C.R. England Receives Highest Possible Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Rating

SALT LAKE CITY, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- C.R. England, a Salt Lake City-based global transportation provider, received a "Satisfactory" rating, the highest rating possible, in a recent Compliance Review. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) thoroughly reviews compliance based on seven areas including: accident records, equipment and maintenance records, driver qualifications, and drug and alcohol testing.

"We are pleased our drivers are among the safest in the industry and applaud the efforts of drivers and staff in helping us attain a satisfactory FMCSA rating," said Wayne Cederholm, Chief Executive Officer of C.R. England. "Our accident rating is among the best in the industry.  This is critical to our company, our industry and our employees who are working each day to safely move products across our nation's highways."

C.R. England has made aggressive steps to prevent violations and improve driver performance through effective training.  The company conducts weekly evaluations of its drivers to address and correct issues to reduce the amount of repeated safety violations.  C.R. England also sends CSA-specific messages to the drivers with safety tips and information on improvement areas as well as utilizes technologies to ensure safer conditions. These technologies include monitoring and identifying high risk driving behavior, addressing improper lane change, forward collision, and following distance violations, in addition to installing EOBR's (electronic-on-board-recorder) on all of its vehicles to avoid out of service violations.

About C.R. England

Founded in 1920, C.R. England, Inc. corporate headquarters are located in Salt Lake City, Utah and is one of North America's largest transportation companies and the world's largest temperature-controlled carrier. C.R. England services include National, Mexico and Regional Truckload service in addition to Dedicated and Intermodal services. Additional services include Leasing, Brokerage, LTL/Parcel, Supply Chain Engineering, Special Project Engineering, Warehousing, and Global Sourcing, which has offices in Southern California and China. For more information, visit www.crengland.com.

About FMCSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000, pursuant to the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 113). Formerly a part of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries. For more information, visit www.fmcsa.dot.gov.

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