Metro's Ramey honored for outstanding safety record

Al Ramey

For more than 50 years, Al Ramey has been driving a bus in King County. And remarkably, 45 of those years have been accident free.

Ramey is being honored this week by King County for his 45-year safe driving record – the longest safety record in Metro Transit's history. He is now a part-time operator driving Metro’s Route 194 in South King County.

His combined driving years with Metro, Boeing, and Suburban Transportation System (one of Metro’s predecessors) makes this year his 56th of professional driving. He was named Metro’s "Operator of the Year" for 1992. In 2000, he received a 3 million miles safety award from the National Safety Committee.

"I take pride in my work," said Ramey. "I'm my own worst critic, and I try to get better every day."

For Metro operators, a safe-driving year is recorded during each calendar year that the operator does not have any preventable accidents.