Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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4 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | FEBRUARY 2015 ccjdigital.com DEPARTMENTS 22 Owner-operators could help relieve driver shortage 23 InBrief 24 Eaton expands UltraShift Plus functionality for 2-speed axles 26 Volvo donates truck to ATA image advocacy team 26 Saddle Creek stays the course on natural gas strategy 28 Kenworth delivers one mil- lionth truck 28 Rush Truck Centers crowns top technician 30 InFocus: Fuel-efficient tires technology 34 BYOD model helps fleets convert owner-operators to e-logs 35 PeopleNet creates four new business divisions 35 Pegasus TransTech delivers custom workflow to app 36 SmartDrive Systems doubles growth in 2014 36 InBrief 38 Restaurant Technologies uses telemetry, equipment design for delivery advantage 40 InFocus: Paperless proof of delivery 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 Editor: 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 © 2015, 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 6 Upfront 2015 by the numbers 84 Preventable or Not? John Doe was making a wide left turn from the right lane when a bus driver in the adjacent turn lane didn't turn left sharply enough and sideswiped Doe's tractor. Was this a preventable accident? 83 Ad Index 59 Products LEDs, wide-based retreads, brake drums, more