[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 113 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATIONS TO D.C. MURPHY

 Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to congratulate D.C. Murphy of Nampa, ID on his recent 
achievement of driving two million miles without a preventable 
accident. Put into perspective, that is equivalent to driving around 
the world eighty times, or driving 275 miles every day for the last 
twenty years. As I am sure you can imagine, this is an incredible feat. 
Over the twenty years he has been employed by Yellow Transportation, 
the roads have become increasingly crowded. To travel as many miles as 
he has without an avoidable accident is an achievement of which he 
should be very proud.
  Over the last twenty years there has been a 39 percent increase in 
the number of registered large trucks, and at the same time also a 90 
percent increase in the number of miles these trucks traveled. It is a 
credit to the trucking industry, D.C. Murphy, and other truckers with 
similar responsible driving habits that even though there are more 
trucks than ever before on the road, the number of accidents has 
continued to decrease.
  Again, let me commend D.C. Murphy on this accomplishment. I would 
like to wish him continued safety for as long as he is on the 
road.

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