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Insurance company initiates educational campaign to make
distracted driving as frowned upon as driving while drunk
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Detaining drivers
Excessive detention time is
expensive and unsafe. That’s
according to a recent report by the
U.S. Transportation Department’s
Office of the Inspector General.
OIG said it estimated that
detention is associated with
reductions in annual earnings of
$1.1 billion to $1.3 billion.
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Navigating the news
Exemption request.................3
A call for larger trucks.............6
ATA anti-trafficking efforts ......7
TMAF ‘Meet the Truckers’....10
ELD advocates.....................13
Truck Stop............................16
Women to Watch..................18
Tonnage up in 2017..............21
Fleet Focus...........................23
Turnpike safety feature.........29
Millionth Peterbilt..................31
Around the Bend..................33
Klint Lowry
klint.lowry@thetrucker.com
Image-wise, the insurance industry doesn’t usually
inspire warm fuzzies. To most of us, an insurer’s
interest in human pain and suffering looks to be
strictly a matter of business, expressed in cumbersome,
nearly undecipherable paperwork, jacked-up
premiums and dispassionate number-crunching.
But insurance people are people, too, and they
took notice when statistics indicated U.S. traffic fatalities
had increased by an unusually high rate of 6.7
percent in 2015 and then by another 6.5 percent in
2016. It was the largest two-year percentage jump in
50 years, and it brought the 2016 total to over 40,000
road fatalities.
“That got our attention,” said Joan Woodward,
executive vice president of public policy for Travelers
Companies Inc. and president of the Travelers
Institute, the company’s public policy division. “We
thought it was our responsibility to call attention to
the matter. It’s really, honestly looking at ourselves
and saying, ‘we can do something about this crisis
in America.’”
On November 6, Travelers launched the Every
Second Matters national initiative to call attention to
the growing problem of distracted driving. The campaign
opened with three live presentations and will
continue throughout 2018 with forums at universities
across the country.
They’ve also produced: “Every Second Matters:
A Conversation Starter on Reducing Distracted
Driving Risk,” a 10-page report on the dangers of
distracted driving that can be found at https://www.
travelers.com/travelers-institute/Distracted-Driving/
conversation-starter.aspx
The campaign uses statistical information to show
that while most Americans believe distracted driving
is dangerous, far too many of them are guilty of it.
“This nationwide campaign is to raise awareness
and really change social norms about how we think
about distracted driving,” Woodward said. “We want
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The Travelers Institute’s Every Second Matters campaign aims to bridge the gap between drivers’
awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and their actual behavior behind the wheel.
to equate this distracted driving crisis in this country
to the similar thing that happened with drunk driving.”
It may be hard to believe for someone not old
enough to remember it firsthand, but only a few decades
ago there was a winking acceptance of the idea
of hoisting a few and getting behind the wheel. While
stiffer laws and enforcement of those laws played a
part, it was a pervasive cultural campaign over several
years that changed public opinion on drunken driving.
Similar campaigns were successful in getting
people to wear seatbelts and to use child car seats.
The aim of the Every Second Matters campaign is to
do the same with distracted driving
According to information by the National Safety
Council, traffic fatalities haven’t varied too much
from year to year since 2000, with two exceptions: the
increase in 2015-2016 and a sharp drop in 2008 and
2009. Woodward said that decrease was because of a
combination of the recession and the high price of gas
at the time, both of which kept people off the roads.
Even as those two factors subsided, road fatalities
remained fairly steady from year to year. But another
significant change in recent years is that smartphones
were not yet ubiquitous and had not become a compulsive
habit for so many people back in 2009.
Distracted driving is nothing new. It’s anything
that takes your eyes off the task of driving. “We’re
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More than a driver
Ralph Garcia, left, poses with
Vice President Mike Pence
last summer when members of
America’s Road Team were invited
to the White House by President
Donald Trump. Garcia’s D.C.
visit was all part of this trucker’s
lifestyle of giving back to his
community and his industry.
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Old Dominion wants time to get its
AOBRDs in line with ELD mandate
Lyndon Finney
editor@thetrucker.com
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration may well be
caught between a rock and a hard spot.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has requested
an exemption from the electronic logging device
requirement in order to give the carrier time
to install ELD devices running on automatic onboard
recording device (AOBRD) software in
commercial motor vehicles added to the company’s
fleet for up to one year from the December
18, 2017, ELD mandate compliance date.
If granted, this modified ELD phase-in period
will allow Old Dominion’s AOBRD/ELD
provider, PeopleNet, to complete the development
of the software necessary to integrate ELD
data with the company’s fleet management and
safety systems to fully meet the ELD mandate.
“Our top priority at PeopleNet is and always
will be to ensure that enabling safer, more
efficient fleets should be as simple as possible.
We stand behind our customers, and the limited
three-month waiver allows a more flexible,
seamless transition from AOBRD to ELD software.
We are confident that any current challenges
will be short-lived as we continue to
look ahead past the ELD mandate and build out
the PeopleNet platform to meet our customers’
larger long-term needs.”
FMCSA considers the request to be on behalf
of all motor carriers in similar situations
concerning the integration of PeopleNet’s ELD
software into fleet management systems.
The agency will accept comments on Old
Dominion’s request through March 2.
The carrier said it began equipping its vehicles
with PeopleNet AOBRDs in 2010, and by
2011 the entire fleet was equipped with devices
which meet the necessary requirements.
Data from the AOBRDs feed directly into
the company’s fleet management and safety
systems, enabling its dispatchers to know precisely
where each of its drivers is at any given
time and how many hours he/she has available
under the federal Hours of Service rule.
This functionality is not required by the AO-
BRD rules under 49 CFR 395.15 or the ELD requirements
under Subpart B of 49 CFR art 395.
The application says that currently, the
PeopleNet AOBRD software allows carriers to
configure certain specifications.
If the settings were not adjustable, the People-
Net AOBRD would be similar, but not identical,
to the FMCSA’s ELD technical specifications.
Old Dominion said it has configured its settings
in the PeopleNet AOBRDs it uses.
However, certain AOBRD software changes
must be made by PeopleNet, including:
• Disabling the “skip feature”
• Limiting the auto-duty status change
threshold to 5 miles, and
• Limiting geo-fencing of yard time to 0.5
miles.
Sources told The Trucker there are as many as
250,000 similar units in use in the industry today.
The eyes of the industry will be on the
FMCSA as it considers this request because it
is also considering a request from the Owner-
Operator Independent Drivers Association
(OOIDA) for a five-year exemption for smaller
carriers with “exemplary safety records.”
OOIDA wants at least a five-year exemption
for motor carriers classified as small businesses
by the Small Business Administration
(SBA) and which have a proven safety history
with no attributable at-fault crashes and no unsatisfactory
carrier safety rating. The SBA defines
a small business as one having less than
$27.5 million annual revenue.
Last week OOIDA said that U.S. Reps. Brian
Babin, R-Texas, and Steve King, R-Iowa — along
with 23 other members of Congress — have sent
a letter to FMCSA asking the agency to support
OOIDA’s pending application for an exemption
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Excessive detention time is both expensive and unsafe,
says new DOT Office of the Inspector General report
Lyndon Finney
editor@thetrucker.com
WASHINGTON — Excessive detention
time is expensive and unsafe.
That’s according to a recent report by the
U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of the
Inspector General. OIG said it estimated that
detention is associated with reductions in annual
earnings of $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion —
between $1,281 and $1,534 per driver per year
for for-hire commercial motor vehicle drivers
in the truckload sector. For motor carriers in
that sector, the report estimated that detention
reduces net income by $250.6 million to
$302.9 million annually.
OIG’s report also estimated that a 15-minute
increase in average dwell time — the total
time spent by a truck at a facility — increases
the average expected crash rate by 6.2 percent.
Here’s the backstory: The Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST
Act) directed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration to issue regulations that cover
the collection of data on delays experienced by
CMV operators before the loading and unloading
of their vehicles.
It also directed the OIG to report on the effects
of driver detention.
Accordingly, the OIG conducted an audit
to (1) assess available data on delays in motor
carrier loading and unloading, and (2) provide
information on measuring the potential effects
of loading and unloading delays.
In addressing its objectives, the OIG also
reviewed FMCSA’s plan to collect data on
driver detention.
Guess what?
It said accurate industrywide data on driver
detention do not currently exist because most industry
stakeholders measure only time spent at
a shipper or receiver’s facility beyond the limit
established in shipping contracts. It also said
that available electronic data cannot readily discern
detention time from legitimate loading and
unloading tasks, and are unavailable for a large
segment of the industry.
Although many in trucking see ELDs as the
perfect vehicle for collecting this kind of data,
DOT initiative to modernize data analysis, use crowd-sourced app
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WASHINGTON — The U. S. Department
of Transportation is launching a multi-modal
initiative, including two pilot programs, to
modernize its data analysis and integrate its
traditional data sets with new “big data” sources
to gain insights into transportation safety.
“Advances in data science have the potential
to transform the department’s approach to
safety research and provide insights that can
help improve highway safety,” said U.S. Department
of Transportation Elaine L. Chao.
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy
Derek Kan announced the initiative at the Transportation
Research Board Conference January 8.
One pilot project will integrate established
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In its report on detention time, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of
Transportation said it estimated that detention is associated with reductions in annual earnings
of $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion — between $1,281 and $1,534 per driver per year for forhire
commercial motor vehicle drivers in the truckload sector.
FMCSA has repeatedly said it would not use
ELDs to collect data on anything except what
is directly related to commercial vehicle law enforcement.
“Not using an ELD to measure detention
time is like a carpenter blaming the tools for
mistakes he made,” said David Heller, vice
president of government affairs at the Truckload
Carriers Association.
“FMCSA’s plan to collect data on driver detention
does not call for collection or detailed
analysis of reliable or representative data, and
the agency has no plans to verify the data that
motor carriers and drivers would provide,” the
OIG report said. “As a result, the data may not
accurately describe how the diverse trucking
industry experiences driver detention, which
would limit any further analysis of impacts.”
The OIG did note that FMCSA plans to collect
data on driver detention through use of a
reporting form on its public website that drivers
and carriers can use to voluntarily submit data
on detention in response to a FAST Act directive.
“According to an FMCSA official, the costs
data on known crashes and highway design with
anonymous data from GPS-enabled devices that
provide prevailing speeds at 5-minute intervals
across the entire National Highway System.
For the first time, DOT will be able to look
directly at prevailing operating speeds on a
large scale to see how speed and speed differentials
interact with roadway characteristics to
influence the likelihood of crashes.
Every year, speeding is a contributing factor
in traffic fatalities and in 2016, 10,111 roadway
deaths involved speed, a DOT spokesman said.
The pilot will also look at the role of speed in
rural incidents.
The second pilot project will integrate traffic
crash data with data from the crowd-sourced
of rigorous data collection and analysis would
likely outweigh the benefit, and the agency primarily
views detention as a market efficiency
problem best addressed by private industry
rather than through government action,” the
report noted.
The OIG found that in 2015, FMCSA initiated
a study to evaluate the safety and operational
impact of driver detention on work
hours, HOS violations and crashes.
The planned study would have measured
detention time by recording times that a sample
of truck trailers’ rear doors are open and closed
to measure the amount of time spent loading
and unloading.
“This recording would give the agency
a better estimate of the amount of detention
time and delays by disaggregating legitimate
loading and unloading from the total time a
driver spends at a facility,” the OIG report said.
