Con-Way Western Express named California's safest trucking company; regional freight carrier honored by California Trucking Association for operating state's safest truck fleet.BUENA PARK Buena Park (bwā`nə), city (1990 pop. 68,784), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food processing, the manufacture of aircraft, and tourism are important to the city's economy. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1995--Con-Way Western Express (CWX) has been honored as California's safest freight trucking company, garnering top honors for fleet safety in an annual competition sponsored by the California Trucking Association (CTA An abbreviation for cum testamento annexo, Latin for "with the will annexed." ). As recipient of the CTA's Grand Trophy, CWX was recognized for operating the safest fleet among large, California-based trucking companies with more than $10 million in revenues. CWX also captured two other top safety awards: first place for safest line-haul (highway transport between city) operations, in the over seven million miles yearly category; and Safety Professional of the Year, an individual award presented to Bill Fyfe, CWX's regional safety supervisor for Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . All awards were based on 1994 performance. In California, CWX provides 100 percent statewide coverage for next-day and second-day delivery for less-than-truckload (LTL LTL - Linear Temporal Logic ) freight shipments with a network of 34 service centers, a fleet of 2,900 trucks, tractors and trailers, and more than 2,100 employees. The company amassed more than 25 million miles transporting freight in California in 1994. "One of our most important responsibilities is the safe operation of our equipment as we share the highways with California's motorists," said George C. Reid, CWX's president. "We take great pride in these awards. They are a tribute to the hard work, commitment to safety and professionalism of the many CWX people who provide a superior quality service to the shipping public." CTA's safety awards program judges companies on specific safety performance including accident frequency, personnel and hiring systems, documented safety policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental , maintenance programs, driver-safety training, internal accident handling procedures, and participation in the association's safety activities. Top contenders' safety programs are audited by safety professionals from the CTA Safety Management Council. Audit results and accident statistics are reviewed by an independent panel of government trucking/safety experts. CTA promotes trucking safety by working directly with individual trucking companies and by lobbying state and federal governments for truck-safety measures, including truck-driver drug testing and comprehensive truck safety-training requirements, as part of overall trucking regulatory reform Regulatory Reform concerns improvements to the quality of government regulation. At the international level, the "OECD Regulatory Reform Programme is aimed at helping governments improve regulatory quality -- that is, reforming regulations that raise unnecessary obstacles to . Governor Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that attended this year's banquet, commending the award winners for their ongoing commitment to safety and their contribution to the state's economy. The 2,500-member California Trucking Association represents the owners of trucking companies that carry more than 80 percent of everything made, grown or sold in California. Con-Way Western Express was founded in May 1983 in California, Arizona and Nevada with 11 service centers, 137 employees and 150 trucks, tractors and trailers. The service network now employs 2,500 people with a fleet of 3,600 trucks, tractors and trailers serving 10,000 points in 12 western states including Hawaii, Alaska and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , Canada. CWX also provides service to and from Mexico. Headquartered in Buena Park, Calif., Con-Way Western Express is one of four transportation businesses owned by Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1 billion regional trucking and multi-modal truckload truck·load n. The quantity that a truck can hold. truckload n → camión m lleno freight transportation company based in Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif. 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