2009
Lloyd RogersDSR, USA
A new baby is what helped put DSR Lloyd Rogers on the path to becoming a professional truck driver.
“I had been a merchant marine for more than six years, but in 1986 when my daughter was born I knew I needed to find a job that kept me closer to home,” said Lloyd.
His father-in-law had joined the Con-way Freight team in 1983, and had encouraged Lloyd to consider professional driving as a career. Lloyd says it took him three years and a new baby, but he eventually decided to try it – and liked it so much that he has now been driving for more than two decades.
Lloyd credits making sleep a top priority with reaching the two-million-mile mark.
“The most important thing is making sure I get a lot of rest,” said Lloyd. “I always make sure I’m getting six to eight hours of sleep, no buts about it.”
Like many drivers, Lloyd says motorists rushing can be one of the biggest challenges to maintaining an accident-free record. He says thinking ahead and planning for the unexpected helps him stay safe.
“I always leave myself an out,” says Lloyd. “You can never second-guess somebody else, but always having a plan and staying alert has carried me this far.”
When asked why he has stayed with Con-way Freight his whole professional driving career, Lloyd had nothing but praise for the company.
“Since I first came to the company, I loved it and the way it operated,” said Lloyd. “I don’t know how other people do it, but I go home after a good hard day and think about the job I did that night and what I could have done to make the company even better and safer so I can work on that for the next night.”
A resident of Sacramento, Calif., Lloyd is based out of Con-way Freight’s Sacramento service center. His hobbies include tennis, fishing, hunting, camping and boating.
