LTL carrier Overnite Transportation Co., Richmond, Va., has named 13 drivers to the company's 2005 All-Star Road Team.

The company employs approximately 6,000 drivers.
The 2005 All-Star team will be safety ambassadors on the road and in their communities. They will also train fellow drivers in the ATA's Highway Watch program. Overnite is the first LTL carrier to enlist all of its drivers in this national effort to protect the nation and its infrastructure.
This year's team -- Overnite’s eighth -- has collectively driven 26 million safe miles.
Leading the list of honorees is All-Star Team Captain John Browder, a 31-year Overnite road driver from Bristol, Tenn. Browder has logged more than 3 million accident-free miles.
Browder is joined Roanoke, Va., road driver Marty Hogan, the 2004 National Truck Driving Champion in the twins division; Doug Bonovitch, city driver from Richmond, Va.; Salt Lake City road driver Gary Capps; Denver city driver Fred Shaner; William Montanez, a road driver from Providence, R.I.; and Des Moines, Iowa, Road Driver Ron Raney.
Also named to the team are Memphis, Tenn., road driver Kimberly Spillers; Erie, Pa., city driver Chris Sutton; Jerold Swain, road driver from St. Louis, Mo.; Toledo, Ohio, Road Drivers Jon Dellabona and Jim Varga; and Dennis Worley of Richland, Wash., from the company's truckload Special Service Division.
Selection of road team members is based on safety record, community and company involvement, performance, communication skills and driving awards. Modeled after the ATA's America's Road Team, Overnite's All-Stars serve for one year, making public appearances to speak about safety issues and driver professionalism to students, trade groups, civic organizations and in media interviews across the country.
For more information, visit www.overnite.com.