Do you know a Highway Hero? The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company wants to hear the story! Goodyear is accepting nominations for its 32nd North America Highway Hero Award through Nov. 29, 2014, at. The Goodyear Highway Hero Award was established in 1983 to honor truck drivers who put themselves in harm鈥檚 way to help others.
Goodyear will announce the 32nd Highway Hero Award winner next March during the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky. (Click here <> to watch a video from this year鈥檚 Highway Hero Award announcement at MATS.) This year鈥檚 Goodyear Highway Hero Award winner, Ivan Vasovic, a truck driver from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., rescued another driver who fell from a burning tanker truck that was hanging over the side of a freeway overpass.
The previous year鈥檚 Goodyear Highway Hero Award winner, Jason Harte, rescued a family of six, including four children, from a crushed minivan. Other past winners include a driver who saved a woman from a gun-wielding attacker, a driver who pulled an elderly man from a car before it was destroyed by an oncoming train, and a driver who jumped into a pond to save a child who was trapped in a rapidly sinking car. 鈥淭he Goodyear Highway Hero Award honors truck drivers who help others as they travel the roads and highways of North America,鈥� said Gary Medalis, marketing director, Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems. 鈥淥ver the last 30-plus years, we鈥檝e heard hundreds of stories about the bravery and selflessness of truck drivers. If you know of a driver who has performed a heroic act, please let us know.鈥�
For consideration, candidates must meet the following criteria:
路 聽聽聽聽Must be a full-time truck driver
路 聽聽聽聽Must reside in the U.S. or Canada
路 聽聽聽聽The heroic incident must have happened in the U.S. or Canada
路 聽聽聽聽Nominee鈥檚 truck must have had 12 wheels or more at the time of the incident
路 聽聽聽聽Nominee must have been on the job 鈥� or on the way to or from work, in his or her truck 鈥� at the time of the incident.
路 聽聽聽聽Incident must have taken place between Nov. 16, 2013, and Nov. 16, 2014
After the Goodyear Highway Hero Award nomination period ends on Nov. 29, the list of eligible Highway Hero Award candidates will be narrowed down to four finalists. A panel of trucking industry judges will later select the 32nd Goodyear Highway Hero. (Final approval of all Goodyear Highway Hero Award finalists and the Goodyear Highway Hero Award winner is at Goodyear鈥檚 sole discretion. Finalists must clear background checks to Goodyear鈥檚 satisfaction.)
To nominate a truck driver for Goodyear鈥檚 32nd Highway Hero Award, visit , fill out the nomination form and hit the 鈥渟ubmit鈥� button. This will send your nomination directly to Goodyear.