CENF Central Freight Lines

Mr. Bob Fasso, Central Freight Lines, Inc. (Nasdaq:CENF) President and CEO, announced today that Mr. Larry Springer has received top safety honors from both the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Texas Motor Transportation Association (TMTA). This announcement follows Central's recent receipt of the highest safety honor in the trucking industry, the prestigious ATA 2004 President's Trophy in the Mid-size Fleet category. Each year one driver across all companies in America is named ATA National Driver of the Year. Springer, a line-haul driver in Central's Austin, TX terminal, is the ATA's 2005 National Driver of the Year. An impartial panel of judges from the trucking industry, government and law enforcement chose Mr. Springer for this distinguished honor based on his safe driving record, history of demonstrating safety leadership and his other efforts throughout the years to improve safety on America's highways. The ATA will honor Mr. Springer for his accomplishments in October, first at the ATA Safety and Loss Prevention Management Council's Safety & Human Resources National Conference in Miami and again in Boston at the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition. "I am incredibly proud of Mr. Springer's accomplishments, his impeccable driving record and his dedication to Central Freight Lines," said Mr. Fasso. "Central fosters the most rigorous safety initiatives in our industry and Mr. Springer's achievements epitomize the successes resulting from those initiatives." Mr. Springer also received accolades from the TMTA's Safety Management Council. In May he was named the 2005 Texas State Driver of the Year. "During the review of this year's nominations for Texas Driver of the Year, it was apparent that Mr. Springer's professionalism and accomplishments were at an extremely high level," said Mr. Bill Webb, President of Texas Motor Transportation Association. "The vote for Mr. Springer was unanimous. A unanimous vote for a TMTA Driver of the Year has not occurred in a number of years." While recounting his long career at Central, Mr. Springer said that Central taught him the right way to drive and that he still, to this day, uses many of the things he learned when he first joined the company. "The Safety Department, and in particular Mr. Gary Thomas, have given me the tools and the knowledge to safely drive four million miles," said Mr. Springer. "I could not have done it without Central's help and it's a pleasure to work for a company that puts safety first." In May 2005, Mr. Springer surpassed 4 million consecutive accident free miles during his 32-year career as a driver. Having driven 30 of those years for Central, the company honored Mr. Springer's outstanding accomplishments with its Presidential Citation Award for 30 continuous years of professional driving without involvement in a vehicular accident. "Mr. Springer represents the culture of best-in-class service and safety we provide to our customers," commented Mr. Gary Thomas, Vice President of Safety. "Truck drivers deliver nearly 70 percent of the nation's freight and Central drivers, like Mr. Springer, have set a gold standard in the safety category." Through the years, Central has called upon Mr. Springer to represent the company in issues of driver safety. He currently serves as one of Central's Driver Instructors, training and testing Central drivers in all aspects of driver safety. In 1994 - 1995 he served as a member of the ATA America's Road Team, where he traveled extensively and made television and radio appearances to promote road safety to the general public. To advance safe driving techniques and public education, Mr. Springer has also appeared in PBS programming, on local and international television and in documentaries. Mr. Springer and Marilyn, his wife of 42 years, reside in Holland, Texas, and have one son, Larry Springer, Jr. Prior to joining Central, Mr. Springer, as a U.S. Marine, served two tours of combat duty in Vietnam (1962 - 1966) and was honorably discharged as an E5 Sergeant. From 1966 to 1974, he served as a police officer in Temple, TX and as a Deputy Sheriff in Bell County, TX. About: (www.Centralfreight.com) Central Freight Lines, Inc. is a non-union less-than-truckload carrier specializing in regional overnight and second day markets. One of the 10 largest regional LTL carriers in the nation, Central provides regional, interregional, and expedited services, as well as value-added supply chain management, throughout the Midwest, Southwest, West Coast and Pacific Northwest. Utilizing marketing alliances, Central provides service solutions to the Great Lakes, Northeast, Southeast, Mexico and Canada.