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WOMEN TRUCKERS * USA
* Virginia - Record Number of Women Drivers Competing at NTDC
Arlington,VA,USA -Transport Topics -13 Aug 2014: -- Eleven women, a record number, are competing for top honors this week at the National Truck Driving Championships... The annual event, this year in Pittsburgh, has never in its 77-year history had more than eight women competing, according to its primary sponsor, American Trucking Associations... Six of the 11, drive for FedEx, the only carrier that has more than one woman in the competition... The number of women contestant this year marks another “awesome” milestone for the trucking industry and for women, said Ellen Voie, president of Women In Trucking, a national organization that seeks to get more women behind the wheel... NTDC, which has 426 drivers in all competing this year, three are women competing in the step van competition, now six years old. However, the others are spread across the spectrum of driving divisions, flatbed, twins, four-axle, three-axle, and straight truck...
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