Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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4 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | MAY 2015 ccjdigital.com DEPARTMENTS 25 The target on your back 26 Volvo president dismissed 26 InBrief 28 DTNA bullish on 2015 truck market 30 Volvo debuts severe-duty VNX tridem axle model 32 Volvo's severe-duty I-Shift available for VHD vocationals 34 Mack extends service intervals for MP engines 35 Mack upgrades mDrive telematics 36 InFocus: Weigh station bypass technology 40 The telematics index 43 Swift to install Lytx cameras in all trucks 44 Acceptance of dash-mounted cameras growing, SmartDrive says 44 Dossier's fleet maintenance software goes mobile 44 InBrief 46 Transflo Mobile+ app docu- ment options expanded 46 MercuryGate, Bam team for 'one-click' funding 48 TMW fleet benchmarking study: Better utilization, rates 48 McLeod Software updates fleet management products 50 InFocus: Handheld computers 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: Leah Boyd production@ccjdigital.com Trucking Media Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus sales@truckingmedia.com Corporate Chairman: Mike Reilly President/CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operating 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 Anti-coercion rule muddies the waters for shippers, brokers 96 Preventable or Not? John Doe had parked his tractor-trailer in a steeply inclined ice-covered park- ing lot, but his rig slid into and dented a straight truck parked nearby. Was this a preventable accident? 95 Ad Index 82 Products Tires, service tools, landing gear, more Photography for April cover and Innovator of the Year cover story by Bello Photography