“However, the agency cancelled the study because
the selected technology vendor discontinued
its support of the work.”
The report said FMCSA agreed with OIG’s
recommendation on gathering more data. 8
app Waze on traffic hazards and conditions.
This initiative “will examine the feasibility
of using this new crowd-sourcing application
to provide a reliable, timely indicator of reportable
traffic crashes, and estimate crash risk
based on Waze-reported hazards.”
The DOT said in a news release that together,
these pilot projects represent a new approach
to data analysis that will seek to augment traditional
data sources with new data that can be
collected and analyzed much more quickly.
This approach will create new multi-dimensional
models of the transportation system,
DOT said, adding that the initial focus of the
effort is on gaining insights that will help drive
down highway fatalities. 8
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Soy Transportation Coalition wants to see heavier trucks allowed on nation’s interstates
THE TRUCKER STAFF
ANKENY, Iowa — The Soy Transportation
Coalition wants to see heavier trucks on the nation’s
interstate highway system.
Permitting six-axle, 91,000-pound tractor
trailers on the interstate system is one of 10
priorities the trade association says are important
to endure the transportation needs of the
U.S. soybean industry in the midst of national
debate on the U.S. infrastructure.
Another item on the top 10 list is a call for
an increase in the federal tax on gasoline and
diesel fuel by 10 cents a gallon and index the
tax to inflation, plus ensuring rural areas receive
proportionate, sufficient funding from
the fuel tax increase.
“Allowing six-axle, 91,000-pound semis
would enable a farmer to transport an additional
137 bushels of soybeans or wheat or
146 additional bushels of corn per load. This
would, of course, result in fewer truck trips,
fewer gallons of fuel consumed,” said Mike
Steenhoek, executive director of the coalition.
“I think it’s important to note that trucking
and rail — particularly within agriculture —
are increasingly not interchangeable modes of
transportation. Over the past several decades,
the railroads have adopted a business model
of emphasizing long-haul service, which has
resulted in limiting access to the rail network
in rural areas. The average rail haul for
soybeans and grain is 900 miles. Trucking
is mostly utilized to feed into the long-haul
modes — like rail and barge — vs. competing
with them.”
As the nation increasingly examines and
explores the multi-modal transportation system,
many suggestions from policymakers
and constituents have been long on ambition
but short on specifics, Steenhoek said. Moreover,
there is a concern within agriculture
that the transportation interests of urban areas
could exclude the interests of rural areas, he
added.
“Farmers should realize that if we are unwilling
to promote the transportation solutions
that would benefit our industry, we should not
expect others to do so,” says Gerry Hayden, a
soybean farmer from Calhoun, Kentucky, and
chairman of the Soy Transportation Coalition.
“During this pivotal time in which the White
House and Congress are developing a strategy
for improving our multi-modal transportation
system, it is critical the farmer perspective has
a seat at the table.”
Steenhoek said that given how soybeans
and many agricultural products have arguably
the most diverse and elongated supply chain of
any industry, the list highlights opportunities
to enhance rural roads and bridges, highways
and interstates, freight rail service, the inland
waterway system, and ports.
The STC board of directors also decided
to list the top 10 priorities, rather than ranking
them against each other, he added.
“In developing the list, the Soy Transportation
Coalition board of directors did not want
to simply promote those infrastructure projects
with the largest price tag,” Hayden said.
“Some of the items on the list certainly do involve
more federal investment, which we believe
is appropriate. However, we also believe
many of our transportation challenges can be
addressed by implementing smarter regulations
and by practicing better stewardship of
taxpayer dollars.”
Established in 2007, the Soy Transportation
Coalition is comprised of thirteen state soybean
boards, the American Soybean Association,
and the United Soybean Board. The goal
of the organization is to position the soybean
industry to benefit from a transportation system
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ATA, TAT bringing fight against human trafficking to Capitol Hill this month
THE TRUCKER STAFF
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American
Trucking Associations and America’s Road
Team are joining Truckers Against Trafficking
(TAT) on Capitol Hill this month to continue
bringing awareness to the issue, specifically
emphasizing efforts to reduce demand.
“The trucking industry is seven million
strong, and our goal is to have everyone in
our industry trained on how to recognize human
trafficking and how to take action to rescue
victims and save lives by making the call
and reporting the crime,” ATA Executive Vice
President of Industry Affairs Elisabeth Barna
told the House Homeland Security Committee
during a roundtable on the issue. “Our industry
has made nearly 2,000 calls to the national
human trafficking hotline, resulting in more
than 600 likely human trafficking cases identified
involving more than 1,300 trafficking
victims. More than 375 of those rescued victims
were minors.”
On February 21, ATA, America’s Road
Team, Truckers Against Trafficking and a bipartisan
group of Members of Congress are
hosting a campaign launch at ATA’s Capitol
Hill office for TAT’s newest activity, the Man
to Man Campaign.
The trucking industry plays a central role
in eradicating modern-day slavery from the
nation’s transportation systems, stated an ATA
news release. “As part of ATA’s efforts to help
train the industry’s 7.4 million trucking industry
employees in human trafficking awareness,
ATA recommends trucking companies
and drivers visit the official Truckers Against
Trafficking website. Truck drivers are also
asked to call the National Human Trafficking
Hotline to report suspicious behavior related
to human trafficking at 1-888-373-7888.”
Barna, a board member of Truckers Against
Trafficking, spoke openly about trucking’s efforts
to bring awareness to human trafficking
and educate the industry’s workforce about
signs of trafficking at a roundtable hosted by
the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland
Security Committee, chaired by Rep. Michael
McCaul, R-Texas. The roundtable discussion
helped educate committee members on the
important role industry stakeholders play in
spreading awareness about human trafficking,
preventing trafficking, and informing law
enforcement of possible trafficking activity
when it is witnessed.
The roundtable also included representatives
from the National Association of Truck
Stop Operators, the American Hotel and Lodging
Association, and the National Human Trafficking
Hotline (Polaris), as well as public sector
partners from the Department of Homeland
Security Blue Campaign, the U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement Agency Homeland
Security Investigations unit and the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Centers.
After testifying at the House Homeland
Security roundtable, Barna appeared on the
DHS Blue Campaign’s first-ever Facebook
Live broadcast, which brought together public
and private sector stakeholders to discuss human
trafficking. The Facebook Live broadcast
also included representatives from Delta Airlines,
Amtrak and the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Centers.
“Truck drivers are family men and women
and a lot of them have kids who could be targeted
for trafficking, so they’re able to talk to
their peers and ask them to continue spreading
the message about human trafficking awareness,”
said Barna. “We are starting to be able
to get more signs and videos about trafficking
into the driver lounge areas or at diesel
fuel stations. Our member companies are
getting more engaged every day, and many
of the larger trucking companies are training
their entire workforces on human trafficking
awareness.”
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an insurance company,” Woodward said. “We see
claims for accidents for all sorts of reasons.”
People eat and drink in their cars, she said.
Women put on makeup, men shave while driving.
Passengers, especially children, can be a distraction.
Working the car’s controls can be a distraction.
Things you see along the highway can be distracting.
Sometimes a person’s mind just wanders.
But nowadays, when people talk about distracted
driving, it’s become almost synonymous
with using electronic devices, especially smartphones,
while driving.
“They’re very distracted. They’re on their
phone, they’re on their music, they’re talking,
they’re texting, they’re distracted with all the
infotainment that we have in our cars today,”
Woodward said.
Travelers recently commissioned a Harris
Poll survey on work-related distracting driving.
The survey found that 43 percent of those who
drive at some point during their workweek, not
counting their daily commute, make or answer
work-related calls, texts or e-mails while driving.
The survey also found that there is an age gap
in this behavior. While about 54 percent of both
DISTRACTED DRIVING RISKS
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Courtesy: TRAVELERS
Survey results show drivers tend to be more
concerned about other people being distracted
on the road than of their own distraction.
Courtesy: TRAVELERS
Although much focus has been put on the use of smartphones and other technology while behind the wheel in recent years, the Travelers
Institute’s Every Second Matters campaign points out that drivers can be distracted from many activities, including grooming or eating.
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millennials — those ages 18-34 — and Generation
X (ages 35-44) drivers admitted to communicating
while driving, the percentage dropped off
quickly, to 37 percent of those 45-54, and only 33
percent of those 55-65.
There also seems to be a generational divide
when it comes to attitudes toward using devices
while behind the wheel. The 2017 Travelers Risk
Index, an annual survey of Americans’ concerns
on various topics, found that although 80 percent
of drivers say they know using personal technology
while driving is risky, 23 percent still admitted
doing it. That’s despite 10 percent of drivers
saying they’d been in an accident and 30 percent
of drivers reporting they’d had a near-miss due to
their own distracted driving.
While millennials are more concerned about
their own distracted driving than older drivers
are, they are less likely to perceive using technology
as a risky distraction. Woodward believes
there are a couple of factors at play.
For one, older drivers grew up “without having
to have a cellphone attached to your eyeballs.”
The index also showed that drivers of all ages
are more concerned about other people being distracted
than of their own distraction. That’s not
entirely bad, Woodward points out.
“Our campaign is a little different,” she said.
“We’re telling people you may think you’re a safe
driver, you may think you can handle answering
that text while driving. We’re not saying, ‘You
know you’re bad, you know you have to stop.’”
Instead, part of the campaign is to get the average
driver to understand even if they are fully
committed to driving smart, they have to assume
no one else on the road around them is, that anyone,
pedestrians included, are distracted.
And the more drivers start adopting this perspective
— that all these other people are creating
a hazard — the more they will start speaking up
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A bar graph from the National Safety Council shows the sudden jump in traffic fatalities in
2015-’16 that has prompted the Travelers Institute to create its Every Second Matters campaign
to combat distracted driving.
against the practice and the more it will create a
stigma around distracted driving, much as it happened
with drinking and driving.
“We want to encourage kids and teens when
they’re in the back seat to speak up,” Woodward
said. “We want people to say this is not acceptable
anymore.” 8
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As of February 2018, 15 states and the District of Columbia have laws banning cellphone use while driving, while another six have partial bans. Meanwhile, all but three states have total
bans on texting behind the wheel, with nearly all of them making it a primary offense.

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PrePass provider HELP partnering with
Arizona, TAT, to help prevent trafficking
THE TRUCKER STAFF
PHOENIX — HELP Inc., the nonprofit
provider of PrePass services, has joined Arizona
Attorney General Mark Brnovich, Truckers
Against Trafficking (TAT), the Arizona Trucking
Association and PrePass carrier Albertsons
to form a new statewide partnership to help
rescue victims of human trafficking.
TAT was on hand at a recent news conference
with its Freedom Drivers Project, the
first-of-its-kind mobile exhibit designed to
help educate the public and members of the
trucking industry about the realities of human
trafficking and how the trucking industry can
combat it.
The event was planned in recognition of
January as Human Trafficking Prevention
Month.
In 2015, Brnovich created a unit dedicated
solely to combating sexual exploitation and
human trafficking in Arizona.
Attorneys have investigated more than 75
defendants with ties to sex trafficking, with approximately
30 currently open cases involving
sexual exploitation of minors. In just the first
six months of 2017, the National Human Trafficking
Hotline received more than 200 tips
about human trafficking incidents in Arizona.
