Gary Olinghouse, Moore, has been driving 18-wheelers since 1974 without an accident. Olinghouse has been awarded the Oklahoma Trucking Association's One Million Mile Award in recognition of the Sooner's outstanding safe driving record.
Actual records for the veteran over-the-road truck driver and driver training instructor indicate that Olinghouse has a career one million-nine hundred-fifty thousand miles to his credit. Almost two Million Mile Awards.
Olinghouse is an instructor in the CareerTech system's Truck Driver Training school at Central Technology Center in Drumright where he has been sharing his wisdom and skills with new drivers for the past twelve years.
Olinghouse was employed full time at Oklahoma Tank Lines for four years before becoming an instructor at Central Tech. He continues to drive for OTL part-time on weekends.
"We sincerely congratulate Gary on his million-plus miles safe driving award. As an instructor since 1992 Gary has conveyed his pride and professionalism as a truck driver. He has a sense of humor that makes the training experience at Central Tech fun and meaningful to all students in his classes. Since 1992 I estimate that Gary has touched the lives of over 7,000 students. I thank him for his devotion and professionalism to the trucking industry and to Central Tech," said Central Tech's Robert McClanahan, director of the Center for Transportation and Safety Education and Truck Driver Training Program. |
