ATA Endorses HELP Inc.'s PrePass Services

Electronic Pre-Screening and Pre-Clearance Available in 31 States

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Mar 25, 2015, 09:43 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations announced it has named HELP Inc.'s PrePass services an Endorsed ATA Featured Product, expanding the existing relationship between the two groups.

"Saving time and increasing safety are critical for the trucking industry," ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said. "For more than two decades, HELP's PrePass services have been helping the trucking industry streamline and automate many important safety and regulatory processes and we're pleased to continue growing our relationship with them."

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.Trucking Moves America Forward.

To date, PrePass has provided 631,347,616 safe bypasses, saving truckers more than 52 million hours of time and more than 252 million gallons of fuel, for a total operational cost savings of more than $4.4 billion to the carriers qualified for the program.

"HELP Inc. has been an ATA member for 22 years, and a large majority of PrePass users are ATA members. That's a long history of working together to promote safety and efficiency for the trucking industry and we are pleased to have ATA's endorsement," said HELP President and CEO Karen Rasmussen. "With our primary mission of safety, we are particularly honored to be the newest supporter of ATA's Share the Road program. Both our public and private sector board members strongly support ATA's role in educating the motoring public on how to drive more safely around large trucks."

HELP's PrePass electronic pre-screening and bypass system has 310 equipped sites in 31 states, with additional sites in the planning stages or under construction in California, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Wyoming. PrePass electronically screens carriers' trucks before they go out on the road, utilizing only the most current, accurate data available. Information used to screen and determine whether carriers qualify for bypass is subject to stringent security and privacy requirements adopted by HELP's public/private Board of Directors.

In addition, HELP offers PrePass Plus interoperable electronic toll payment and toll management services for commercial vehicles, available on more than 80 toll roads, turnpikes and other tolled facilities across the U.S. For more information visit www.prepass.com.

For more about HELP's PrePass services or other ATA Featured Products, visit www.atabusinesssolutions.com or call 1-866-821-3468.

HELP Inc. (HELP) is transportation's oldest non-profit public/private partnership (P3), established in 1993 with the primary mission of improving highway safety and efficiency for the commercial trucking industry. HELP's flagship service offering, PrePass® weigh station e-screening and pre-clearance, has the largest number of e-screened and qualified trucks of any truck safety bypass system in North America. More than a half million trucks from more than 43,000 fleets are enrolled in and qualified for PrePass.

American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward.

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SOURCE American Trucking Associations