The attorney general’s office will donate
the funds to help pay for rescue stickers that
will be placed on more than 25,000 tractortrailers
traveling across the state. The window
sticker states, “Do You Need Help?” and lists
the National Human Trafficking Hotline or victims
can text “HELP” to 233-733 (Be Free).
HELP President and CEO Karen Rasmussen
spoke about the assistance that HELP, a
platinum sponsor, is providing to raise awareness
among the more than 57,000 fleets that
utilize HELP’s PrePass system.
Truckers Against Trafficking partners with
many law enforcement agencies across the
country in training truck drivers to recognize
and report instances of human trafficking.
Currently, 23 of the 32 states that deploy
HELP’s PrePass system are actively engaged
with TAT.
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Courtesy: TMAF
Jeff Reed and his son Tate talk about the
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THE TRUCKER STAFF
ARLINGTON, Va. — Trucking Moves
America Forward has officially launched its first
set of Web profiles on “Meet the Truckers.”
The new dedicated webpage is designed to
highlight both the professional and personal
lives of truck drivers.
The series is available on TMAF’s Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn pages.
The Reed family, from Knoxville, Tennessee,
is featured in the first profile.
“I’m not sure if I chose trucking or if trucking
chose me. Growing up, it’s all I knew and
all I wanted to do,” Jeff Reed said in his profile.
“See, trucking has been in our blood for
generations. Our family has been working in
the transportation industry for as long as we
can remember. So, for my grandfather and his
brother, trucking is all they knew and wanted
to do, too.”
The family’s venture into trucking began in
1954 when, following their dream, the Reeds
gave up everything they had — they sold what
they could and quit their jobs in the trucking
and railroad industry — to purchase the trucking
company Skyline Transportation in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
At the time, Skyline was a small carrier
with only six trucks. The company served as a
local interline trucking company, which operated
within about 75 miles of Knoxville, serving
the small surrounding communities during
a time when the trucking industry was heavily
regulated and many trucking companies could
only operate in one state.
Through hard work and dedication, Jeff
Reed said the first generation of Skyline Reeds
grew the business to operate within a 200-mile
radius of Knoxville.
The second generation of Reeds — Jeff
Reed’s, father W.H. Reed Jr. and his uncle Robert
(Bob) Reed — guided the company through
the period of government deregulation. During
that time, Skyline expanded service across
Southeast states, including Tennessee, Ohio,
North Carolina and Alabama.
When his father retired in the late 1990s,
Jeff Reed and his brother W.H. Bill Reed III
took over the family business and Skyline became
a major competitor in the southeast regional
LTL market, “but we were always thinking
of ways to continue growing the business,”
Jeff Reed wrote.
In the early 2000s, the Reeds shifted Skyline
from the LTL sector to the full truckload
sector, and quite literally started from scratch
like their grandfather did.
“Once again, with only six trucks and a tremendous
amount of drive and work ethic instilled
in us from the previous two generations
of Reeds, we successfully established and grew
Skyline as a high-quality truckload service provider,”
Jeff Reed said.
Now, Skyline covers service for the eastern
half of the United States.
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L.A. city attorney files lawsuits against port carriers alleging they misclassified drivers
THE TRUCKER STAFF
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Attorney
Mike Feuer says that his office has filed
lawsuits against three Port of Los Angeles trucking
companies alleging each has engaged in a
scheme to misclassify truckers working in their
employ as “independent contractors” instead of
“employees” in order to evade their obligations
to provide benefits and pay relevant taxes, and
shift operating costs.
“We allege these port trucking companies
take advantage of hundreds of hardworking drivers,
requiring them to pay onerous expenses just
to do their jobs, while leaving them without basic
benefits and protections — all to boost the
companies’ profits,” Feuer said. “It’s wrong, and
we’re fighting to stop it.”
“In late November, the Council’s Trade,
Travel and Tourism committee held a special
field hearing at the Port of LA to hear firsthand
from truckers and warehouse workers about labor
abuses, wage theft and poor working conditions
at trucking and warehouse companies operating
at the nation’s largest shipping port,” said
Councilmember Joe Buscaino. “As chairman,
I pledged to do all I could to put an end to the
modern-day sharecropping that is taking place
on public property, and asked our city attorney
to explore all possible legal options. I commend
the City Attorney for dedicating the resources of
his office to addressing this problem, filing this
lawsuit and fighting on behalf of the people of
California, who deserve a fair competitive marketplace
where no company is allowed to gain an
unfair advantage by exploiting human beings for
the sake of corporate profits.”
CMI Transportation LLC (CMI), K&R Transportation
California LLC (K&R) and Cal Cartage
Transportation Express LLC (Cal Cartage), three
trucking companies operating in and around the
ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, are each
named in three separate lawsuits. The companies
rely on fleets of truck drivers to provide short distance
transit of cargo between the ports, railyards
and warehouses.
The lawsuits allege that the companies purposely
classify their drivers as independent contractors
rather than employees to avoid paying
employee benefits, such as unemployment insurance,
workers’ compensation, minimum wage,
and reimbursement for thousands of dollars of
business expenses.
Allegedly misclassifying drivers also allows
each company to avoid paying applicable California
taxes, instead shifting this responsibility to
the drivers, the suit alleges, noting that while these
companies increase their profits, drivers may take
home as little as a few cents in a work period.
CMI, K&R and Cal Cartage each allegedly
exert near complete control over their drivers’ assignments
and details of their work — the most
significant factor in determining if a worker is
an independent contractor or an employee under
California law. The companies allegedly make
assignments, unilaterally set the rates they pay
drivers and retain and exercise the right to terminate
drivers without cause.
Feuer said each of the companies exerts further
control over their drivers by allegedly utilizing
a leasing scheme for trucks, which pushes
their associated costs to the drivers.
The terms of the leases allegedly place strict
quotas on drivers’ workloads and, in practice,
substantially restrict the ability of drivers to take
the truck with them if they are terminated or want
to pursue other opportunities, the lawsuit alleges.
Thus, drivers are essentially forced to continue
working for these companies or risk losing
their significant investment in their trucks, the
lawsuit concluded.
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companies from continuing to engage in their
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THE TRUCKER STAFF
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump
January 30 called on Congress to produce a bill
that generates at least $1.5 trillion to improve the
nation’s “crumbling” infrastructure.
In his State of the Union address to Congress,
Trump also called for measures to reduce
the amount of time it takes to plan and complete
an infrastructure project.
At no point did the president identify a
source for funding the $1.5 trillion bill, which
is more than the $1 trillion plan the White
House had touted since Trump took office.
“America is a nation of builders,” Trump
said. “We built the Empire State Building in
just one year — is it not a disgrace that it can
now take 10 years just to get a permit approved
for a simple road? I am asking both parties to
come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable,
and modern infrastructure our economy needs
and our people deserve.”
Trump said every federal dollar should be
leveraged by partnering with state and local
governments and, where appropriate, tapping
into private sector investment to permanently
fix the infrastructure deficit, which the trucking
industry heard as tolls and public-private
partnerships. Most in the industry would rather
infrastructure funding be generated through a
hike in fuel taxes, a mechanism that’s already
in place.
Trump also said that “Any bill must also
streamline the permitting and approval process,
getting it down to no more than two years, and
perhaps even one. Together, we can reclaim our
building heritage. We will build gleaming new
roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways
across our land. And we will do it with
American heart, American hands, and American
grit.”
The president and CEO of the American
Trucking Associations commended Trump for
making infrastructure a priority.
“While the state of our union is strong,
the same cannot be said about the state of
our roads and bridges,” Chris Spear said. “So
therefore, we join the president in calling on
Congress to work with the administration on
an infrastructure package that raises real revenue
to meet the enormity of this challenge.
Just as we did on tax reform, truckers are
ready to help carry a solution forward.”
“Our nation’s highway system has long
been the envy of the world. The heart of it
is a fuel tax with revenues collected going
to roads and bridges,” said Todd Spencer,
acting president of the Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Association. “It’s simple,
efficient and it serves the very real needs of
our country and its people.” OOIDA believes
the most efficient way to raise funds is with
fuel taxes, both diesel and gasoline. “This is
opposed to looking to private-public partnerships,
the sale or lease of existing roads, or
efforts to convert roads into tolled roads,”
Spencer said.
“If elected officials think a fuel tax increase
would be unpopular, wait until Americans
encounter more and higher tolling,” Spencer
added. “An investment of $1.5 trillion in infrastructure
will help dramatically improve our
roads, while spurring economic growth. But
increased tolling is not the way to pay for it.
Instead, the White House and Congress should
find the courage to increase federal fuel taxes,
which are a significantly more reliable and efficient
source of revenue than tolling.”
Meanwhile, the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates
expressed concerns about funding the
plan.
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infrastructure package, in vague and grandiose
terms that fail to address the most significant
aspect of the plan — where funding will come
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Auto safety advocates, Trucking Alliance team up to slam OOIDA ELD exemption request
THE TRUCKER STAFF
WASHINGTON — In joint comments submitted
February 1 to the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, Advocates for Highway
and Auto Safety (Advocates) and the Alliance
for Driver Safety & Security (Trucking Alliance)
warned that an exemption request filed by
the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
(OOIDA) would gut the long-settled electronic
logging device rule by allowing nearly all
trucking companies to delay compliance.
OODIA’s request for a five-year exemption
to the ELD rule “is a transparent attempt to bypass
Congress and the courts by regurgitating
discredited arguments which seek to advance
special interests at the expense of road safety for
all motorists,” the two organizations said in their
comments.
The Small Business Administration defines a
small business as one having less than $27.5 million
revenue annually.
“OOIDA, as an organization, asserts that
it represents 160,000 members who operate
240,000 heavy trucks, yet the application seeks
exemption for a far larger class of motor carriers,
i.e., all those considered to be a small transportation
trucking business as defined by the SBA
regulations,” the comments said.
“OOIDA states in the application that it acknowledges
that 99 percent of the motor carriers
that FMCSA regulates are considered small
entities under SBA’s definition. Thus, the applicant
seeks this exemption for an unknown number
of motor carriers that could amount to 99
percent of all motor carriers to which the ELD
rule applies. This is an unreasonable and overly
broad application that is aimed at gutting the
ELD regulation rather than proposing an alternative
means of compliance and, as such, is an
inappropriate use of the exemption process and
should be rejected on this basis alone.”
“Small-business truckers that have already
proven their ability to operate safely should
not be subject to purchasing costly, unproven
and uncertified devices,” Todd Spencer, acting
president of OOIDA, said when the application
was filed in November.
While the requirement that each motor carrier
be able to document its safety record and
have no at-fault crashes on its record might appear
to have merit, this caveat imposes an unreasonable
practical problem, the commenters
said, adding that the OOIDA application seeks
a five-year exemption for each motor carrier in
the class now, before each motor carrier in the
class submits such documentation.
“The FMCSA would have to determine the
status of nearly 500,000 active motor carriers
before granting the exemption, and then determine
whether the exemption for each small motor
carrier would have to be revoked should it
be involved in an at-fault crash during the fiveyear
pendency of the exemption,” the comments
said. “This would require the agency to screen
all motor carriers before granting the exemption
in order to determine which motor carriers
are in the exempt class. The agency would then
have to identify for state law enforcement officials
which motor carriers are legally exempt
from ELD installation. Moreover, it would also
impose a continuing burden on the agency to
constantly monitor and update the entire small
motor carrier fleet on a regular basis.”
