Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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2 | Overdrive | August 2015 August 2015 | Vol. 55 | No. 8 CONTENTS EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Max Heine Equipment Editor: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Todd Dills Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Associate Editor: Matt Cole Contributing Editors: Jill Dunn, Paul Hartley Contact: truckingeditorial@gmail.com DESIGN & PRODUCTION Art Director: Kenneth Stubbs Production Designer: David Watson Quality Assurance: Timothy Smith Advertising Production Manager: Leah Boyd Contact: production@overdriveonline.com TRUCKING MEDIA Vice President of Sales, Trucking Media: Brad Holthaus Director of Content Marketing Services: Carolyn Mason Special Projects Manager: Kathleen Buccleugh Web Developer/Analyst: Marlin Caddell Contact: sales@truckingmedia.com 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE | Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 800-633-5953 | randallreilly.com CORPORATE Chairman: Mike Reilly President/CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operating Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Officer: Russell McEwen Senior Vice President, Sales: Scott Miller Senior Vice President, Editorial and Research: Linda Longton Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Business Development: Robert Lake Vice President of Events: Stacy McCants Vice President, Audience Development: Prescott Shibles Vice President, Digital Services: Nick Reid Vice Predident, Marketing: Julie Arsenault EDITORIAL HONORS Subscription inquiries: For subscripton info call 800-517-4979 in the U.S., or 847-763-9610 outside the U.S. Rates for non- qualified subscriptions: US & possessions $34.97; Canada/ Mexico & foreign $65.00, payable in U.S. dollars. 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LOGBOOK 16 Congress struggles with highway funding. 16 Best drivers to compete for $60,000 in prizes. 20 Brake inspection blitz coming in September. 20 Bill would require pay for all time worked. CUSTOM RIGS 61 Overdrive's 2015 Pride & Polish national champs to be named at GATS. 66 Familiar faces earn Pride & Polish cham- pionship slots at Fitzgerald show. 71 Reader Rigs: '09 Pete 389 chillin'; '03 Pete 379 more than livestock. 72 Jupiter Motorsports prevails in back-to-back ChampTruck races. 'HIGHWAY HILTON' CHECKS IN Hank Good's 1981 Kenworth K100 (left, with its successor) made its final stop at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum. Page 12. 34 COVER STORY: 'He was waiting for the semis' Highway suicides provide the ulti- mate test of driver response and sear horrific memories into the minds of innocent truckers. 42 Early adopters While most owner-operators oppose an electronic logging mandate as a final rule gets closer, some independents see benefits in getting ahead of a likely reality. 51 Texas roundup A free concert, show trucks, a trucker singing competition, business seminars and health offerings are among the highlights of the Aug. 27-29 Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. 55 Targeting enforcement for violations Wisconsin joins Connecticut at the top of Overdrive's rankings as the toughest states for truckers, with more than three violations issued for every inspection performed. COVER: T he photo was taken from dashcam video shot by owner-operator Jack Rivera. 58 DIVERSIONS Justice-Tippin duet, 'Biggest Loser' at GATS, Evel Knievel's rig still rolling. 74 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Waxes and polishes. 79 GEAR GUIDE Tires, filters, trailer jack, more. 92 FLEET NEWS Carriers upgrade pay packages. 108 WORST CASE SCENARIO Steer tire blowout! DEPARTMENTS