For more than 50 years, Minnesota Trucking Association has been honoring the industry's safest commercial drivers through its Driver of the Year program, recognizing truck driving professionals who make the trucking industry a success through their dedication to safety. The drivers who are chosen meet a high standard of requirements including an outstanding driving and work record; contribution to industry and highway safety; and involvement in the community. One of the twelve nominees is then selected as Driver of the Year by a panel of judges including Matthew Marrin, Division Administrator for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Laura Roads, MnDOT and Captain Jon Olsen, Minnesota State Patrol. 

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