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of law enforcement, public health and safety
groups, truck drivers, and trucking companies.
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Longtime ELD users should already
have lower accident rates, pay increases
In regard to Mr. Williams’ letter, published
in The Trucker, he states that drivers’ lifestyles
will now be improved, being well rested [and]
that driver pay is going to improve as well [with
ELDs]. I have to wonder why it’s taken this long
for his drivers to realize these advantages. Maverick,
his company, has used ELDs for years.
Shouldn’t his drivers already be on the receiving
end of better pay, rest, benefits, etc.?
ELDs are supposed to prevent fatigue [and]
we’ll look at that in a moment. But right now,
let’s look at the safety records of two members
of The Alliance. Swift Transportation and J.B
Hunt both have higher than industry average
crash rates, both have experienced astronomical
increases in their crash rates since 2012.
Swift is up 50.4 percent, J. B. Hunt is up 86
percent. Both have ELDs [and] have had them
for years. Those examples beg the question:
Are those drivers not getting the same benefits
that Mr. Williams talks about? They’re both
members of The Alliance [so] wouldn’t those
carriers have the same goals in mind as well?
Mr. Williams tosses out some crash numbers
on our highways, yet doesn’t want to assign any
fault. Absolutely ridiculous; sounds like we’re
all going to get a participation trophy. So using
the numbers from DOT, in 2015, there were
400,000 truck accidents. So using figures recently
released by ATA, we know 80 percent of
these accidents are the fault of car drivers. That
takes the number of truck-at-fault accidents to
80,000. According to FMCSA statistics, less
than 2 percent of drivers were judged to be fatigued
at the time of the crash, which leaves us
1,600 fatigued crashes. So ELDs are going to
prevent .0045 percent of accidents?
Mr. Williams says ELDs along with other
safety technologies will significantly reduce accidents.
Let’s look at the “other” technologies:
speed limiters, collision avoidance radar, lane
departure systems. So the Tracy Morgan crash
in New Jersey had three out of the four systems,
I know for sure. ELD, speed limiter, collision
avoidance radar. But it failed to prevent the accident.
We have another recent example of an ELD
not preventing a fatigued driving accident. Just
this month a driver for National Carriers with an
ELD fell asleep, crashing into some truckers who
were parked on the shoulder of the ramp to a rest
area on Interstate 81 in Virginia. Those drivers are
going to get tickets for parking on the shoulder,
which is illegal in Virginia.
Mr. Williams says that the data gathered
from the ELDs will improve our supply chain.
Shouldn’t he and his partners at The Alliance
already have this info, as ELDs have been in
their business model for years? They should already
know who the culprits are that hold drivers
at docks for hours on end.
It’s as though Mr. Williams just became
CEO of Maverick yesterday. He talks about
“real world evidence” providing insight to
Hours of Service reform. Again, Mr. Williams
See Letters on p15 m
High number of road deaths, injuries spurs governors
to develop wide range of strategies to reduce accidents
Lyndon Finney
editor@thetrucker.com
Eye on
Trucking
Traffic accidents and deaths have reached
epidemic proportions in America, so much so
that the National Governors Association has
released a report called “State Strategies to Reduce
Highway and Traffic Fatalities and Injuries
— A Road Map for States.”
The report begins by restating a sad and
scary fact: Motor vehicle crashes are a leading
cause of death in the United States.”
In 2016, there were 37,461 traffic-related
deaths, a number that is 5.6 percent higher than
in 2015.
This follows the record number of traffic
fatalities in 2015, which marked the highest
number of traffic fatalities since 2008.
Last year’s 4,317 large truck fatalities were
5.2 percent higher than the 4,094 in 2015, while
2015 had 4.5 percent more truck-involved fatalities
than the 3,908 recorded for 2014.
Those figures mean that 11.5 percent of the
fatalities in the U.S. in 2016 occurred in large
truck-related crashes.
The report points out another often-forgotten
fact.
Although most of the research on traffic
We need parking in the cities, country,
desert, mountains, coastal [areas]. I see
endless picnic tables and open areas everywhere
that nobody will ever use … and I
think about how many trucks would fit in
there if anyone knew how bad it’s needed
for proper trip planning.
— James Myers
crashes has been based on fatal injuries, nonfatal
injuries are also of major concern.
In 2016, there were an estimated 4.6 million
medically consulted motor vehicle injuries
— that is, injuries serious enough to warrant
going to the doctor.
In addition to causing fatalities and injuries,
traffic crashes impose a large financial and economic
toll.
In 2016, the estimated cost of motor vehicle
deaths, injuries and property damage was
$432.5 billion, a 12 percent increase from 2015.
These costs include lost wages, productivity
loss, medical expenses, administrative expenses,
employer costs and property damage.
In 2012, traffic crash injuries totaled $18
billion in lifetime medical expenses alone.
The report cites factors that have contributed
to the historic rise in traffic-related deaths:
• Increased exposure and mobility. In 2015
Americans traveled more than 3.1 trillion
miles, creating a new record high for total vehicle
miles traveled.
• Risky road behavior. Impaired driving,
not using seat belts and speeding represent a
majority of the causes of traffic fatalities in
2015. Additionally, there were 3,477 distraction-related
traffic fatalities in 2015. Sadly, the
report says, half of all teens will be involved in
a car crash before graduating from high school.
• Deficiencies in post-crash response. Access
to emergency medical and trauma services
presents a challenge for rural communities, the
President Trump recently asked Congress for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure
package. In your opinion what are the most serious deficiencies in the
roads today, and what areas of the country are the worst?
Pick a state — every state has some bad
highways.
— Joey Word
report says. Studies have shown that the farther
a fatal crash occurs from a Level 1 or 2 trauma
center, the more likely it is that the driver will
be listed as “died at the scene of the crash.” In
more rural areas, persons may live more than
45 minutes away from a Level 1 or 2 trauma
center.
The report identifies strategies to address
those factors, among them:
• Policies that permit violators of seat-beltuse
laws to be stopped and cited independently
of any other traffic behavior.
• Increasing seat belt use penalties.
• Setting appropriate speed limits. This
strategy comes at a time when more and more
states are increasing speed limits.
• Encouraging the use of driver logbooks
for commercial drivers (seems sort of superfluous
since that’s already the law, but reinforcement
never hurts).
• Promote and utilize high-visibility enforcement
of laws on texting and cell phone
use to reduce distracted driving.
• Graduated driver’s licenses (GDL) policies
that include restrictions for the full length
of the leaner’s permit period, requirements for
a period of supervised hours and effective restrictions
for nighttime driving and for how
and when GDL holders drive passengers.
The report does list numerous positive outcomes
from states as a result of crash reduction
strategies.
We will cover those next issue. 8
As far as just bad highways, Michigan,
Indiana and some parts of Oklahoma and
Kentucky. Now as far as truck stop parking,
four corners, northeast, southeast,
southwest, northeast, northwest need help
badly.
— John Brohl

thetrucker.com
b Letters from page 14 b
would seem ignorant of these issues when
his company should know first-hand. At [the]
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
we have been pushing for shippers/receivers
to be responsible for uncompensated loading
time for over 40 years.
Mr. Williams only mentioned training once,
but he mentioned technological gadgets several
times. OOIDA has always believed a welltrained,
well-compensated driver is the best
safety device you can have on/in a truck [and]
still do. We recently got passed into law an
entry-level driver training rule. This was vigorously
opposed by many ATA, TCA companies
for more than 30 years. OOIDA has been
pushing HOS reform since 2003, when the latest
HOS came into effect. We’ve known about
all the issues drivers have faced, because we’re
made up of drivers/owner-operators. We didn’t
need an ELD to tell us what’s right/wrong with
the trucking industry, we were listening to our
members and “real world experience.”
— Monte Wiederhold
OOIDA Board Member
Afro-American truckers: ‘Trucker War’
stories omit role blacks played in strikes
The Afro-American Truckers Association
thinks “Trucker Wars,” the true story of the
three trucker shutdowns, is oversimplified and
mixed with too little truth and too much distortion
in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” video
Perspective February 15-28, 2018 • 15
that highlights the horrific events which caused
widespread panic and disruption throughout
the U.S. economy during the tumultuous 1974,
79 and 83 shutdowns.
Those highly effective unpredictable revolts
were most impactful in cities rife with
government corruption, fierce labor disputes
and mass civil unrest. However, this very
grainy, low-budget cinematic production that
has been mass marketed and sold in major
truck depots nationwide is highly misleading
on a number of accounts — besides slashing a
giant tax hike, ending two bogus oil shortages
and inspiring several ill-conceived truckerthemed
movies.
Conversely, the mass majority of industry
leaders, paid-off insiders and fake union bosses
were grossly negligent and very slow reacting
to the escalating violence of U.S. truckers and
citizens being triggered by huges spikes in fuel
prices from an alleged Mideast oil embargo.
They vastly overstated their own, misguided
intentions during the lead-up, height and
immediate aftermath of the truckers’ revolt.
But more importantly, they deliberately downplayed
the prominent role Afro-Americans
played to help revolutionize trucking. ...
It is my responsibility to speak out and
correct the omission, pay proper tribute to
some of the film’s unsung road warriors and
advance the collective interest of Afro-American
truckers who were at the forefront of social
and political change but have not received
the kind of high-level endorsement, fringe
benefits, corporate promotion and movie roles
they deserve. …
— Shakir Muhammad 8

16
AT
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Kurt Schultz has been an engineer, served in the
military but has always loved trucking
Story and photo
by Aprille Hanson
Special to The Trucker
aprilleh@thetrucker.com
Kurt Schultz, 65, has driven trucks longer than the average
driver. Growing up in Texas, he drove grain trucks for local
farmers in his youth.
“I’ve been around heavy trucks all my life,” Schultz said.
Though he’s done everything from serve in the military to
working as an engineer, trucking has always been there for
him.
Schultz is a father of one son and lives in Azle, Texas, located
on the eastern border of Eagle Mountain Lake. He drives a 2010
Freightliner Cascadia for Lion Transport out of Batesville, Arkansas
and hauls general freight, everything from beer to furniture,
he said. He’s done over-the-road from coast to coast and
into Canada and Mexico. The company recently switched to
more regional routes and he runs the Midwest.
While he grew up with trucking, Schultz also spent much of
his life following other endeavors.
In 1971 he was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
war, serving about nine years active duty and in the reserves.
“They asked for drivers; I knew how to drive a 2 1/2-ton
truck, so I would drive for the Army every once in a while,” he
said. “I was a kid, 19. I was a weatherman, a weather observer
for an Army battalion … I wanted to go home. Everybody was
so young over there; nobody took responsibility for anything. It
was obvious we weren’t there to win the war. We were there to
make money for the big people in Washington.”
After his discharge, Schultz worked several years as an engineer
in the hydraulic and pneumatic industries.
At one of the companies he worked for, “We were instrumental
in the duel fuel concept of running your cars off natural gas
or gasoline,” he said. … A lot of truck stops are now turning to
natural gas [and] they’re all over. These guys are buying their
equivalent amount of energy in natural gas for about a dollar a
gallon and we’re paying three or four dollars a gallon.” However,
he said, “People aren’t going to accept natural gas in their
vehicles until they get a whole lot more stations.”
In engineering, “you got into every industry in the country,”
Schultz said, adding one of the companies he worked for made
critical components for NASA’s moon rover.
