Werner Enterprises Granted Unique U.S. DOT Hours-of-Service Exemption

OMAHA, NE – Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WERN-news), one of the nation’s largest truckload transportation companies, today hosted a ceremony at which it became the only trucking company in the United States to be granted an exemption from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) agency to utilize its Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to record drivers’ hours-of-service (HOS). Werner Enterprises’ drivers are allowed to document their hours-of-service using a GPS-based paperless logging system as a replacement for paper logs.

Greg Werner, President and Chief Operating Officer of Werner Enterprises, said, “This is a great day which comes at the end of six years of hard work by many people. We continue to believe that the use of technology will make our highways safer and are proud of the role Werner has played.”

The two-year exemption is a milestone for Werner Enterprises and the trucking industry. After six years of pilot-testing and monitoring Werner’s use of this GPS technology application since June 1998, the FMCSA approved the exemption that no longer requires Werner drivers to prepare handwritten paper records of drive and work time. Based on this experience, FMCSA stated its belief that the exemption achieves a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, that provided by using the current paper log system.

FMCSA Administrator, Annette M. Sandberg, formally signed the exemption at the Werner Corporate Training Center in Omaha. Recognizing Werner’s outstanding creativity in the use of GPS to accurately track and report the work activities of truck drivers, Administrator Sandberg stated, “This supports Federal HOS regulations that help to ensure truck drivers get ample rest and, consequently, are more alert behind the wheel. Innovation and technology are critical to achieving our goal of improving safety on the nation’s highways.”

Werner Enterprises, Inc., is a full-service transportation company providing truckload and logistics services throughout the 48 states, portions of Canada and Mexico. C.L. Werner founded the Company in 1956. Werner is one of the nation's largest truckload transportation companies with a fleet of 8,475 trucks and 22,950 trailers as of September 30, 2004.

Werner Enterprises, Inc. common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol WERN.

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