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CONTENTS<br />
July 20<strong>16</strong> • Vol. 19 • Iss. 7<br />
Business Solutions<br />
Interesting things<br />
to know<br />
Page 10<br />
<strong>IC</strong> News<br />
ATRI Study On<br />
Sleep Apnea<br />
Reports Significant<br />
Driver Costs<br />
Page <strong>16</strong><br />
Product Profile<br />
Doonan Introduces A<br />
New Specialty<br />
Coil Hauler Trailer<br />
Page 24<br />
s t a f f<br />
General Manager Megan Cullingford<br />
Sales Manager Jerry Critser<br />
Creative Director Chad Singleton<br />
Administrative Staff Tammy Borrelli<br />
Charlene Abernathy<br />
Editor Sean O'Connell<br />
Advertising Account Executives<br />
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1.678.325.1025<br />
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1.678.325.1023<br />
gregmc@targetmediapartners.com<br />
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1.256.676.3688<br />
rogerf@targetmediapartners.com<br />
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1.770.225.5866<br />
Jeff.Mealor@targetmediapartners.com<br />
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Business<br />
Solutions By Shasta D. May<br />
INTERESTING<br />
THINGS TO KNOW<br />
IRS –<br />
Misclassified Workers Remains a Priority<br />
The Internal Revenue Service knows that a<br />
large number of businesses circumvent their<br />
payroll tax responsibilities by calling workers<br />
independent contractors when they are in actuality<br />
employees. So the IRS will increase its<br />
efforts to seek back payroll taxes and penalties<br />
from businesses that wrongly treat workers as<br />
contractors. The Labor Department and states<br />
are also involved in finding misclassifications,<br />
and they are sharing their audit results with the<br />
IRS.<br />
Many businesses can come forward and correct<br />
misclassifications errors. Businesses that<br />
have consistently treated workers as contractors<br />
and given 1099’s can come to the IRS, pay a<br />
modest fine and receive audit protection for<br />
earlier years. However, the company must agree<br />
to treat workers as employees in the future.<br />
Cell Service – About to get Better Soon<br />
Improved indoor cell antennas can attach to<br />
existing Wi-Fi hubs to enhance cell coverage in<br />
big offices, stadiums, hospitals and other large<br />
buildings where service gets sketchy.<br />
Tech – Businesses to Start Investing in<br />
Lighting-Fast Wi-Fi Equipment this Year<br />
New wireless Internet products tap a little<br />
used portion of the airwaves to transmit data at<br />
multiple gigabits per second, 100 times as fast<br />
as current rates. These fast connections will let<br />
offices do away with cables to connect computers,<br />
TV monitors and projectors for streaming<br />
video, and download huge files in seconds.<br />
The move to faster Wi-Fi will be a boon for<br />
hardware manufacturers, both firms involved in<br />
the tech itself, such as Intel and Qualcomm and<br />
PC builders, such as Dell and Asus, since users<br />
will require new computers to access the higher<br />
speeds.<br />
Sports Advertising – Pro Basketball Players<br />
will soon be Sporting Ads on their Jerseys<br />
Starting with the 2017-2018 season, teams in<br />
the National Basketball Assoc. will sell a small<br />
portion worth of ad space on the upper left<br />
shoulder of game jerseys. The NBA anticipates<br />
making about $100 million per year selling<br />
space on jerseys. Other sports leagues are sure<br />
to follow.<br />
Travel – Less Expensive Transatlantic Flights<br />
are on the Horizon<br />
The Department of Transportation will approve<br />
Norwegian Air International’s bid for low<br />
cost flights across the Atlantic. Flights from<br />
Boston to Cork, Ireland could begin as early<br />
as August. By 2017, flights from New York to<br />
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Business<br />
Solutions<br />
Cork will take off, followed by a rapid expansion<br />
of many nonstop flights between Europe<br />
and the U.S. Norwegian will use its fleet of fuel<br />
efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliners to keep costs<br />
low. U.S. Carriers and their alliance partners<br />
have long dominated the lucrative transatlantic<br />
market, and their opposition has held up Norwegian’s<br />
federal approval. Other low cost carriers<br />
will enter the market after Norwegian has some<br />
success.<br />
Home Loans – Older Homeowners are Expected<br />
to use Reverse Mortgages for Retirement<br />
New safeguards make the option more attractive<br />
to homeowners 62 or older and have<br />
financial planners more willing to recommend<br />
the option to retirees. Reverse mortgages allow<br />
homeowners to tap into some of the equity in<br />
their homes. Repayment isn’t required until the<br />
owner sells or dies, as long as real estate taxes<br />
and homeowners insurance premiums are kept<br />
up to date.<br />
