Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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2 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2014 ccjdigital.com DEPARTMENTS 19 Automated manual transmissions could help inexperienced drivers 20 Detroit medium-duty engines, safety upgrades on the way 20 InBrief 22 Mack touts scalable vehicle telematics package 24 Navistar announces OnCom- mand upgrades, new ProStar fuel-efficiency powertrain spec 24 Volvo puts natural gas engine plans on hold 26 Mercedes-Benz updates North American van market 26 FedEx Freight's McLean repeats as SuperTech winner 28 InFocus: Tandem axles technology 31 TMW Systems focuses on customer support 32 Wireless roadside inspections enter field testing phase 34 Analyzing ATA's tech news 34 InBrief 36 Orbcomm expands M2M platform to intermodal chassis 36 Magellan adds electronic logging to truck navigation device 38 SkyBitz touts new GPS tracking device 38 EBE creates mobile document capture app 38 Pegasus TransTech updates mobile scanning app 40 InFocus: Fuel-saving apps facebook.com/CCJMagazine @CCJnow linkedin.com/ccjmagazine Editorial Editor: Jeff Crissey Executive Editor, Trucking: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Aaron Huff Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood Trucking News Editor: James Jaillet Contributing Editors: Carolyn Magner Mason editorial@ccjdigital.com Design & Production Art Director: David Watson Graphic Designer: Kenneth Stubbs Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Anne Marie Horton production@ccjdigital.com Trucking Media Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus sales@truckingmedia.com Corporate Chairman/CEO: Mike Reilly President: Brent Reilly Chief Process Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Administration Officer: David Wright Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development: Robert Lake Vice President, Events: Stacy McCants Vice President, Audience Development: Prescott Shibles Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Vice President, Marketing: Julie Arsenault 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E. Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 randallreilly.com Commercial Carrier Journal (ISSN 1533-7502) is published monthly by Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC, 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. Single copy price U.S., $6; Canada/ Mexico, $9; Foreign, $12. Subscription rates, payable in U.S. dollars, $48 per year (in Canada $78 U.S. currency). For subscription information/inquiries, please email commercialcarrierjournal@ halldata.com. Periodicals Postage-Paid at Tuscaloosa, AL, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTERS: Send all UAA to CFS. (See DMM 507.1.5.2); NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES: send address corrections to Commercial Carrier Journal, PO Box 2186, Skokie, IL 60076-9919. Unsolicited letters, manuscripts, stories, materials or photographs cannot be returned except where the sender provides a postage-paid, addressed, stamped envelope. Address all mail to Commercial Carrier Journal Editorial Dept., P.O. Box 3187, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403. All advertisers for Commercial Carrier Journal are accepted and published by Randall- Reilly Publishing Co. LLC on the representation that the advertiser and/or advertising agency are authorized to publish the entire contents and subject matter thereof. The advertiser and/or advertising agency will defend, indemnify and hold Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC harmless from and against any loss, expenses or other liability resulting from any claims or suits for libel violations of right of privacy or publicity, plagiarisms, copyright or trademark, infringement and any other claims or suits that may arise out of publication of such advertise- ment. Copyright © 2014, Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Commercial Carrier Journal. is a registered trademark of Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC. Randall-Reilly Publishing Co. LLC neither endorses nor makes any representation or guarantee regarding the quality of goods and services advertised herein. A L S O I N T H I S I S S U E 4 Upfront Another year, but worries remain the same 80 Preventable or Not? John Doe was preparing to turn left from the inside lane when a four-wheeler zipped across the right lane and crashed into his right fender. Was this a preventable accident? 79 Ad Index 65 Products Fuel system cleaner, drive tire, socket inserts, more