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CONTENTS November 2018 | Vol. 58 | No. 11 November 2018 | Overdrive | 1 Join all our friends at facebook.com/ OverdriveTrucking Follow breaking news and commentary at twitter.com/ OverdriveUpdate Subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/ OverdriveMag Subscribe to daily newsletter or monthly magazine at overdriveonline.com/subscribe/ Exercise your trucking business mind at "Overdrive's Trucking Pro"group at Linkedin.com Share industry headlines via the "Overdrive magazine" page at plus.google.com Share and comment on photography from around the trucking world at Instagram.com/overdrivetrucking. 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Neal Awards, including 2014 Grand Neal Award VOICES 2 Mixed reactions to D.C. high- way blockade. 3 Pulse: Autonomous tech rede- fining "driver." 4 Confusion over proposed ELD exemption. 8 Small fleet again scores special Kenworth. 10 Three in four readers favor new Supreme Court justice. LOGBOOK 14 "New NAFTA" would allow cap on Mexican carriers. 14 Rule to protect gliders appears in jeopardy. 16 ATA takes fight over break laws to FMCSA. 18 Criteria to suspend insolvent brokers proposed. 20 Owner-operator per diem allow- ance rises. CUSTOM RIGS 46 Memorial Run honors fallen fire- fighters. 47 '55 KW gets back to its roots. 48 Bandit Series sees repeat champ. 49 Reader Rigs: High-flying '14 W9; '14 W9 a heavy hauler; cross- country '12 386; '07 379 lights up the night; '02 379 hauls glass. CHANGING TIMES Failure to help drivers on the shoulder is a symptom of drivers' loss of courtesy and pride. Page 6. DEPARTMENTS Cover photo by Max Heine. 36 DIVERSIONS 4 State Trucks' record convoy haul; trucking "Survivor." 44 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Headlamps. 51 GEAR GUIDE Lights, tires, more. 54 FLEET NEWS Werner opens new Illinois terminal. 64 BETTER HEALTH Neck and back pain. 26 Case could clarify arbitration with fleets The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have ramifica- tions on contracts between fleets and owner- operators and lawsuits that arise from those contracts. 28 Minnesota aims at moving targets Some rehabilitation of the state's inspection program's reputation may be under way via a shift toward mobile traffic enforcement and a willingness of officers to credit drivers' professionalism. 32 COVER STORY: Ode to the road Mandi Jo Pinheiro's biggest pas- sions, trucking and music, paid off when they converged and she won the annual Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search with her original tribute to highways and driver pride. 38 Iconic line expands Kenworth's new W990, featuring front-end design enhancements, cab upgrades and improved aerodynamics, becomes the latest addition to the venerable W900 lineup. 42 Drive Test: Pete's 567 Heritage blends classic, modern With its bling-heavy and blocky exterior, the vocational workhorse mixes classic Pete styl- ing with modern comforts and efficiencies.

• Cover
• Mixed reactions to D.C. highway blockade.
• Pulse: Autonomous tech redefining “driver.”
• Confusion over proposed ELD exemption.
• Small fleet again scores special Kenworth.
• Three in four readers favor new Supreme Court justice.
• “New NAFTA” would allow cap on Mexican carriers.
• Rule to protect gliders appears in jeopardy.
• ATA takes fight over break laws to FMCSA.
• Criteria to suspend insolvent brokers proposed.
• Owner-operator per diem allowance rises.
• Memorial Run honors fallen firefighters.
• ’55 KW gets back to its roots.
• Bandit Series sees repeat champ.
• Reader Rigs: High-flying ’14 W9; ’14 W9 a heavy hauler; cross-country ’12 386; ’07 379 lights up the night; ’02 379 hauls glass.
• DIVERSIONS 4 State Trucks’ record convoy haul; trucking “Survivor.”
• EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Headlamps.
• GEAR GUIDE Lights, tires, more.
• FLEET NEWS Werner opens new Illinois terminal.
• BETTER HEALTH Neck and back pain.
• CHANGING TIMES Failure to help drivers on the shoulder is a symptom of drivers’ loss of courtesy and pride.
• Case could clarify arbitration with fleets The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have ramifications on contracts between fleets and owner-operators and lawsuits that arise from those contracts.
• Minnesota aims at moving targets Some rehabilitation of the state’s inspection program’s reputation may be under way via a shift toward mobile traffic enforcement and a willingness of officers to credit drivers’ professionalism.
• COVER STORY: Ode to the road Mandi Jo Pinheiro’s biggest passions, trucking and music, paid off when they converged and she won the annual Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search with her original tribute to highways and driver pride.
• Iconic line expands Kenworth’s new W990, featuring front-end design enhancements, cab upgrades and improved aerodynamics, becomes the latest addition to the venerable W900 lineup.
• Drive Test: Pete’s 567 Heritage blends classic, modern With its bling-heavy and blocky exterior, the vocational workhorse mixes classic Pete styling with modern comforts and efficiencies.