Central Freight Lines Driver Larry Springer Receives Top 2005 Safety Honors from the American Trucking Associations and the Stat

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.