HELPFUL APPS<br />
& WEBSITES<br />
Manly Matters – ArtofManliness.com<br />
Advice on everything<br />
from health<br />
and fitness to relationships,<br />
careers,<br />
cars and choosing<br />
cologne.<br />
Car Fanatics Guide – CarBuzz.com<br />
Car news, reviews, auto shows, crashes, limited<br />
editions, muscle cars, supercars, new specifications,<br />
wheels and more.<br />
Watch the Weather – WindyTy.com<br />
Color maps show atmospheric pressure, clouds,<br />
wind speeds and more at different locations<br />
and altitudes across the U.S. Weather forecasts<br />
included, as well.<br />
This article has been presented by MBA Tax<br />
& Bookkeeping Service, a company proud<br />
to provide Corporate/LLC filings, income tax,<br />
bookkeeping and IRS problem resolution services<br />
to truckers in all states. If you would like<br />
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This article is provided for informational purposes<br />
only and is not intended as legal or tax<br />
advice. Each individual business situation is<br />
different and the information contained herein<br />
is meant for general information purposes<br />
only. Specific tax and legal recommendations<br />
can only be made after an individual<br />
has consulted his or her qualified tax or legal<br />
professional<br />
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NEWS<br />
Independent Contractor<br />
July 20<strong>16</strong><br />
ATRI Study On<br />
Sleep Apnea<br />
Reports Significant<br />
Driver Costs<br />
The American Transportation Research<br />
Institute (ATRI) released the results of its<br />
sleep apnea survey, which highlights a number<br />
of issues related to truck driver screening<br />
and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea<br />
(OSA).<br />
With data from more than 800 commercial<br />
drivers, ATRI’s report is the first<br />
to quantify the costs and other impacts that<br />
truck drivers are experiencing as they address<br />
diagnosis and potential treatment regimen for<br />
OSA, stated an ATRI news release.<br />
Included in the findings are that:<br />
• Among drivers who had been referred<br />
to a sleep study, 53 percent paid some or all<br />
of the test costs, with an average of $1,220<br />
in out-of-pocket expenses, representing just<br />
over 1.5 weeks of median driver pay at $805<br />
per week.<br />
• Health insurance assistance with sleep<br />
study costs impacted driver out-of-pocket<br />
costs significantly as 61 percent of drivers<br />
with no healthcare coverage of their sleep<br />
study incurred out-of-pocket costs exceeding<br />
$1,000 compared to 32 percent of drivers<br />
whose health insurance did cover some portion<br />
of the sleep study with costs exceeding<br />
$1,000.<br />
• Among drivers reporting time away<br />
from work associated with sleep apnea<br />
screening, 41 percent indicated days off ranging<br />
from one to 30 days.<br />
• Use of a Continuous Positive Airway<br />
Pressure (CPAP) machine was the most commonly<br />
prescribed treatment regimen for drivers<br />
diagnosed with sleep apnea. This includes<br />
drivers in the ATRI sample diagnosed with<br />
mild sleep apnea, a condition that does not<br />
require treatment for medical certification.<br />
• The number of drivers who report not<br />
adhering to a prescribed OSA treatment was<br />
only 1.95 percent of the moderate/severe<br />
OSA diagnosed respondents.<br />
• Driver-perceived treatment efficacy<br />
varied by OSA severity. As OSA diagnosis<br />
severity increased, drivers experienced more<br />
positive CPAP treatment effects. For example,<br />
drivers diagnosed with severe OSA and<br />
being treated with CPAP reported increased<br />
amounts of sleep (84 percent), feeling better<br />
when they wake up (71 percent) and lower<br />
blood pressure (75 percent).<br />
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• Conversely,<br />
among the 91 percent<br />
of drivers being<br />
treated with CPAP —<br />
despite a diagnosis of<br />
mild sleep apnea —<br />
less than a third (32<br />
percent) experienced<br />
improved sleep as a<br />
result of CPAP treatment.<br />
• Among drivers<br />
who have had sleep studies and those who<br />
have not, there is concern about the use of<br />
neck circumference and Body Mass Index<br />
(BMI) as measures to refer drivers to sleep<br />
studies. Additionally, among drivers who<br />
have been tested, 64 percent believe that the<br />
Department of Transportation guidelines for<br />
referring drivers are too broad and that medical<br />
examiners do not<br />
follow the guidelines<br />
for referrals to sleep<br />
studies.<br />
“ATRI’s research<br />
clearly shows what<br />
my fellow drivers<br />
and I have been<br />
experiencing. The<br />
costs associated with<br />
sleep apnea screening<br />
and treatment are not<br />
inconsequential for drivers and the flexibility<br />
to utilize lower-cost options for both screening<br />
and treatment will be critical if Federal<br />
