June 15-16, 2018 in Topeka. This event brings together profes-sional truck drivers from across the state to compete for top honors and a chance to compete at the national level. Please find below the sponsorship form for this event.

Benefits of becoming a sponsor of the Truck Driving Championships include recognition at the banquet, sponsorship poster display, listing in the event program, KMCA publications, website and social media.

Available Sponsorship LevelsDiamond - $1,000 and above

Platinum - $500 - $999Gold - $250 - $499 Silver - $1 - $249

Your support at any level would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions about the sponsorship opportunities or would prefer to donate other items, please contact Shelby Stacy at sstacy@kmca.org. We appreciate your support in making the 2018 Kansas Truck Driving Championships a success.

YES, WE WANT TO BE A SPONSOR!CHECK:__________ CREDIT CARD:__________

DIAMOND:_____ PLATINUM:_____ GOLD:_____ SILVER:_____

CONTACT NAME:___________________________________________________________________

COMPANY NAME (AS YOU WANT IT DISPLAYED):_____________________________________________

EMAIL:__________________________________ PHONE:___________________________________

NAME ON CREDIT CARD:______________________________________________________________

CARD NUMBER:_____________________________________________________________________

EXPIRATION:_____________________________ 3 DIGIT CODE:_______________________________

CITY, STATE & ZIP:___________________________________________________________________

AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE:___________________________________________________________

PAYMENT INFORMATION

RETURN FORM: Kansas Motor Carriers Association ATTN: Shelby Stacy, PO Box 1673, Topeka, KS 66601 or email to sstacy@kmca.org. Sponsorships must be submitted by Friday, June 8, 2018.

2018 KANSAS TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS CHANGES AND REMINDERSListed below are the changes that will be in effect for the 2018 Kansas Truck Driving Championships and Step Van Truck Driving Championships.

1. The step van class has an unique form for registration. The step van class is not eligible to win the team or grand championship categories.

2. Stopwatches are no longer allowed for usage during pre-trip or on the course. A wrist watch is allowed.3. Drivers may bring flashlights to help with their pre-trip inspection.4. Equipment drop off will take place at the course location this year. A golf cart will be available to take you

back up to the hotel. 5. A cookout lunch will no longer be provided on Saturday. Food trucks will be on location and have food avail-

able for purchase. Please ensure that your drivers and their families are aware of this change.

2018 Truck Driving Championships Tent Reservation FormThis year companies are no longer allowed to bring their own tent to set up on the sidelines of the course due to liabili-ty reasons. KMCA will be renting tents. You can reserve a tent on a first come, first serve basis by payment. Please fill out the tent reservation form if you would like to reserve a tent for your company. Be sure to include your payment with the form.

If you are a company that does not require your own tent and would like to participate in the group sponsored tent please select the group tent below.

Tent sizesPlease select your tent size. Pricing includes delivery, set up, tear down and taxes. _____10x10 - $180

_____12x12 - $190

_____20x20 - $365

_____20x30 - $486

_____Group Tent - $50

_____Folding Chairs - $1 apiece

_____8' Rectangle Table - $9 apiece

PAYMENT INFORMATION

CONTACT NAME:__________________________________________________________________

COMPANY NAME:__________________________________________________________________

EMAIL:__________________________________ PHONE:__________________________________

NAME ON CREDIT CARD:____________________________________________________________

CHECK FOR $__________ ENCLOSED. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO KS MOTOR CARRIERS ASSOC.

CARD NUMBER:___________________________________________________________________

EXPIRATION:_____________________________ 3 DIGIT CODE:_____________________________

CITY, STATE & ZIP:_________________________________________________________________

AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE:_________________________________________________________

RETURN FORM: Kansas Motor Carriers Association ATTN: Shelby Stacy, PO Box 1673, Topeka, KS 66601 or email to sstacy@kmca.org. Sponsorships must be submitted by Friday, June 8, 2018.

2018 Kansas Motor Carriers AssociationProfessional Truck Driving ChampionshipsJune 15-16, 2018 Kansas Expocentre Capitol Plaza Hotel Topeka, KS

Official Entry FormYES, our company plans to enter drivers in the 2018 Kansas Truck Driving Championships. Please fill out the TR-1 and 2 forms and submit with this form. If you need “Facts for Drivers” books, please call KMCA.Our drivers will compete in the following classes (Please provide the expected number of entrants per class):

Straight Truck Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer tank

Three-axle Tractor Semi-trailer Five Axle Tractor Semi-trailer sleeper berth

Four-axle Tractor Semi-trailer Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer livestock

Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer flatbed

Tractor and Twin trailers Step Van drivers competing, please fill out the Step Van form

Official Rules and RequirementsThere are no restrictions on the number of drivers a company may enter in 2018. KMCA does not need the names of the drivers with this form. All classes have a minimum requirement of 4 participants. If that minimum threshold is not reached a member of the Kansas Safety Management Council will contact you regarding your participants for that class. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2018. The entry fee is $95 per contestant. If your company is participating for the first time, the entry fee is reduced to $85.