“I was a field engineer. We made special equipment for nuclear
generating stations and for all the nuclear power plants and
all of our naval ships in this country. I got involved in that and
that’s where I made a whole lot of money,” he said.
He left in the late 1990s and started his own vending business.
Schultz also later worked for the Home Shopping Network
in Clearwater, Florida, doing customer service and logistics.
In 2007, he had a heart attack while mowing grass for
his ex-wife. His choices were limited so he decided to get back
into trucking.
“I kept my license for years and years,” he said.
Schultz said as a native Texan, he enjoys driving through the
state because “of the higher speed limits” and is critical of Arkansas,
where The Trucker editorial staff is located. “The highway
system in Arkansas is not up to par with the rest of the
country,” he said.
His favorite place to drive is beyond the United States. Even
though he enjoys trucking, it’s clear for Schultz that Americans
should learn a thing or two from our brothers and sisters to the
north.
“Canada is better than the United States. The drivers in Canada
respect the truckers. You put your signal on, they back off
and flash their lights. In America, you put your signal on and
they try to pass you,” he said. “American drivers won’t let you
in; Canadian drivers do.” 8

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want: up.
However, cutting corners and trimming time
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with the new ELD mandate, Big Brother
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With degrees in international business and
Spanish, trucking wasn’t on the radar when
28-year-old Olivia Dorgan went looking for
her first job right out of college.
But this Women In Trucking January Member
of the Month urges any young woman starting
out in the workforce to look into trucking
first thing: “The opportunities are there and
women are greatly needed,” she said.
Dorgan’s first job out of school was with a
manufacturing company in her home state of
Michigan working as an international sales representative.
When she discovered that wasn’t
for her, she heard her cousin had interned at
C.H. Robinson and “loved it.”
She started there in 2013 as a carrier sales
representative and right out of the gate was
asked to “pick up the phone and start calling
on the most difficult-to-cover freight in the
office.”
She ended up doing a lot of problem solving,
negotiating and renegotiating of freight deals,
brokering and basically having to stay on her
toes day-to-day, minute-by-minute.
“I loved being a carrier rep, booking the most
difficult freight we had to cover,” she said. In
other words: She was hooked.
But as Dorgan got deeper into the business,
she experienced brokers, carriers, truckers, logistics
and back-office staff all struggling with
the flow and management of paperwork. Documents
were being re-requested due to quality
issues and “it was days” before forms were
processed. “I always heard about it when we
were late with a payment,” she said.
“I knew my carriers were just as frustrated as
I was with the lack of access to quality technology,”
she told Women In Trucking.
She was working out of Chicago, where
Robinson had an office of around 900 who
were commission-based, and yearned for a
smaller office and a team mentality. So she
transferred to Robinson’s 30-person office in
San Francisco.
While there, Dorgan was approached by a
startup company which provided technological
solutions to some of the very paperwork problems
she had been experiencing.
Called LoadDocs, it was begun in 2014 with
a belief that “great technology can better serve
logistics.”
Dorgan said LoadDocs saw her work profile
on LinkedIn and offered her a job where she
could still interact with carriers, a job she loves,
and stay in trucking, an industry she loves. “It’s
amazing that I don’t have to leave the industry.
I can maintain my carrier base and solve some
of the back-office and operational issues.”
She said LoadDocs helps with the flow of all
kinds of documents: logbook data; proof of delivery;
fuel receipts; even photos of damaged
products or accidents: “It allows for that.”
Dorgan was the third salesperson hired by
the startup and the only female. However, she
said another female sales rep is coming on
board soon and she’s very excited.
And while it’s true that San Francisco is
far from her hometown of Plainwell, Michigan
(near Kalamazoo), this newlywed (she
married Tiago Andrade from Brazil in September)
is in her element because she grew
up seeing her parents work hard to give their
children the opportunities they never had,
and she is the first person in the family to
graduate from college.
Her job involves calling on carriers on a
daily basis, learning about their processes for
collecting and managing paperwork, doing
live demonstrations of the product and determining
whether LoadDocs is a good fit.
She said she would “highly recommend”
the trucking industry to any young woman.
“Brokerage is just one piece of the pie and
there are so many different job titles and paths
once you get in the industry.”
About WIT, she said LoadDocs “totally
supports their mission and what they’re trying
to do. The last survey was around 6 percent
female drivers and we’re trying to do our part
to increase that.”
Dorgan loves her job because she said, “No
day is the same. You need to come in with an
open mind every
day, solve problems on the fly, keep a level
head and communicate effectively.”
Come to think of it, that’s a good job description
for a professional truck driver.
Yep, sounds like she’s in the right place. 8
The Women In Trucking Association is a nonprofit organization
focused on the transportation and logistics industry. Our mission?
To encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry,
promote their accomplishments and minimize obstacles faced by
women working in the trucking industry. WIT is proudly headed up
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Never, ever give cop so-called ‘legal’ form provided by another trucker on 5th Amendment
Jim Klepper
exclusive to the trucker
Ask the
Attorney
Every few years a new driver calls with
a problem with law enforcement after he has
taken the advice of a driver acting as a truck
stop lawyer.
Caution: If you want legal advice, ask a
lawyer. If you want tax advice, ask a CPA.
Following is a form given to me by a trucker
who got it from another driver.
The driver who gave me the form would
have fallen victim to a cruel hoax being played
on professional drivers if he had presented it
to an officer.
It shows the case of Garner vs. United
States as standing for the proposition that you
don’t have to surrender your logbook. The theory
is that you violate your Fifth Amendment
rights by giving your personal papers [and
now ELD data] that may incriminate you if
you are behind on your record-of-duty status.
My advice is don’t use this theory with an
officer. You are asking for trouble.
The form says:
“The Fifth Amendment is not a self-incrimination
amendment, and using it does not imply
you are guilty of anything. (The claim and exercise
of a constitutional right cannot be converted
into a crime – Miller v. U.S. 230 F2d 486,
489) and (where rights incurred by the constitution
are involved, there can be no rulemaking
or legislation which would abrogate them – Miranda
v. Arizona, 384 US 436, 491 – 1).
“In Garner vs. U.S. the court decided that
the Fifth Amendment is an irrevocable, unchangeable
right. It is not automatic self-incrimination,
but rather your right to not give
evidence or testimony about yourself on the
chance that it might be used against you, in
that, not even a judge knows all the laws, and
ignorance of the law is no excuse.
“As an example, a trucker is driving down
the road and is stopped, the officer request
or demands his license, logbook registration,
fuel permits and bill of lading. According to
the court decision and the Fifth Amendment,
the trucker must show that all these are in his
possession, in accordance with federal laws,
but he does not have to let the officer examine
the material except to show that he is licensed
to drive that commercial vehicle.
“It would be advised to inform the officer
that he has seen nothing illegal in plain view
and he (the driver) is doing nothing illegal.
Therefore, to examine the truck further, in
search of some kind of violation, so a citation
can be issued, would be malicious and discriminatory
harassment, interference with private
enterprise and interference with free trade, undue
delay of an ICC interstate or intrastate shipment
and possibly a violation of constitutional
and/or civil rights by a government agency.
“It might also be advised to inform the officer
that taking the information under threat
or duress, or searching the truck without sufficient
cause without a warrant or a “John Doe”
warrant, is an illegal warrant and an illegal
search and seizure, and any charges resulting
from such actions by the officer(s) will be litigated
in federal district court and dismissed as
a violation of the driver’s Fifth Amendment
rights, not to be required to give any evidence,
verbal or physical, that would tend to degrade
or incriminate him. Also, the officer(s) could
possibly be sued, civilly and criminally in his/
her personal and professional capacity.”
The theory is that you violate your Fifth
Amendment rights by giving your personal
papers [and now ELD data] that may incriminate
you if you are behind on your record-ofduty
status.
My advice is don’t use this theory with an
officer. You are asking for trouble. As an attorney,
take my word that Garner was a tax case
filed in 1973 that determined the tax records
are written and as such are not protected by the
Fifth Amendment. Furthermore, the Supreme
Court has ruled that your Fifth Amendment
rights only apply to spoken words, not written
documents that may be in your possession
or hold information that may incriminate you.
You should always follow company policy
about providing your logbook data to officers
as well as searches of your truck. However,
you do have the right to remain silent and you
do have the right to refuse to testify if that testimony
will tend to incriminate you.
The court is very clear on vehicle searches
and stops. All recent cases have granted law
enforcement broad powers to search the vehicle,
the trunk and closed compartments.
Show them the logbook data and fight it
afterward. That’s better than being put out-ofservice
with a ticket.
Jim C. Klepper is president of Interstate
Trucker Ltd., a law firm dedicated to legal defense
of the nation’s commercial drivers. Interstate
Trucker represents truck drivers throughout
the 48 states on both moving and non-moving
violations. He is also president of Drivers Legal
Plan, which allows member drivers access to his
firm’s services at discounted rates. He works to
answer your legal questions about trucking and
life over-the-road and has his CDL.
For more information contact
800-333-DRIVE (3748) or interstatetrucker.
com and driverslegalplan.com. 8
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hits all-time high in November; up 0.2%
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THE TRUCKER STAFF
WASHINGTON — The Freight Transportation
Services Index (TSI), which is based on the
amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation
industry, reached an all-time high in November,
rising 0.2 percent in November from October,
growing for the second consecutive month,
according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS).
The November 2017 index level of 130.8
was 38.1 percent above the April 2009 low during
the most recent recession.
BTS’ TSI records begin in 2000. See historical
TSI data.
The October index was revised to 130.5
from 129.2 in last month’s release.
Monthly numbers for April through September
were revised up slightly and March
were revised down slightly.
The Freight TSI measures the month-tomonth
changes in for-hire freight shipments by
mode of transportation in tons and ton-miles,
which are combined into one index.
The index measures the output of the forhire
freight transportation industry and consists
of data from for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterways,
pipelines and air freight.
The TSI is seasonally-adjusted to remove regular
seasons from month-to-month comparisons.
Notable increases in trucking, rail carloads,
rail intermodal and air freight led the November
increase of 0.2 percent while water and
pipeline declined.
See TSI on p24 m
Courtesy: DASEKE/Kye Lee
Daseke Chief Financial Officer Scott Wheeler, right, became Daseke’s new president, assuming
the role from company founder Don Daseke, left. Wheeler will remain as Daseke’s
CFO while Daseke continues serving as company CEO and chairman.
ATA tonnage index loses 5.7 percent
in December, year-over-year up 3.7%
THE TRUCKER NEWS SERVICES
ARLINGTON, Va. — American Trucking
Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted
(SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell for the
first time since September, losing 5.7 percent
in December.
In December, the index equaled 142.9
(2000=100), down from 151.6 in November.
For all of 2017, compared with 2016, the index
was up 3.7 percent. This was the largest annual
gain since 2013, when it was 6.1 percent.
Compared with December 2016, the SA
index increased 5.9 percent, which was down
from November’s 7.5 percent year-over-year
gain, but still very strong. In October, the index
surged 10.5 percent on a year-over-year
basis.
ATA also revised its November monthly
increase in the index down to a 2.1 percent
See Tonnage on p24 m
The Trucker: KLINT LOWRY
The November Freight Transportation Services Index was 4.7 percent above the level of
July 2016 of 124.9, which was the highest level prior to 2017.