Motor Carrier Safety Administration moves<br />
forward with a formal rulemaking,” said<br />
Barbara Beal, an owner-operator and member<br />
of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers<br />
Association.<br />
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NEWS<br />
Bendix Reman<br />
Brake Shoe<br />
Production Reaches<br />
Over 4 Million Units<br />
In less than four years, Bendix Commercial<br />
Vehicle Systems’ remanufactured brake<br />
shoe operation has topped the 4-million-unit<br />
production milestone.<br />
Bendix’s rate of production has steadily<br />
increased to meet growing demand from<br />
fleets and owner-operators wishing to maintain<br />
the quality, performance, and compliance<br />
of their Reduced Stopping Distance (RSD)<br />
brakes when replacing shoes, while optimizing<br />
value, stated a Bendix news release.<br />
Bendix, the North American leader in<br />
the development and manufacture of active<br />
safety and braking solutions for commercial<br />
vehicles, began serial production of reman<br />
brake shoes at its 74,000-square-foot<br />
Huntington, Indiana, facility in the fall of<br />
2012. The facility handles the complete<br />
salvage, coining, and assembly processes that<br />
make up start-tofinish<br />
brake shoe<br />
remanufacturing in<br />
Huntington.<br />
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Doonan Introduces A New Specialty<br />
Coil Hauler Trailer<br />
Doonan Specialized Trailer, a manufacturer<br />
of platform trailers, including custom<br />
flatbeds, drop-decks, oilfield trailers, extendibles,<br />
RGN low-beds and double drops, have<br />
designed and constructed a new specialty coil<br />
hauler trailer.<br />
The new custom 48-foot by 96-inch<br />
Black Gold Coil Hauler trailer was developed<br />
Designed with two outer perimeter beams<br />
with 1-inch by 5-inch top and bottom flanges,<br />
the new Doonan manufactured trailer features<br />
a well opening in the center that measures<br />
19-feet long by 76-inches wide with recessed<br />
concave beams to safely secure the coil load.<br />
“Coils are generally some of the toughest<br />
types of freight to haul because of their<br />
concentrated weight in one small area on<br />
specifically for hauling steel coils shotgun<br />
style (where the eye of the coil is facing<br />
forward), recessed inside a well, for the reason<br />
that coils can “pack a punch” if they get<br />
loose, according to Mike Gordy, co-manager<br />
of operations at Doonan.<br />
the trailer,” Gordy said. “One of the many<br />
advantages of Doonan’s trailer design is that<br />
Doonan has engineered the coil well closer<br />
to the axles in order to transfer more weight<br />
onto the trailer axles.”<br />
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Coils can<br />
range in size from<br />
something relatively<br />
small like 5,000<br />
pounds to over<br />
60,000 pounds. The<br />
new flatbed coil<br />
hauler trailer’s Gross<br />
Vehicle Weight<br />
Rating (GVWR) is<br />
98,000 pounds. The<br />
GVWR is based on<br />
a tri-axle trailer with<br />
disc brakes.<br />
The trailer is also designed to have a tarp<br />
system installed, so the coils are protected<br />
from the elements and arrive at their destination<br />
safe and sound. Nine custom pockets<br />
were installed along<br />
the sides of the<br />
trailer for this application.<br />
“We couldn’t<br />
be more pleased<br />
with the design and<br />
weight this trailer<br />
can hold,” Gordy<br />
said. “This new specialty<br />
trailer demonstrates<br />
our commitment<br />
and focus on taking our products to<br />
the next level, and providing customers with<br />
innovative solutions that lead the industry.”<br />
Customers can learn more about<br />
Doonan’s new specialty coil hauler trailer by<br />
calling (800) 734-0608.<br />
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Advertiser<br />
Index<br />
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COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE<br />
Bennett Motor Express .......... 11,29<br />
Driver Pulse. ..................... 28<br />
EM Way Inc.. ..................... 20<br />
Fed EX Custom Critical .......... 13,33<br />
Hirschbach ............. Cover, 2-3,25<br />
MAG Carriers ..................... 21<br />
Miller Transporters. ................. 7<br />
Miller Truck Lines ................. 18<br />
New Waverly ................... 8,23<br />
Pacesetter ..................... 6,32<br />
Page Trucking .................... 30<br />
Prime Inc. ..................... 5,27<br />
RTI. ............................ 36<br />
Star Freight, LLC .................. 26<br />
TruckJobSeekers.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Tran Stewart Trucking .............. 19<br />
Trans Am ...................14-15,35<br />
Turquoise Trucking................. 34<br />
Universal Companies ............. 9,31<br />
Y&T Trucking Inc .................. 17<br />
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