Contact Person:

Company:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Phone: Fax: E-mail:

Fees must be paid in order for drivers to compete.

Check for $ is enclosed - Please make checks payable to Kansas Motor Carriers Association

Credit Card#: Exp. Date:

Name as appears on Card: 3-digit code:

Please return forms and payment to:Kansas Motor Carriers Association - P.O. Box 1673 - Topeka, KS 66601 - Fax: 785.266.6551 - Phone: 785.267.1641

Email Address for Receipt:

Sponsored by the Kansas Motor Carriers Association and its KansasSafety Management Council

Hotel Information: KMCA has reserved a block of rooms at the Capitol Plaza Hotel with a room rate of$87 per night. The deadline for room reservations is Monday May 15, 2018. After this date rooms are subject to price changes and availability.

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2018 Kansas Motor Carriers AssociationProfessional Truck Driving ChampionshipsJune 15-16, 2018 Kansas Expocentre Capitol Plaza Hotel Topeka, KS

Official Entry FormYES, our company plans to enter drivers in the 2018 Kansas Truck Driving Championships. Please fill out the TR-1 and 2 forms and submit with this form. If you need “Facts for Drivers” books, please call KMCA.Our drivers will compete in the following classes (Please provide the expected number of entrants per class):

Straight Truck Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer tank

Three-axle Tractor Semi-trailer Five Axle Tractor Semi-trailer sleeper berth

Four-axle Tractor Semi-trailer Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer livestock

Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer Five-axle Tractor Semi-trailer flatbed

Tractor and Twin trailers Step Van drivers competing, please fill out the Step Van form

Official Rules and RequirementsThere are no restrictions on the number of drivers a company may enter in 2018. KMCA does not need the names of the drivers with this form. All classes have a minimum requirement of 4 participants. If that minimum threshold is not reached a member of the Kansas Safety Management Council will contact you regarding your participants for that class. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2018. The entry fee is $95 per contestant. If your company is participating for the first time, the entry fee is reduced to $85.

Contact Person:

Company:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Phone: Fax: E-mail:

Fees must be paid in order for drivers to compete.

Check for $ is enclosed - Please make checks payable to Kansas Motor Carriers Association

Credit Card#: Exp. Date:

Name as appears on Card: 3-digit code:

Please return forms and payment to:Kansas Motor Carriers Association - P.O. Box 1673 - Topeka, KS 66601 - Fax: 785.266.6551 - Phone: 785.267.1641

Email Address for Receipt:

Sponsored by the Kansas Motor Carriers Association and its KansasSafety Management Council

Hotel Information: KMCA has reserved a block of rooms at the Capitol Plaza Hotel with a room rate of$87 per night. The deadline for room reservations is Monday May 15, 2018. After this date rooms are subject to price changes and availability.

2018 Kansas Motor Carriers AssociationStep Van Driving ChampionshipsJune 15-16 2018 Kansas Expocentre Capitol Plaza Hotel Topeka, KS

Official Entry FormYES, our company plans to enter drivers in the 2018 Step Van Driving Championships. Please fill out the TR-1 and 2 forms and submit with this form. If you need “Facts for Drivers” books, please call KMCA.Please provide the number of entrants for the Step Van Driving Championships:

Step Van Participants

Official Rules and RequirementsThe Step Van Driving Championships are a separate competition from the Kansas Truck Driving Championships. The Step Van class is not eligible to win the team or grand champion categories. The Step Van class also has their own driving championship at the national level. Each company participating must be willing to provide equipment for the Step Van Class. There are no restrictions on the number of drivers a company may enter in 2017. KMCA does not need the names of the drivers with this form. All classes have a minimum requirement of 4 participants. If that minimum threshold is not reached a member of the Kansas Safety Management Council will contact your regarding your participants for that class. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2018. The entry fee is $95 per contestant. If your company is participating for the first time, the entry fee is reduced to $85.

