Robert Lawrence Cole

Robert Lawrence Cole Sr. is a Trucking Industry expert based in Green Forest, Arkansas. He is also known as Larry Cole. He completed his education from Forest Park Senior High School, Forest Park Georgia and United States Air Force Administrative Technical School. He also served United States Air Force, Georgia Air National Guard and the Administrative Technical/Publication Distribution Office. He has been working in the Trucking Industry since 1984 so it makes him uniquely qualified to assist parties and attorneys as an expert witness relating to trucking cases. He held numerous positions in safety and compliance, trained ad supervised HAZMAT response teams in companies like Wooten Trucking, Inc., T. W. Owens, Harold Ives Trucking, Inc., Pro Transportation, Inc., Celadon Trucking, Inc., MCofA, Inc. and Celadon East, Inc. He is now the President of his company Trucking Experts Inc., which deals with transportation, risk management, safety consulting, expert witness, survey trucking companies, claims analysis and safety training. He was the youngest member of management in the history of Eastern Airlines. He was also a member of the team responsible for educating and training Mexican truck drivers to operate in the United States. He was also a member of a two-man team contracted with Kuwaiti investors to set up and operate a trucking company to support the U.S. Aid Iraq Project. He is a certified Smith System Defensive Driving Instructor, Mid-South Safety Council Defensive Driving Instructor, FMCSR Instructor, Breath Alcohol Technician, Sleep Deprivation/Fatigue Awareness, OSHA and Hazardous Materials Instructor, Drug/Alcohol Reasonable Suspicion, Courtesy Commercial Vehicle Roadside Inspector, Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Rodeo Evaluator and State of Arkansas Defensive Driving Instructor (CDL & Non-CDL Drivers). He has been testifying as an expert witness since 2012.