Daseke founder names CFO Scott
Wheeler as company’s new president
THE TRUCKER STAFF
ADDISON, Texas — Daseke, a consolidator
and largest flatbed and specialized transportation
company in North America, has appointed
its Chief Financial Officer Scott Wheeler as
the company’s new president.
Wheeler assumes the role of president from
company founder Don Daseke, who will continue
to serve as Daseke’s CEO and chairman.
Wheeler will remain as Daseke’s CFO.
“I first met Scott when he was the mayor
of our home town, Addison, Texas, a suburb
of Dallas. When I asked Scott to join Daseke
I knew he was a great CFO. I soon learned he
was much more. Scott has now been my business
partner and confidant for years, and is a
trusted leader,” Daseke said. “He was the architect
behind our mergers, organizational
structure and critical to our success in going
public. He has proven to be a great leader and
Daseke will continue to greatly benefit from
his talents and experience as he takes on this
new leadership role. He has the respect of his
corporate team, the CEOs of our operating
companies, the Daseke board of directors and
the public markets. Daseke would be very different
if it were not for Scott Wheeler.”
In 2015, the Dallas Business Journal named
Wheeler as CFO of the Year in its middle market
category.
In December of 2016, Wheeler was named
to the company’s board of directors.
Last year, the National Association of
Corporate Directors and the Dallas Business
Journal awarded Wheeler and his fellow board
memberwith the Outstanding Directors Award
for a public company.
Before joining Daseke, Wheeler served as
CFO for two companies and was a managing
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One strategy some drivers are using for
ELD implementation is to hope that Congress
passes legislation that reverses the FMCSA
mandate, or at least postpones implementation
until the year 2147 or so. If OOIDA and other
groups have their way, it might just happen.
Still, getting compliant might be a better
strategy in the short term, just in case. While
some states are delaying citations for drivers
who aren’t in compliance until April 1, others
aren’t waiting to get started. At some point,
violations will count against the carrier’s CSA
score and could impact insurance rates and
even the ability to secure loads.
If you’re still using paper logs, or if you
aren’t sure whether the ELD you’re using is
compliant, read on.
According to the FMCSA, the ELD can be
permanently mounted or a portable device can
be temporarily mounted while the vehicle is in
operation. Even a smartphone will work, if the
other requirements are met. A list of those requirements
is available on the FMCSA website
at fmcsa.dot.gov/hours-service/elds/choosingelectronic-logging-device-checklist.
A pdf version
is available for download for handy reference.
According to the FMCSA, the most important
consideration is to make sure the device you
are considering is on the agency’s list of registered
ELDs. It’s a self-certification list, meaning
that the vendor who markets the ELD has certified
that their product is compliant with all of the
technical specifications.
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products will be better than others. Checking out
some online reviews or even checking with the
Better Business Bureau might turn up information
that helps in the decisionmaking process.
However, you can familiarize yourself with
the requirements by visiting csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/
ELD/List on the web.
A major requirement is that the device has
“integral synchronization” with the engine control
module of the vehicle and can automatically
record when the engine is running as well as
when the vehicle is in motion. If your truck is
leased to a carrier that requires installation of a
telematics system, the ELD may simply be an
additional program incorporated into that system.
If the ELD is a stand-alone unit, it will connect
to the vehicle’s Onboard Diagnostic (OBD)
port to access the data.
Some products, such as ELD programs for
smartphones, connect with a Bluetooth device
that is plugged in to the OBD port.
The ELD must also record most of the same
data that is required on paper logs. For example,
the driver must be able to certify that entries are
true and correct. Since the driver can’t “sign” an
electronic record, certification is accomplished
with a click or two.
The device must retain data, including the
familiar grid, for the current 24-hour period plus
the previous seven days. The ELD must also
prevent tampering with the data once recorded.
One phrase that has long been familiar to experienced
drivers, “Let me see your logbook,”
is drastically different. The ELD must be able to
display the collected data, both to the driver and
to law enforcement officials on demand. This
display can be either printed or electronic.
There are several ways the record can be accessed
electronically. Some ELD systems, especially
those used by larger carriers, make duty
status records available on the web. Copies of
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b TSI from page 21 b
The TSI increase took place against a background
of strong results for other indicators.
The Federal Reserve Board industrial production
index rose by 0.2 percent in November,
with increases in manufacturing and mining.
Employment rose, personal income grew and
housing starts increased.
The Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing
index declined to 58.2, indicating positive
but decelerating growth.
As for trends, the Freight TSI’s November index
was 4.7 percent above the level of July 2016 of
124.9, which was the highest level prior to 2017.
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November was the second all-time high in
a row, and the sixth in 2017. The seven months
from May to November 2017 were the seven
highest levels the Freight TSI has ever attained.
The Freight TSI was at or above 124.0 in every
month of 2017, a level it reached in only two
months prior to 2017. The November index was
38.1 percent above the April 2009 low during
the most recent recession. For additional historical
data, go to TSI data.
For-hire freight shipments are up 16.6 percent
in the five years from November 2012 and are up
18.3 percent in the 10 years from November 2007.
BTS research has shown a clear relationship
between economic cycles and the freight
and passenger transportation services indexes,
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gain from the previously reported 2.3 percent
increase.
The not seasonally adjusted index, which
represents the change in tonnage actually
hauled by fleets before any seasonal adjustment,
equaled 141.9 in December, which was
3.4 percent below the previous month’s 146.9.
“Despite the decline in December, last year
was a solid year for truck tonnage, especially
during the second half of 2017,” said ATA
Chief Economist Bob Costello. “I remain optimistic
for 2018 for a host of reasons, including
a pick-up in factory activity, better housing
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construction, solid retail sales, and an expected
shot in the arm from the new tax law.”
In other economic news impacting trucking:
• U.S. employers added a robust 200,000
jobs in January, and wages rose at the fastest
pace in more than eight years, evidence of a
consistently healthy job market. The unemployment
rate remained 4.1 percent, the lowest
level since 2000, the Labor Department said
in its monthly jobs report February 2. For-hire
trucking added 2,200 jobs, according to the Labor
Department.
• Privately owned housing starts in December
were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate
of 1,192,000. This is 8.2 percent below the revised
November estimate of 1,299,000 and is
6.0 percent below the December 2016 rate of
1,268,000. Single-family housing starts in December
were at a rate of 836,000; this is 11.8
percent below the revised November figure of
948,000. The December rate for units in buildings
with five units or more was 352,000. An
estimated 1,202,100 housing units were started
in 2017. This is 2.4 percent above the 2016 figure
of 1,173,800.
• President Donald Trump campaigned on a
promise to overturn U.S. trade policy and bring
down the country’s trade deficits.
After a year in the White House, he still has
a lot of work to do.
The Commerce Department reported that
the U.S. trade deficit in goods and services rose
12 percent to $566 billion last year, the biggest
since 2008. A record $2.9 trillion in imports
swamped $2.3 trillion in exports last year.
The deficit in the goods trade with China hit a
record $375.2 billion in 2017. The goods gap with
Mexico climbed to $71.1 billion. 8
b Daseke from page 21 b
director at a CFO consulting firm for highgrowth
companies.
Wheeler sits on the advisory board of the College
of Business-Texas A&M University-Commerce,
where he earned his undergraduate degree
and now serves as an adjunct professor of finance.
In 2014, the Commerce, Finance and Economics
Department at Texas A&M College of
Business bestowed upon him the Alumni Ambassador
Award, the highest honor granted to
an alumnus. Wheeler received his M.B.A. from
Southern Methodist University in 1985.
“I knew Don was a leader from the first time
I met him, and I feel fortunate to have worked
alongside him for the last six years,” Wheeler
said. “When Don first approached me about joining
his new company as CFO, I found his philosophy
of finding well-managed companies and
offering them the opportunity and resources to
grow their business to a whole new level to be so
compelling. I look forward to taking on the operational
leadership role that Don has so expertly established
at Daseke, as he and I continue to serve
as mentors to the leaders of Daseke’s growing
number of operating companies.”
Daseke companies operate 5,200 tractors,
more than 11,000 flatbed and specialized trailers,
and a million-plus square feet of industrial
warehousing space.
Daseke is the largest company, yet has only
1 percent market share, of the highly fragmented
$133 billion flatbed and specialized transportation
market. 8

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b Focus from page 23 b
each day’s record can be emailed to the officer’s
computer or a website, and login credentials can
be provided to the inspector, who can access the
records directly.
Portable or smartphone units must be directly
accessible by the inspector. If, for example,
the ELD is a device that plugs into the OBD
port and connects with the driver’s smartphone
via Bluetooth, the device must be made discoverable
to the safety official performing the
inspection. Drivers who use Bluetooth headsets
are already familiar with this process. The official
will provide a code that the driver enters,
and will then have access to the information
stored in the ELD. It’s important to note that
this access is to the unit connected to the OBD
port, not the driver’s smartphone. The duty status
record is stored in that device, and must be
accessible without the driver’s phone.
The other method of direct data transfer is
by wire, such as a USB2.0 port that the safety
official plugs directly into.
During a roadside inspection, if the electronic
transfer of data is not available or if the
connection fails, the driver can still be compliant
by showing the actual ELD display of their
record of duty status or a printout of it.
An important item that many ELD users
may not have considered necessary is the instructions
for transferring data to inspectors
and for handling malfunctions. These can be
printed or electronic, and should be a part of
the vendor’s user manual for the product. Failure
to have the instructions could result in a
citation for records not available, even if there
are no violations in the record itself.
The safest route is to make sure the ELD is
on the FMCSA list and is compliant with the
requirements. 8
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Preliminary December U.S.
net trailer orders hit all-time
high of 47K units, FTR says
THE TRUCKER STAFF
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. — FTR has reported
preliminary December U.S. net trailer
orders at an all-time high of 47,000 units, 10
percent above November and plus 38 percent
year-over-year. December orders, when finalized,
are expected to exceed the previous
high of 45,800 reached in October 2014.
Total trailer orders for 2017 were 308,000
units.
Fleets are ordering thousands of dry vans
to deal with exceptionally tight trucking capacity
pushed to the edge by the ELD mandate,
FTR said.
“Freight continues to grow without
enough equipment to haul it,” said Don Ake,
FTR vice president of commercial vehicles.
“Carriers are resorting to much more dropand-hook
to compensate for the lack of drivers,
and they need significantly more trailers
to manage the demand.”
Across-the-board economic growth is
also keeping trailer demand strong in the
other segments. Refrigerated freight remains
robust and the flatbed market continues to
surge with construction and manufacturing
growth boosting demand, FTR said, adding
that higher crude prices are reviving tank
trailer sales.
“December was just an awesome month for
trailer orders,” Ake said. “We have seen pressure
build on equipment markets for several
months, and this shows quarter one is going
to be hectic as fleets scramble to keep up with
freight demand.” 8
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An in-cab signal warns this driver that they are approaching a section of the Pennsylvania
Turnpike that is known to have caused rollovers.
Truck Parking USA forms partnership
with routing software firm ProMiles
Drivewyze technology used to warn
drivers to cut speeds on PA Turnpike
THE TRUCKER STAFF
DALLAS — A Pennsylvania Turnpike
connected-truck pilot program that provides
in-cab safety alerts to commercial
drivers has helped reduce truck speeds and
boost traveler safety on curves and ramps
on the PA Turnpike system, according to
Drivewyze.
