Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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4 commercial carrier journal | april 2018 ccjdigital.com DEPARTMENTS technology facebook.com/CCJMagazine @CCJnow linkedin.com/ccjmagazine Editorial Editor: Jeff Crissey Senior Editor: Aaron Huff Equipment Editor: Jason Cannon Managing Editor: Dean Smallwood News Editor: James Jaillet Associate Editor: Matt Cole Contributing Editor: Todd Dills 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 Corporate Chairman Emeritus: Mike Reilly President/CEO: Brent Reilly Chief Operating Officer: Shane Elmore Chief Financial Officer: Kim Fieldbinder 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, Events: Stacy McCants 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 commercialcar- rierjournal@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 photo- graphs 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 advertisement. Copyright © 2017, 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 34 Omnitracs executives discuss freight matching, unified tech 35 Customers expect service fleets to know what they're doing 36 Paragon routing software now supports sustainable vehicles 36 CalAmp, Cargo Sense team up to give shipments a voice 36 InBrief 38 Verizon Connect creates Workforce 38 SmartDrive updates video system 40 InFocus: Freight matching 6 Upfront Editor Jeff Crissey's column 100 Preventable or Not? John Doe backed his tractor- trailer blindly to the left and into the restaurant parking lot, where he rear-ended a departing customer. Was this a preventable accident? 99 Ad Index 93 Products Trailer tire, hose end, rotor, more 20 Starsky touts first driverless truck run with no one in cab 21 Trailer lamps can be lower for aero devices 21 Sears Seating, Mack team for truck seat 22 InBrief 24 Volvo introduces new VNX heavy-haul series 24 Workhorse, UPS collaborating on electric delivery truck 25 DTNA bullish on 2018 truck market, outlines future technology initiatives 28 Test Drive: Mack LR 30 InFocus: Fuel efficiency payback