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11 News Study: 2013 hours rule increased crashes, hurt safety … Proposal would amend medical qualifications for dia- betic drivers … Deadly crash prompts audit of FMCSA investigative practices … House bill clarifies 34-hour restart suspension period … Supreme Court declines review of Penske's California meal-rest break case … Private investment firm to buy Quality for $800M … ATA requests break exemption for hazmat loads … Port truckers strike, demand reclassification 14 InBrief june 2015 | vol 172 | no. 6 commercial carrier journal | june 2015 3 journal leADing newS, TruCking MArkeT ConDiTionS AnD inDuSTry AnAlySiS Remember when driver job applicants lined up outside your office or kept your 1-800 number ringing off the hook? Recruiting really was never that easy, but it might seem so compared to the current situation. That's why many fleets are using advanced technologies to improve both their recruiting speed and quality to achieve a seamless process for onboarding new drivers and keeping them around longer. Cover design by David Watson features 47 Innovators: Fleetmaster Express The Roanoke, Va.-based company buys new equipment and beefs up its pay package to maximize both customer and driver satisfaction. 50 Speed dating 61 Working together Every year more drivers and fleets are won over by automated manual transmissions because of their ease of use, fuel efficiency and safety advantages. Integrated powertrains were born out of the ability of vertically integrated OEMs to design diesel engines and AMTs that communicate electronically using sophisticated proprietary telemetry to further optimize the fuel economy advantages offered by AMTs. 54 Natural gas: Reality check By 2012, there was no bigger buzzword in trucking than natural gas, and OEMs and engine makers were ramping up for what was expected to be a game-changer for trucking efficiency. But lower diesel costs, coupled with strides made by OEMs and engine makers to improve the fuel economy of traditional diesel-powered trucks and engines, have combined to stymie the natural gas market.

• Cover Page
• JOURNAL NEWS: LEADING NEWS, TRUCKING MARKET CONDITIONS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
• COVER STORY: SPEED DATING- Remember when driver job applicants lined up outside your office or kept your 1-800 number ringing off the hook? Recruiting really was that easy, but it might seem so compared to current the situation. That's why many fleets ar
• InBrief
• FEATURE ARTICLE: Natural gas: Reality check- By 2012, there was no bigger buzzword in trucking than natural gas, and OEMS and engine makers were ramping up for what was expected to be a game-changer for trucking efficiency. But lower diesel costs, coupled
• FEATURE ARTICLE: Working together- Every year more drivers and fleets are won over by automated manual transmissions because of their ease of use, fuel efficiency and safety advantages. Integrated powertrains were born out of the ability of vertically int
• FEATURE ARTICLE: Innovators- Fleetmaster Express: The Roanoke, Va.- based company buys new equipment and beefs up its pay package to maximize both customer and driver satisfaction.
• The future of trucking is here
• InBrief
• Cat brings some bling to new CT trucks
• Test Drive: 2015 Freightliner SuperTruck
• Volvo talks fuel efficiency, connectivity
• Severe Service: News from Mack, Daimler, Kenworth, Peterbilt, Ford
• Products: Lights, inverters, jump starters, more
• Ad Index
• Preventable or Not? John Doe's efforts to avoid a Corvett that swerved into his path caused him to jackknife and slide off the wet road and into a light pole. Was this a preventable accident?
• Upfront: Daimler, Volvo offer new visions for trucking
• InFocus: Routing software
• Dossier integrates Zonar inspection system
• Navman releases Drive fleet management platform
• InBrief
• Apps key to recruiting, retaining younger drivers
• Janam unveils XG3 rugged mobile computer
• Omnicomm creates fleet management app