In the first six months of a program operated
in partnership with Drivewyze of Dallas,
the Pennsylvania Turnpike delivered
more than 70,000 driver-safety notifications
to truck drivers. Last September, truckers
who received in-cab notifications reduced
their speed 7 percent more than those who
did not receive alerts.
“Results of the pilot program show the
benefits of technology in changing driver
habits and improving traveler safety,” said
Pennsylvania Turnpike Chair Leslie Richards,
who also serves as secretary of the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT). “This vehicle-to-infrastructure
technology is helping us improve safety at no
cost to toll-payers by delivering timely alerts
when they can alter driving behaviors.
“Sadly, driver error continues to be the
leading cause of crashes in Pennsylvania
and around the country,” said Richards, who
is considered a national leader in the adoption
of pioneering transportation technology.
“Innovations like the Drivewyze alerts
offer an opportunity to apply technologies
to positively affect driving behavior before
a crash occurs.”
See Drivewyze on p30 m
THE TRUCKER STAFF
ARLINGTON, Va. — Truck Parking USA,
an online and mobile platform for truck parking
facilities, has formed a new partnership
with commercial truck routing software company
ProMiles.
With the integration of ProMiles, Truck
Parking USA, available for iOS and Android,
now includes a location-based fuel pricing tool
so truck drivers can view current retail diesel
prices at thousands of truck stop locations
while simultaneously considering routes with
appropriate commercial vehicle capacities.
According to the 2017 “Critical Issues in
Courtesy: DTNA
A pilot program using the Loadsmart app demonstrated
dramatic improvements in the time
to process a spot shipment — going from five
hours to just 18 minutes on average, Daimler
officials said. In addition, carriers received payments
in two days instead of 30 days.
The Trucking Industry Report” prepared by
The American Transportation Research Institute,
truck parking and transportation infrastructure
are among the top 10 most challenging
issues facing the trucking industry.
With the addition of ProMiles software to
the platform, Truck Parking USA is working
to improve difficulties drivers face on the road
and helping improve efficiency, according to
Niels de Zwaan, managing director. Tried and
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See Parking on p30 m
DTNA launches new digital platform to speed spot load process
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Truck Parking USA’s parking locator allows drivers to find available parking spots before
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Daimler Trucks
North America (DTNA) is launching a new
digital platform for its contracted freight carriers
in the United States to match them with the
company’s spot loads using a customized version
of an app developed by Loadsmart.
“To manufacture trucks, we need carriers to
deliver components and parts to our plants,” said
Lori Heino-Royer, director of business innovation
at Daimler Trucks North America. “Offering
a customized app to our contracted carriers
gives them first access to our spot business and
improves critical points in our supply chain.”
Loadsmart, a technology company that
specializes in full truckload shipping, offers a
platform that helps both carriers and shippers,
Heino-Royer said.
The Loadsmart platform, available online
and through mobile devices, is helping to
update the logistics process for spot loads —
freight shipments that are outside of regularly
scheduled shipments.
Loadsmart is helping to take the process
from pen and paper and phone calls to a highly
efficient digital platform that leverages data
and machine-learning technology.
DTNA teamed up with Loadsmart to develop
a customized version of the platform which
was piloted with a small subset of DTNA’s carriers
in the autumn of 2017.
It demonstrated dramatic improvements in
the time to process a spot shipment — going
from five hours to just 18 minutes on average.
In addition, carriers received payments in two
days instead of 30 days.
Loadsmart CEO Ricardo Salgado summarized
the project results.
“We saw Daimler Trucks North America’s
participating fleet customers increase
their average number of spot loads moved by
more than 50 percent and improve their average
time to accept, process, and deliver a
spot shipment by over 90 percent,” he said.
“Working with the largest truck OEM is core
to Loadsmart’s vision to build the future of
logistics by interconnecting all players in a
powerful platform.”
Loadsmart is a technology company
that specializes in full truckload shipping.
Headquartered in New York, Salgado said
Loadsmart is leveraging data and machine
learning to build artificial intelligence processes
into the complex freight brokerage
cycle, allowing shippers to book a truckload
in five seconds and providing instant and targeted
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Drivewyze began testing in-cab driversafety
notifications in 2015. That initial
proof of concept developed into a largescale
pilot program involving more than 100
sites in 19 states, including 32 curves and
ramps on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
“Safety and innovation are core values of
our strategic plan, and the Drivewyze partnership
along with the driver-notification
program clearly embody both ideals,” said
Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO Mark Compton.
“Thanks to the efforts of the folks who
made this collaborative venture happen, this
rollout has been a noteworthy success, enhancing
safety for both commercial and passenger
vehicles alike.”
The Drivewyze platform operates on
standard in-cab telematics equipment managed
by fleets and does not require the driver
to download or interact with the application.
The notifications are fully automated
and provide both visual and audible notices
to drivers. As drivers approach rollover-risk
areas on the turnpike, the Drivewyze application
issues an audible tone and displays
a standard federal roadway warning symbol
on the in-cab display.
“The concept was based on the belief
that drivers can be safely encouraged to improve
driving behaviors when provided with
in-cab notices when, and where, they are
most needed,” said Drivewyze CEO Brian
Heath. “The data has proven this hypothesis
correct, with the primary measurable benefit
being a reduction in high-speed vehicle
events through ramps and curves on the
roadway.”
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
operates and maintains 552 miles of toll roads
in the state. It oversees 68 fare-collection facilities,
17 service plazas and 27 maintenance
facilities. With more than 2,000 employees, it
generated $1.1 billion in annual toll revenue
from 200.3 million vehicles in fiscal year
2017. Known as “America’s First Superhighway,”
it opened October 1, 1940. 8
Schneider announces orders of new Tesla tractor
THE TRUCKER STAFF
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Schneider, a provider
of transportation and logistics services, has
committed to purchase new Tesla tractors.
Schneider has placed reservations and is
looking forward to implementing and testing
the innovative tractors, according to Mark
Rourke, executive vice president and COO at
Schneider.
“This new technology resets the bar for
sustainability and safety,” Rourke said. “We
are excited about the potential the electric
[Tesla] Semi truck offers for delivering a
smaller carbon footprint, dramatically lowering
lifecycle operating costs and enhancing
the driver experience. The technology will
provide a natural extension to our next generation
quest platform.”
With a long list of adopted technology
in its ranks, it makes sense that Schneider
would invest in technology that positively
affects both the in-cab driver experience and
place to rest without having to settle, he said.
The platform’s truck parking locator allows
drivers to find available parking spots
before pulling over, maximizing driving while
minimizing search time. Drivers receive access
to an exclusive collection of parking locations
filtered by the amenities and security
features they deem most important. The app
also provides reviews written by truck drivers
who can report free parking spots near them,
allowing truckers to see the real-time availability
of parking spots along their routes.
“We are thrilled to integrate ProMiles
software into our platform,” de Zwaan said.
“Through this partnership, which is only the
first step in significant additions we’ll be
making to the platform, we are able to elevate
the driving and routing experience for truck
drivers around the globe. Our mission is to
continue expanding our offering so drivers
are able to take the safest and most efficient
trips possible.”
“Embracing cutting edge technology with
partners like Truck Parking USA is part of
what keeps this industry exciting,” said Tony
Stroncheck, president of sales and marketing
for ProMiles Software. “When I look at the
advances that have been made in the 25 years
we’ve been at this, I am eager to see what innovations
we will see in the next few years.
Working with a team with the infrastructure
experience they have shown in Europe undoubtedly
will enhance their capacity here in
North America.”
Truck Parking USA is owned by PTV
Group. The software provider is based in
Karlsruhe, Germany, and has over 800 employees
at 20 locations worldwide.
For more than 26 years ProMiles Software
has provided solutions for routing, mapping
and fuel tax reporting to the North American
trucking industry. With a diverse set of solutions
from routing to fuel cost management,
ProMiles offers applications suited to everyone
from the company driver to fleets of any size.
For more information, see promiles.com. 8
the planet, Rourke added.
An Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) SmartWay High Performer and eighttime
SmartWay Excellence Award recipient,
Schneider has a history of testing and implementing
fuel-efficient and safety technologies,
he said, adding that today, more than 30
fuel-efficient features and safety technologies
are in place or in testing to continually improve
performance.
Tesla revealed the electric truck at an event
on November 16.
Schneider is a provider of transportation
and logistics services that offers regional and
long-haul truckload, expedited, dedicated,
bulk, intermodal, final mile, LTL, brokerage,
warehousing, supply chain management and
port logistics.
Schneider is a $4 billion company.
To learn more about Schneider’s commitment
to running an environmentally friendly
fleet, visit Schneider.com/sustainability. 8
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Courtesy: PETERBILT MOTORS CO.
When it was first introduced in 2016, Peterbilt said the Model 567 Heritage saluted the company’s
beginnings by combining its most modern and technologically advanced work truck
with distinctive styling and exclusive features inside and out.
Talbert Manufacturing
introduces 60/65SA trailer
made for tri-, tandem-axles
THE TRUCKER STAFF
RENSSELAER, Ind. — Talbert Manufacturing,
a North American provider of specialized
heavy-haul solutions, has introduced the
60/65SA trailer.
This unit has been designed to accommodate
both tri-axle and tandem-axle jeeps and features
2+2, 3+1 and 4 axle close coupled configurations,
according to Troy Geisler, Talbert Manufacturing
vice president of marketing and sales.
This innovative Talbert design gives customers
flexibility to carry a variety of load options,
he said.
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Courtesy: FONTAINE FIFTH WHEEL
The Fontaine Fifth Wheel mobile app is available at the app store for Apple IOS devices
and at Google Play for Android devices.
Peterbilt Motors produces 1 millionth
Model 567 Heritage at Denton plant
THE TRUCKER NEWS SERVICES
DENTON, Texas — Peterbilt Motors Co.
said recently it has produced the 1,000,000th
Peterbilt vehicle.
The Model 567 Heritage rolled off the assembly
line at the company’s Denton, Texas,
manufacturing facility.
When it was first introduced in 2016, Peterbilt
said the Model 567 Heritage saluted
the company’s beginnings by combining its
most modern and technologically advanced
work truck with distinctive styling and exclusive
features inside and out.
“The production of one million trucks is a
proud moment, and the Model 567 Heritage
embodies this historic occasion,” said Kyle
Quinn, general manager. “The styling and
durability of the Model 567 Heritage gives
customers the industry’s most modern, technologically
advanced and versatile truck. Inside
and out, this truck commands attention.”
Quinn called Peterbilt the “class of the
American commercial vehicle industry, providing
premium-quality and unmatched longevity
since 1939.”
Peterbilt’s Denton facility opened in 1980
with the production of the Model 359.
“Today, customers look to the brand for its
tradition, distinctive styling, low cost of own-
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Courtesy: TALBERT MANUFACTURING
Talbert Manufacturing’s 60/65SA trailer has been designed to accommodate both tri-axle and tandem-axle jeeps. It features 2+2, 3+1 and
4 axle close coupled configurations.
Fontaine Fifth Wheel offering new mobile app
to help customers get parts quickly and easily
THE TRUCKER STAFF
JASPER, Ala. — Fontaine Fifth Wheel
is now offering a new mobile app designed
to empower customers with the information
they need.
“We listened to our customers and designed
the app around their needs. The goal
was to make it powerful and simple, and we
are getting great reviews from our customers
on both counts,” said Paige Petroni, vice
president of aftermarket sales.
