Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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CONTENTS December 2015 | Vol. 55 | No. 12 December 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 Craft 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 President, 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 'Trucker lives matter,' readers say. 5 Pulse: Still time to tack- le year-end finances. 6 CARB blowing smoke, WSJ reports. 8 Wendy Parker bows to the e-log master. LOGBOOK 18 Driver coercion final rule published. 21 Unified highway bill includes CSA reform. 22 Walmart sues insurers over crash payouts. 23 FMCSA urged to study use of synthetic pot. CUSTOM RIGS 50 Mack tech wins Meritor ChampTruck World Series big rig racing crown. 56 Iron Afflicted wins Overdrive's P&P 25th anniversary contest. 58 Reader Rigs: Three Pete 379s, one 389 enjoy scenic hauls. 60 Davis Bros.' Pete 386 an audio-visual showroom. OLD DOG, NO NEW TRICKS | '76 COE Pete owner finds himself envied by friends with newer trucks. Page 13. 30 COVER STORY: Parking 'bad all over' With a major study out and a new national coalition beginning regional meetings, the heat's up on the increasing need for safe parking. 36 'Dead axle' savings For growing numbers of customers, benefits of the 6x2 drive spec out- weight the drawbacks. 42 Roadside heat waning After a focus on moving violations in Illinois led to a dramatic climb up Overdrive's state inspection- intensity rankings in 2014, the State Police show signs of back- ing off. 44 Pay less for insurance While the liability mini- mum debate continues, you can still lower your premium. 46 Drive test: Added efficiencies Peterbilt adds new sleeper and more to Model 579 Epiq spec. COVER: Photo by Max Heine DEPARTMENTS 48 EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT Lights. 62 GEAR GUIDE Truck bodies, antenna mount, drive tire, more. 69 FLEET NEWS Werner touts largest-ever owner-operator pay hike. 80 WORST CASE SCENARIO Stuck under an overpass!