PLANO, Texas, Aug. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America business unit recently recognized 94 over-the-road (OTR) drivers in the U.S. and Canada who have reached the career milestone of driving more than one million, two million, or three million miles accident-free.

"Frito-Lay operates one of the 'Safest Fleets in North America' and our Million Milers provide our safety foundation," said Bill Simkins, Director, fleet safety, Frito-Lay North America. "Our drivers complete extensive driver training and skills development, and consider safety to be their number one priority. We thank this year's Million Milers for their dedication to Frito-Lay and for keeping our roads accident-free every day."

Frito-Lay's Million Milers have high-caliber safety skills honed through regular and robust training and adherence to good driving behaviors. Frito-Lay utilizes skills maneuvering courses, advanced driving simulators and team collaborations on best practices to create a positive safety culture and to help its drivers maintain their skills.

On average, it takes a Frito-Lay OTR driver approximately 12 years to reach the one million mile mark. The company now has more than 600 active Million Milers on the roads daily.

This year, five drivers achieved more than three million accident-free miles and 21 drivers achieved two million miles. Through the Million Milers program and the company's extensive safety efforts, Frito-Lay has seen a 72 percent decline in total collisions since 2002.

The Million Milers, along with their families, were recognized by Frito-Lay's top executives at an annual gala recently.

Frito-Lay North America's 2013 Million Miler Honorees:

2013 Million Miler Club Members 


           Arkansas            Kansas                 Texas

         Jonesboro -          Topeka -              Dallas -

        Steve Hudspeth      Mark Zubler           Bruce Lowing

       Bill Huffmaster

                              Maryland              Irving -

           Arizona           Aberdeen -            Terry Busby

        Casa Grande -       Gary Wechter        Stacey Remington

         Joseph Lara

                                                  San Antonio -

                                                  Daniel Galvez



                                                      Utah

                                                  West Valley -

                                                  Ron Blatnick



                                                    Virginia

                                                   Lynchburg -

                                                   Bobby Hyder

                                                Fontaine Sparrow

           Colorado           Michigan

           Denver -           Detroit

        Craig Copeland       Dave Blake

           Mark Lee         Jerry Gepes

         Bill Simpson    Scott Krzyzanowski

           Ray Ward

                              New York

         Connecticut       Williamsport -

         Killingly -        Mark Liddick

        George Dragon       Zane Staver

         Stephen Reep



           Florida         North Carolina          Washington

          Orlando -         Charlotte -            Vancouver -

         Mike Bateman        Rob Hunter          Vince Franklin

         Carlos Cruz        John Jackson           Mitch Klein

         Ron Malyszka

        Jeff Sealander          Ohio

     Jessie Tolbert, Jr.      Canton -              Wisconsin

                           Ron Daugherty            Beloit -

                            Cliff Morgan            Paul Howe

                           Jim Swearingen        Steve Manteufel

           Georgia          Pennsylvania           Jim McMahon

           Perry -             York -             Brian Rozinek

        William Barlow       Will Clark

          Chad Buck        Ritchie Slagle

          Tony Gray                                  Canada

        Daryl Jackson                       Lévis (Lauzon), Quebec -

          Tom Rowley         Tennessee         Christian Gaudreau

         Danny Watson      Fayetteville -      Jean-Yves Pelletier

                             Shane Byrd

           Illinois        Matt Cantrell      Lethbridge, Alberta -

        Carol Stream -      Monty O'Neal            Dan Brand

          Roy Breede        Tim Renegar           Arthur Diels

                                                   Bill Leflar

         Oak Forest -

         Bob Bourell         Pulaski -

          Ian Wolfe          John Busby

                             Mike Lentz

           Indiana         Richard Malone

         Frankfort -         Tom Owens

          Mark Gish       Chris Pilkinton

         Tim Hefling        Wade Seymore

                           Bobby Townsend

2013 Two Million Miler Club Members


             Arizona                     Texas

            Phoenix -                   Dallas -

           Timothy Fear             William Chewning



          Casa Grande -

           Henry Wilke

                                       Washington

            California                Vancouver -

           Cucamonga -                 Russ Vail

           Dan Napuunoa

                                         Canada

           Connecticut             Cambridge, Ontario

           Killingly -                 Ron Barth

           David Maheu



             Florida

            Orlando -

            Joe Davis



             Indiana

           Frankfort -

          Virgil Tourney

            Mark Wolff



              Kansas

             Topeka -

            Steve Bush

           Tom Coffman

           Frank Davis

           Dale Larson

         Steve Patterson



             Maryland

            Aberdeen -

          John Hartnett



             New York

            Kirkwood -

        David Hendrickson



          Williamsport -

           Galen Keller



          North Carolina

           Charlotte -

          Robert Miller

            Ron Morton

           Roger Porter

2013 Three Million Miler Club Members



           Connecticut

           Killingly -

    Gary Walker - (Deceased)



             Georgia

             Perry -

            Roy Heaton





             New York

          Williamsport -

           Ken Tallman





            Wisconsin

             Beloit -

          Jerold Kroning

           Bob Oleston

About Frito-Lay North America
 Frito-Lay North America is the $13 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate website, http://www.fritolay.com, the Snack Chat blog, http://www.snacks.com and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/fritolay.

About PepsiCo
 PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Our main businesses - Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola - make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet, which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. We call this commitment Performance with Purpose: PepsiCo's promise to provide a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; to find innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment by conserving energy and water and reducing packaging volume; to provide a great workplace for our associates; and to respect, support and invest in the local communities where we operate. For more information, please visit www.pepsico.com.

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