EXHIBIT 99

                Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
         Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-Looking Statements


In passing the Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "PSLRA"),
Congress  encouraged public companies to make  "forward-looking  statements"1 by
creating a safe-harbor  to protect  companies  from  securities law liability in
connection  with  forward-looking  statements.  Swift  Transportation  Co., Inc.
("Swift")  intends  to  qualify  both  its  written  and  oral   forward-looking
statements for protection under the PSLRA.

To qualify oral  forward-looking  statements for  protection  under the PSLRA, a
readily  available  written document must identify  important factors that could
cause  actual  results to differ  materially  from those in the  forward-looking
statements.  Swift  provides the following  information  in connection  with its
continuing  effort to qualify  forward-looking  statements  for the safe  harbor
protection of the PSLRA.

Important  factors currently known to management that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those in forward-looking  statements include,  but are
not limited to, the  following:  (i) excess  capacity in the trucking  industry;
(ii) significant increases or rapid fluctuations in fuel prices, interest rates,
fuel taxes, tolls, license and registration fees and insurance premiums,  to the
extent  not  offset by  increases  in freight  rates or fuel  surcharges;  (iii)
difficulty in attracting and retaining  qualified  drivers and owner  operators,
especially  in light of the  current  shortage  of  qualified  drivers and owner
operators;  (iv)  recessionary  economic  cycles  and  downturns  in  customers'
business cycles,  particularly in market segments and industries (such as retail
and paper products) in which the Company has a concentration  of customers;  (v)
seasonal factors such as harsh weather conditions that increase operating costs;
(vi) increases in driver  compensation  to the extent not offset by increases in
freight  rates;  (vii)  gains or losses  resulting  from sales of the  Company's
double van trailer  fleet;  (viii) the  inability  of the Company to continue to
secure  acceptable  financing  arrangements;  (ix) the ability of the Company to
continue  to identify  acquisition  candidates  that will  result in  successful
combinations;  (x) an  unanticipated  increase in the number of claims for which
the Company is self insured; and (xi) a significant  reduction in or termination
of the Company's trucking services by a key customer.

Forward-looking   statements   express   expectations  of  future  events.   All
forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on various
expectations  and assumptions  concerning  future events and they are subject to
numerous  known and unknown  risks and  uncertainties  which could cause  actual
events or  results  to differ  materially  from  those  projected.  Due to these
inherent  uncertainties,  the  investment  community is urged not to place undue
reliance  on  forward-looking  statements.  In  addition,  Swift  undertakes  no
obligation to update or revise  forward-looking  statements  to reflect  changed
assumptions,  the occurrence of  unanticipated  events or changes to projections
over time.
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(1)  "Forward-looking  statements"  can be  identified  by use of words  such as
     "expect,"  "believe,"  "estimate,"  "project,"  "forecast,"   "anticipate,"
     "plan," and similar expressions.