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This year, 11 bus operators with 295 years of combined safe driving service were honored.
Photo: AC Transit
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) announced the 2022 recipients of the Safe Driving Award.
AC Transit established the Safe Driving Award to recognize bus operators who have maintained a minimum of five years of safe driving with no preventable accidents, according to the agency's news release.
This year, 11 bus operators with 295 years of combined safe driving service were honored:
Lomax Binion.
Deborah Scarbrough.
Tony Simington.
Cheryl Brown.
Rogelio Barrientos.
William Collins.
Michael Winston.
Claudia Waters.
Ricardo Perez.
Tejinder Brar.
Jerry Strong.
These 11 Safe Driving Award honorees represent more than 1,000 AC Transit bus operators.
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