Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS October 2015 | Vol. 55 | No. 10 October 2015 | Overdrive | 3 Join all our friends at facebook.com/ OverdriveTrucking Follow breaking news and commentary at twitter.com/ OverdriveUpdate Subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/ OverdriveMag Subscribe to daily newsletter or monthly magazine at overdriveonline.com/subscribe/ Exercise your trucking business mind at "Overdrive's Trucking Pro"group at Linkedin.com Share industry headlines via the "Overdrive magazine" page at plus.google.com Share and comment on photography from around the trucking world at Instagram.com/overdrivetrucking. 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 Senior Vice President, Data: Prescott Shibles Vice President of Events: Stacy McCants 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. Single copies are available for $6 US, $9 Canada/Mexico, and $12 foreign. Four-time Magazine of the Year finalist plus 57 other awards. Only trucking magazine to win five Editorial Excellence Awards Jesse H. Neal 2014 Grand Neal Award winner Overdrive (ISSN 0030-7394) is published monthly and is a registered trademark of its publisher, Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC., 3200 Rice Mine Road N.E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. Periodicals postage-paid at Tuscaloosa, AL, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL UAA TO CFS. (SEE DMM 507.1.5.2); NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES: send address corrections to Overdrive, 3200 Rice Mine Rd NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Copyright (c) 2015 Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, LLC. ® ® ® ® overdriveonline.com For change of address and other subscription inquiries, please contact: overdrive@halldata.com VOICES 4 Sleep apnea's twilight zone. 5 Pulse: Conflicting views on heavier trucks. 6 Simplicity key to cleaner emissions. 11 Truck parking shortage back in the news. 13 'The trucks are killing us.' Seriously? 15 Voices rise up against ELD mandate. LOGBOOK 18 Pay-to-park gets mixed response. 18 Drivers have a chance to win $25,000. 20 Trucker fatalities at highest point since 2008. 20 FMCSA to focus on CSA tweaks, e-log rule. 22 TCA opposes heavier truck proposal. 25 Proposed speed limiter mandate delayed. CUSTOM RIGS 64 Hungarian racer comes out on top in contested ChampTruck race. TRUCKING'S BEST FRIENDS Dogs make great ambassadors for the industry, Wendy Parker writes. Page 8. 30 No mercy With a high rate of inspections and violations, Arizona is ground zero for tough truck enforcement. 32 Obamacare: Round three As insurance exchanges start another open enrollment period, owner- operators have a chance to avoid stiff fines. 36 A special Mack is back Evel Knievel's 1974 cabover-trailer combo completes its journey from junk to museum showpiece. 42 The other brake option Air disc brake systems continue to make Class 8 inroads even as drum brakes improve. 53 COVER STORY: Champs, silver edition Overdrive's Pride & Polish, celebrating its 25th anniver- sary, crowned five Best of Show winners. Five National Champions also took home trophies. 66 Smart axle Volvo's Adaptive Loading gives lift axles a break to cut costs. COVER: Photo by Brian Bourke DEPARTMENTS 40 DRIVE TEST Freightliner's autonomous Inspiration truck. 48 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Custom seat roundup. 68 GEAR GUIDE Lift axles, lights, tires, tools, more. 76 FLEET NEWS Carriers continue to boost pay, benefits. 88 WORST CASE SCENARIO Highway sinkhole!