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 both oral and written  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   manufacturing)   in  which  the  Company  has  a   significant
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) the inability of
the Company to continue to secure acceptable financing arrangements;  (viii) the
ability  of  the  Company  to  continue  to  identify  and  combine  acquisition
candidates that will result in successful  combinations;  (ix) an  unanticipated
increase in the number of claims for which the Company is self insured;  and (x)
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.