Wanted: Candidates for next Highway Hero honors
Do you know a truck driving hero? The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) wants to hear the story. Goodyear is accepting nominations for its 33rd Highway Hero Award through November 29, 2015.
The Goodyear Highway Hero Award was established in 1983 to honor truck drivers who put themselves in harm’s way to help others.
Goodyear will announce its 33rd Highway Hero Award winner next March during the 2016 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville KY.
The 32nd Goodyear Highway Hero Award winner, Clinton Backburn, a truck driver from Morehead KY, rescued a law enforcement official who was being strangled by a prisoner he was transporting.
Other past Highway Hero Award winners include a truck driver who rescued a family of six from a crushed minivan, a driver who saved a woman from a gun-wielding attacker, and a driver who pulled an elderly man from a car before it was destroyed by an oncoming train.
To nominate a truck driver for Goodyear’s 33rd Highway Hero Award, fill out the nomination form here and hit the “submit” button. This will send your nomination directly to Goodyear. For consideration, candidates must meet this criteria:
•Must be a full-time truck driver
•Must reside in the United States or Canada
•The heroic incident must have happened in the United States or Canada
•Nominee’s truck must have had 12 wheels or more at the time of the incident
•Nominee must have been on the job–or on the way to and from work, in his or her truck—at the time of the incident
•Incident must have taken place between Nov 16, 2014, and Nov 16, 2015
After the Goodyear Highway Hero Award nomination period ends November 29, the list of eligible Highway Hero Award candidates will be narrowed down to three finalists. A panel of trucking industry judges will later select the 33rd Goodyear Highway Hero.
To learn more, go to www.goodyeartrucktires.com.