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4 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JUNE 2015 ccjdigital.com DEPARTMENTS 22 The future of trucking is here 25 InBrief 26 Test Drive: 2015 Freightliner SuperTruck 28 Cat brings some bling to new CT trucks 31 Volvo talks fuel efficiency, connectivity 32 Severe Service: News from Mack, Daimler, Kenworth, Peterbilt, Ford technology facebook.com/CCJMagazine @CCJnow linkedin.com/ccjmagazine Editorial Editor: Je Crissey Executive Editor, Trucking: Jack Roberts Senior Editor: Aaron Hu Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood Trucking News Editor: James Jaillet Associate Editor: Matt Cole 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 Ocer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Ocer: 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, 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 Daimler, Volvo offer new visions for trucking 80 Preventable or Not? John Doe's efforts to avoid a Corvette 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? 79 Ad Index 68 Products Lights, inverters, jump starters, more 38 Apps key to recruiting, retaining younger drivers 39 Janam unveils XG3 rugged mobile computer 39 Omnicomm creates fleet management app 40 InBrief 42 Navman releases Drive fleet management platform 42 Dossier integrates Zonar inspection system 44 InFocus: Routing software

• 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