Wayne Schooling
Wayne has been in the transportation business since 1962 starting out in the business as a bobtail driver and working his way up to a heavy duty driver. Since switching over to management, he has accumulated 22 various awards and honors, been involved with 6 professional affiliations, writes for 5 publications, has spoken at 5 lectures, has 3 professional diplomas, 1 certificated US DOT course, 4 certificated courses from the California Trucking Association and is currently President Emeritus of the NorthAmerican Transportation Association.
Knowledgeable Advocate
In 1996, we acquired the services of Wayne Schooling as Western Regional Safety Manager. In 1997, Mr. Schooling was promoted to Executive Director. In 1998, the Board of Directors voted Mr. Schooling President and CEO of SCOOC Inc. In March 1999, we joined the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association. In April 1999, we changed our name to NorthAmerican Transportation Association to better reflect the members we serve.
Mr. Schooling was formerly in charge of the Safety Office in Southern California for the California Trucking Association, answering questions from the membership regarding state and federal safety regulations as well as representing the industry at various meetings throughout the state.
He holds a Certificate of Training in Substance Abuse issued by the United States Department of Transportation, Transportation Safety Institute. He also has training in Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste. He was on the Government Relations Committee of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association. Prior to this industry position, he was Director of Safety for four trucking companies in the Long Beach area. He was on the Board of Director of The Harbor Transportation Club in Los Angeles and was listed with Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys (TASA) and Due Diligence as an expert witnes. He was registered as a Safety Consultant for Professional Safety Consulting, Inc., Lincoln, NE. He is currently a contributing staff writer for 10-4 Express magazine and has a monthly column at LAYOVER.COM and TruckingSuccess.com on the Internet.
Our member executives and managers in the transportation industry have the opportunity to have him on their side and to gain the knowledge and experience of Mr. Schooling on matters that impact their business with business and safety regulations.
Wayne has been in the transportation business since 1962 starting out in the business as a bobtail driver and working his way up to a heavy duty driver. Since switching over to management, he has accumulated 22 various awards and honors, been involved with 6 professional affiliations, writes for 5 publications, has spoken at 5 lectures, has 3 professional diplomas, 1 certificated US DOT course, 4 certificated courses from the California Trucking Association and is currently President Emeritus of the NorthAmerican Transportation Association where he oversees the overall daily operations and management of it's nationwide 38,000-member consortium and guide over 3600 transportation-related companies.
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Wayne Schooling, 70, president of the NorthAmerican Transportation Association from Lakewood, Calif., on his 1963½ Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III:
Back in the 1980s, I saw the Grey Poupon ads with the Rolls-Royces in them, and I thought, that has to be the coolest car there is. One of these days, I might have one.
In 2008, a friend called and said he had a Silver Cloud III for sale. He was asking just $8,000. I went to see the car. It needed restoration, and it had this ungodly blue-velour interior. I said, “I’ll take it, just the way it is.”
Most cars today lack character. They look like they were all designed at Ikea. This one? I had more fun driving it in the first hour than all other cars I’ve had put together. It turned more heads, got more thumbs up—people just love it. It’s the classiest car in the world, in my opinion. Elvis Presley drove a Silver Cloud. So did Sammy Davis Jr.
The restoration job wasn’t easy. It took two years to find a guy with the gumption to paint it. If you screw up the chrome, you can’t replace it. Rolls-Royce only built about 2,500 Silver Cloud IIIs.
By now, I’ve put close to $30,000 into the car, but it’s worth it. I keep a jar of Grey Poupon in the glove compartment, for the smart-asses.
