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Overdrive
| July 2014
July 2014 | Vol. 54 | No. 7
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
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Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts
Senior Editors: Todd Dills, Kevin Jones
Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood
News Editor: James Jaillet
Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley
Editorial Assistant: Tara Bullock
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Production Designer: David Watson
Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith
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Director of Content Marketing Services: Carolyn Mason
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VOICES
4 Debate over detention
pay.
5 Pulse: What singing
truckers reveal.
8 Take it to another CB
channel.
12 Reconciling ELDs and
privacy.
LOGBOOK
14 Hours restart changes
debated.
14 Senate bill sets e-log
deadline.
16 Senators propose fuel
tax hike.
18 Data to account for
successful challenges.
CUSTOM RIGS
52 'Minty Tough' 2007
Peterbilt 379.
54 Reader Rigs: 1990
Freightliner Condor a
family affair.
56 Top rigs to show
at Pride & Polish's
Tennessee stop.
58 First Peterbilt gets a
makeover.
20 BUSINESS
Driver lawsuit follows New
Century bankruptcy.
60 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT
A wide assortment of cool-
ants and additives.
65 GEAR GUIDE
Bumpers, floor mats, tires,
cleaning wipes, more.
74 FLEET NEWS
Schneider establishes driver
Haul of Fame.
DEPARTMENTS
Cover design by Kenneth Stubbs.
22
COVER STORY:
Video witnesses
Dual-camera systems have made
inroads among Overdrive's owner-operator audi-
ence. Along with their growing presence have
come concerns about privacy.
28
Trapped in a CSA nightmare
Old Time Express got stuck in 'safety
jail' as bad ratings and violations
compounded and business vanished. Find out
how owner Mark White clawed his way out.
38
Carriers' crystal ball
Fleets for years have used perfor-
mance data in driver scorecards to
help identify and address problems. Now they aim
to head them off before they happen.
48
Drivetrain offerings
Comparing two International ProStars:
one with a Cummins-Eaton integrated
drivetrain, the other with Allison's fully automatic.
BIG NEWS The hours of service
debate was thrust into the national
limelight following the high-profile
truck crash involving actor Tracy
Morgan. Page 14.
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