Contact Person:

Company:

Address:

City, State, Zip:

Phone: Fax: E-mail:

Fees must be paid in order for drivers to compete.

Check for $ is enclosed - Please make checks payable to Kansas Motor Carriers Association

Credit Card#: Exp. Date:

Name as appears on Card: 3-digit code:

Please return forms and payment to:Kansas Motor Carriers Association - P.O. Box 1673 - Topeka, KS 66601 - Fax: 785.266.6551 - Phone: 785.267.1641Email Address for Receipt:

Sponsored by the Kansas Motor Carriers Association and its Kansas Safety Management Council Hotel Information: KMCA has reserved a block of rooms at the Capitol Plaza Hotel with a room rate of $87 per night. The deadline for room reservations is Monday May 15, 2017. After this date rooms are subject to price changes and availability.

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(Be sure to complete Driver Information Sheet on reverse side)Contestant’s Name: Preferred Nickname:

Competition State: Hosting State Assn.:

Employer:

Class of Competition (check one)

Straight Truck(Single 2-axle vehicle)

3-Axle Tractor-Semitrailer(2-axle tractor & 1-axle 28’ semitrailer)

4-Axle Tractor-Semitrailer(2-axle tractor & 2-axle 53’ semitrailer)

5-Axle Tractor-Semitrailer(3-axle tractor & 2-axle 53’ semitrailer)

5-Axle Sleeper Berth Tractor-Semitrailer(3-axle sleeper tractor & 2-axle 53’ semitrailer)

Tank Truck(3-axle tractor & 2-axle tank semitrailer)

Flatbed(3-axle tractor & 2 axle flatbed semitrailer)

Twin Trailers(2-axle tractor & set of 28’ semitrailers)

Step Van(Step or Package Van)

CERTIFICATION BY EMPLOYER. I hereby certify that I am aware of the provisions of Chapter V, Truck Driving Championships Eligibility Rules, of the ATA Truck Driving Championships Rules and Procedures, State and National and applicable appendixes includ-ing the Step Van Driving Championships rule summary; that the contestant named herein is eligible to compete under these rules; that the contestant’s employer is a member of an ATA-affiliated State Trucking Association, and that all information furnished about them is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Employer Mgr.’s Mgr.Signature (NOT driver’s): Title:

AGREEMENTS AND RELEASEIn consideration of my being permitted to participate in the ATA’s National and/or its affiliates’ Truck Driving Championships (TDC) or Step Van Driving Championships (SVDC) and be eligible for awards offered to participants, I hereby stipulate and agree to the following:

1. I acknowledge that I am not in the employ of ATA or a State Trucking Association.2. Both as to myself and my heirs and personal representatives, I release ATA, its directors, employees, agents and/or any of its

affiliates and the State Association noted above, its directors, employees, agents and/or any of its affiliates from any and all liability and any right of action that may arise from any damage or injury which I may receive while attending or participating in said State or National TDC or National SVDC.

3. I grant the State Association noted above and ATA and its designated agencies exclusive right to make use of information about myself and of photographs supplied with this entry form, along with photographs subsequently taken under ATA’s direction, in publicity and advertising activities. I further agree to make myself available for publicity enterprises arranged by ATA, with newspaper and magazine writers and radio and television personnel.

4. I grant State Association noted above and ATA the right to exam my CDL and MVR for the purposes of determining my eligibility to compete at both the State and National TDC or SVDC.

5. I will be bound by all orders, rules and regulations governing ATA’s National and/or its affiliates’ TDC or SVDC while participating in said competitions.

CERTIFICATION BY CONTESTANT. I certify that during the 12 months prior to the 2018 TDC:

1. I have been continuously employed as a truck or step van driver by my present employer [exception: 11 of 12 months if previous employer went out of business and all other eligibility requirements are met]; and

2. I have driven and performed the regular duties of a truck driver or step van driver for at least 11 of the 12 months, and that my regular duties of a truck driver or step van driver constituted not less than 60% of my work hours and at least 1200 hours annually.

3. I have not been involved in a fleet motor vehicle or motor carrier vehicle accident in the course of such employment.4. I have the proper class Commercial Driver’s License (if a SVDC applicant, not required), plus required endorsement(s) for the class

of competition indicated above.5. That I hold a CDL from or have been occupationally domiciled in the state of . Occupational domiciled

means the terminal, garage or other operating base from which the driver normally and usually works and/or issupervised.6. That the class of competition I am entering in 2018 is not a class in which I won at the state or regional TDC and/or competed at

the National TDC in 2016 and 2017 or 2015 and 2016; or if I am entering the step van class, I did not win the state or regional TDC and/or compete at the National SVDC in the step van class in 2016 and 2017. I understand that after winning two consecutive years at the State TDC and/or competing two consecutive years at the Nationals in that same class of competition, I am not eligible to compete in that same class for one year if a step van competitor and two years if a competitor in any other class.

