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UPS Employees Honored With 25 Years of Accident-Free Driving

Woodstock resident Randall Williamson and Canton resident Michael Bowen are now members of the company's elite Circle of Honor.

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CANTON, GA -- UPS drivers Randall Williamson of Woodstock and Michael Bowen of Canton were recently inducted into the comapny's prestigious Circle of Honor for achieving 25 years of accident-free driving.

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Williamson and Bowen, along with 44 other elite drivers from Georgia, are among 1,613 newly inducted into the company’s honorary organization.

Georgia boasts 379 active Circle of Honor drivers with a combined 10,804 years of accident-free driving. Felton Lee McCant Jr. of Moultrie is the state’s senior-most safe driver, with 41 years of accident-free driving under his belt. There are 3,380 total UPS drivers in Georgia.

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Globally, 8,703 active UPS drivers are members of the Circle of Honor. Collectively they’ve racked up more than 245,000 years and more than 5.3 billion safe miles during their careers. That’s enough miles to travel to Mars and back 19 times.

“My thanks go to all of them for their dedication and focus and for the countless lives they’ve saved,” said Dwayne Meeks, president, UPS South Atlantic District. “Their attention to detail has kept them safe and has helped improve public safety.”

Globally, the most seasoned UPS Circle of Honor driver is Thomas Camp of Livonia, Mich., with 53 years of driving without an accident. Ronald McKnight of Bronx, N.Y., is next in line with 47 years of safe driving. Sixty-six others have logged at least 40 years without an accident.

UPS’s 102,000 drivers are among the safest on the roads, logging more than 3 billion miles a year and delivering more than 4 billion packages safely.

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