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CFI rewards safe and efficient drivers

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CFI now is compensating its safe and fuel-efficient drivers.

CFI awarded safety bonuses to drivers based on the number of consecutive miles without preventable accidents. More than 1,600 company drivers earned safety bonuses totaling almost $2 million; the largest individual bonus was more than $5,700. The safety bonuses earned by 359 contractors totaled more than $500,000; the largest individual contractor bonus came to more than $6,700.

In December 2004, 176 CFI drivers received fuel bonuses totaling more than $41,000. In order to receive a fuel bonus, a driver must have an annual average of 6.5 miles per gallon. The largest individual fuel bonus was more than $1,600.