7. I further certify that I have not received any form of pay, bonus, prize or other consideration for time spent in practice as set forth in the ATA Truck Driving Championships Rules and Procedures, State and National.

8. I agree that if I compete and win the State TDC, that I will compete at the National TDC or SVDC (as applicable), unless disqualified or am detained due to a medical emergency, in which case I will notify the applicable State Trucking Association immediately.

9. I acknowledge that any misstatement made with respect to my eligibility for the TDC or SVDC competition may result in the forfeiture of my right to compete or in my disqualification from said competition.

Driver’s Signature:Attach a photocopy of your MVR showing: 1) Your name and/or signature; and 2) Class of CDL (or License if SVDC applicant)Also attach a copy of your CDL. Form TR-1 American Trucking Associations (Rev. 12/17)

2018 Truck Driving Championships & Step Van Driving Championships Entry and Release Form

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2018 Truck Driving Championships Meal Ticket Order FormAll meal tickets must be purchased by June 14th. We recommend one person in your company be responsible for completion of this form. Send in only one copy as soon as possible. Be sure to include family members of the drivers. If you purchase meal tickets before the registration deadline of June 1, 2018, you will receive early bird pricing.

Lunch and dinner will be provided on Friday for the contestants in addition to the Saturday evening banquet. Saturday lunch is no longer provided, however, we will have food available for purchase on site. Safety directors, company offi-cials, spouses, children, guests, etc. need to purchase meal tickets for the Friday evening meal and Saturday evening banquet.

The championships banquet will again have reserved seating. NO BANQUET TICKET SALES ON SATURDAY. Your meal tickets will be given to you on Friday, June 16th. Drivers tickets will be with their registration information.

Company representative responsible for meal tickets:

NAME:_______________________________COMPANY:______________________________________

MAILING ADDRESS:___________________________________________________________________

CITY, STATE & ZIP:____________________________________________________________________

PHONE:______________________________EMAIL:_________________________________________

Please complete the following and return with your payment to reserve your group seating for the Kansas Truck Driv-ing Championships banquet. All attendees must be counted below.

• _____Friday night adult ticket $25 (before June 1st) $30 (after June 1st)• _____Friday night children ticket (under 12 years old) $18 (before June 1st) $21 (after June 1st)

• _____Saturday night adult ticket $47.50 (before June 1st) $53 (after June 1st)• _____Friday night children ticket (under 12 years old) $19 (before June 1st) $23 (after June 1st)

• _____Number of drivers competing (meals included) with registration

• _____Total number of seats reserved (please include everyone to be seated with your group)

PAYMENT INFORMATION

Check for $_____ is enclosed.

CREDIT CARD:______________________________________________________________________

EXPIRATION:_________________________________ 3 DIGIT CODE:___________________________

NAME ON CREDIT CARD:______________________________________________________________

KMCA staff listWebsite: www.kmca.org Phone:(785) 267-1641

Fax: (785) 266-6551

Tom Whitaker, Executive Directortomw@kmca.org

Jeny Grubb, Administrative Associatejgrubb@kmca.org

Shelby Stacy, Director of Communications/Eventssstacy@kmca.org

Marcia Stithem, Director of Truck Servicesmarcia@kmca.org

Melissa Cyr, Truck Services Associate

mcyr@kmca.org

New MembersEnhance your business network and knowledge by joining the Kansas Motor Carriers Association!Benefits of membership include: • Truck services assistance with new accounts, KCC and Federal

Authority applications, process agent services, renewal processing and IFTA fuel tax reporting

• Safety services including hours of service training, fleet safety contest, informational seminars, and compliance question services

• Discounted supplies• Publications - monthly Dispatch issues and the annual buyer’s

guide• Access to events like the annual convention, Professional Truck

Driving Championship

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prepass.com/KS | 866-228-1424Offer good for first time PrePass customers for the PrePass weigh station bypass service. Service contingent upon application approval. Qualified applicants will receive service transponder and one month of service at no up-front cost. At the end of the trial period, service will automatically renew at regular PrePass rates. Customers may cancel service at any time.

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