The app is loaded with useful, time-saving
features, including:
• Parts guide: Quick reference guide includes
schematic drawings to help you visually
identify what you need
• Search parts: Enter serial number or
model number to find the parts you need
quickly and easily
• Order tracking: Track your order by
invoice number, sales order number or purchase
order number
• Media library: Packed with helpful information
and “How-To” videos to help you
get the job done right
• Submit photo: Choose a photo or shoot
a new photo and send it to a fifth-wheel expert
at Fontaine for help
• Spec’ my truck: To help you learn which
fifth-wheel is right for your application
• Where to buy: Parts and service locations
near you are pinpointed on a map
• Contact: Connect to a Fontaine Fifth
Wheel expert by email, phone, Facebook,
Twitter or fifthwheel.com.
“Our customers are busy people who
need to get the right information quickly to
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do their jobs efficiently. That’s what this app
is all about,” Petroni said.
The Fontaine Fifth Wheel mobile app
is available at the App store for Apple IOS
ership, integration of technology and classleading
uptime, all supported by a strong and
extensive dealer network,” Quinn said.
In celebration of the momentous millionth
truck, Peterbilt recently conducted a
search for its ultimate SuperFan within the
United States and Canada.
From the 1,200 entries submitted, Peterbilt
will choose the SuperFan to be gifted the
Model 567 Heritage during a ceremony at the
upcoming Mid-America Trucking Show as a
way to thank its loyal enthusiasts, customers,
drivers and dealers for their roles in Peterbilt’s
success.
“One million trucks is a fantastic milestone
and is a testament to the hard working
Peterbilt employees from 1939 to now,”
said Leon Handt, assistant general manager
of operations. “We wouldn’t have been able
to grow our brand without them.” Peterbilt
Motors Company, located in Denton, Texas,
has a global reputation for superior quality,
industry leading design, innovative engineering
and fuel-efficient solutions, and is recognized
as the “Class” of the industry.
Quinn said Peterbilt provided a comprehensive
array of aftermarket support programs
through its 350-plus North American
dealer locations that complement its full
lineup of on-highway, vocational and medium
duty products, including alternative fuel
vehicles.
For more information about Peterbilt,
visit peterbilt.com. 8
The trailer offers a 60-ton capacity rating
with its 13-foot 6-inch two-point rigid load
base as a 2+2 or 3+1 configuration. Owners
also can configure the trailer with four closecoupled
axles with no gooseneck extension,
which provides a 65-ton capacity with the
trailer’s 13-foot 6-inch two-point rigid load
base. This versatility saves fuel and alleviates
costs associated with additional permitting
for maximum return on investment.
Geisler said the 60/65SA features an optional
70-inch, flip-up gooseneck extension
to achieve a 190-inch swing radius while its
removable kingpin stations allow for 120-
inch and 108-inch swing radiuses.
Customers also can choose Talbert’s optional
hydraulic linkage, eliminating the
need for manually flipping the gooseneck
extension. The trailer comes standard with a
30-foot by 8-foot, 6-inch-wide deck, providing
ample space for a variety of loads. Talbert
also offers optional deck lengths, deck
types, and widths. The 60/65SA’s deck features
a 22-inch deck height, one of the lowest
in the industry. This offers easy loading and
unloading of a variety of equipment.
The trailer is equipped with Talbert’s optional
East Coast-style E2NitroTM spreader.
The E2Nitro uses a combination of hydraulic
fluid and nitrogen to equalize axle
pressures, providing proportionate weight
distribution of each axle grouping.
This optimizes the range of suspension
movement, Geisler, said, which minimizes
stress and provides a smooth ride. In addition,
the E2Nitro features a bearing pivot and pivot
lockout for backing the trailer. Users also can
hydraulically lock in axle loads regardless of
terrain. The E2Nitro is standard with a twospeed
dual landing gear for optimal stability
when disconnected from the trailer.
Like all its trailers, Talbert manufactures
the 60/65SA with heavy-duty T-1, 100,000-
psi minimum yield steel for extreme durability
and longevity. Talbert trailers are standard
with Valspar R-Cure 800 paint to prevent
corrosion, offering you a long-lasting finish
and better About Talbert Manufacturing
Talbert has been building heavy-haul
and specialized trailers to rigorous customer
specifications since 1938. The company offers
complete lines of heavy-haul trailers and
specialized transportation equipment for the
commercial, industrial, military and government
sectors. Its trailers and equipment are
used in applications as diverse as renewable
energy, aerospace, heavy construction, inplant
material handling, manufacturing and
processing systems and much more. More information
contact Talbert Manufacturing at
sales@talbertmfg.com; or visit talbertmfg.
com, Facebook or LinkedIn. 8
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Features
February 15-28, 2018 • 33
Weightlifter, patriot and Road Team
member Garcia loves sharing industry
Aprille Hanson
SPECIAL TO THE TRUCKER
It’s not enough for Ralph Garcia to drive
a truck. He is driven to give back in every aspect
of his life. He teaches the public the importance
of trucking, honors the sacrifices of
the U.S. military, brings Christ to people in his
hometown and teaches children the proper way
to lift weights. And — he can deadlift almost
600 pounds.
Garcia, 59, drives for ABF Freight System,
based out of North Little Rock, Arkansas.
In August, he’ll have been with the company
26 years. For the past seven years, he’s
hauled general LTL freight to Kingman, Arizona,
where a fellow trucker takes it to the next
destination. His truck is different each time,
but generally they are between a 2015 to 2018
Freightliner or Mack.
Throughout his 41-year career in the trucking
industry, he has driven the Lower 48. He
has been married to his wife Anita for 38 years
and they have three children and five grandchildren.
Trucking was never something he’d even
thought about pursuing while growing up in
New Mexico.
“I didn’t grow up in it,” he said. His father
was a computer operator for a military base in
Albuquerque and his mother did secretarial
work while they raised three sons.
Garcia started going to college and working
for a meat company, cleaning it at nights. In the
summer, he would drive for them.
Here are some scary statistics for you:
• An estimated 30 million people around
the globe live in slavery, more than at any other
time in history.
• Two million children are exploited in the
global commercial sex trade.
• Three out of four victims are female and
50 percent are children.
• The average age of a victim in the U.S. is
12 to 14 years old; in Asia it’s between 7 and
9 years old.
• Once rescued, if a victim has no place to
go, they will most likely end up in the hands of
their trafficker.
That’s ridiculous, you say. Why would anyone
in their right mind go back to their trafficker
or slave master?
It’s like Stockholm Syndrome, the mental
“I think my mom wanted me to finish
school; my dad, too. But they were just happy I
was working, they just didn’t want me to work
so hard. I told them I couldn’t be in an office
like anybody else, cooped up in a building,”
he said.
As a driver, Garcia has amassed 3.5 million
accident-free miles.
“I think the most important thing is of
course being safe and getting the load to its
destination; being accident-free is a big thing.
I really care about my driving record and my
appearance as a driver. A lot of times we get
a bad rep and I make sure I’m an example out
here,” Garcia said.
Being an example extends far beyond the
driver’s seat for Garcia. He’s earned 16 National
Truck Driving Championship awards, also
receiving the Neill Darmstadter Professional
Excellence Award from the competition. He’s
also received numerous accolades, including
being named a White House Champion of
Change in 2011.
“The reason I do more is I like to share my
story. I love being around people. … I love
helping people understand why we do it,” Garcia
said. “… I see so many things, I meet so
many people and there’s so much freedom. But
the main thing is I like to help people understand
our industry. I’ve always been that way.”
Several days each month, Garcia speaks at
schools, communities and to the media, sharing
his knowledge of the trucking industry as
part of America’s Road Team for the past 13
and emotional condition that causes hostages
to develop a psychological alliance with
their captors as a survival strategy during
captivity.
Yes, trafficking victims are usually beaten,
given drugs and they and their family members
are threatened with violence and death. But
the mental and emotional violence causes trafficked
victims’ self worth to deteriorate, as we
discussed in our last column.
Do you know how to spot trafficked victims
at the truck stops or rest areas you frequent?
• A trafficked person has a lack of knowledge
about where they are because they’re being
driven from place to place to sexually service
men, depending on where traffickers can
make the most money. They may be taken to a
hotel, massage parlor or truck stop — even a
house in the suburbs.
• They don’t have their own ID documents
such as a driver’s license, passport or other
identification.
• They’re not free to come and go as they
please. One question frequently asked suspected
trafficking victims is if they’re being held
against their will.
Courtesy: AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS
Ralph Garcia, left, poses with Vice President Mike Pence last summer when members of
America’s Road Team were invited to the White House by President Donald Trump.
years. An elite group chosen by the American
Trucking Associations, the team represents the
3.1 million hardworking professional drivers
and works to educate the public about the importance
of trucking.
“I try to touch on some of the stereotypes
of the truck drivers and the big thing is to help
them realize how much the industry means to
our country. If you don’t have truckers you
don’t have a house, car, gas,” he said. “We’re
all out here trying to do a good job and trying
to stay safe at the same time.”
It’s given him unique opportunities: In
March, he along with other Road Team members
and ATA CEOs met with President Donald
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the
White House.
Garcia said he tries to focus on car safety,
explaining that people should not be afraid of
trucks, that “a truck is very safe if you follow
the rules” and that they should also understand
things like trucks’ blind spots and longer stopping
distance.
“I kind of make it fun. At the schools at
Albuquerque, we always bring a truck so they
can sit in it,” he said, adding he also brings “I
love truck” pins or other items he has picked
up at trucking shows to throw to the kids who
answer questions correctly. “They have a re-
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Trafficking hotline now has 24/7 texting, online chat both in English, Spanish
Dorothy Cox
dlcox@thetrucker.com
Around
the Bend
• Are they allowed to speak freely or is their
communication restricted?
• Are they fearful, anxious, depressed, submissive,
tense or nervous?
Also ask if they’re being paid, if they’re
being watched or followed, if they’re being
sexually and/or physically abused and if their
family members are being threatened.
In the U.S. call 1-888-3737-888 to report
a suspected case; in Canada call 1-800-222-
TIPS.
Now for the first time, Polaris, which runs
the trafficking hotline, has added SMS (more
reliable) 24/7 texting and online chat services
both in English and Spanish.
Previously, trafficking survivors and people
reporting tips could call, e-mail or use a web
form to access the hotline, Polaris stated in a
recent news release.
Around-the-clock texting and chat capabilities
“provide additional discreet avenues for
survivors to get connected to the national hotline’s
extensive network of support throughout
the United States” and “reach out to us through
the mode they’re most comfortable with.”
Polaris pointed out that these modes are especially
crucial given that young people being
trafficked are more accustomed to texting and
chatting than speaking over the phone.
Plus, “these technologies also offer a safer
way for victims and survivors to get connected
with trained hotline advocates, especially in
situations when their traffickers are nearby.”
The national hotline is operated by Polaris
and funded through a grant from the Office
of Trafficking in Persons, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department of
Human Services.
In 2013, Polaris had an independent SMS
service called the BeFree Textline; it had similar
capabilities but was only available eight
hours a day based on available funding.
The online chatting is a completely new
service and are available from humantraffickinghotline.org.
The new offerings have already been testing
and are available now.
Don’t try to rescue a trafficked victim yourself;
traffickers are violent criminals. Call the
hotline.
As always, God bless and be safe out
there. 8

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Writer says NASCAR drivers can
learn from Fernando Alonso’s grace
Recruiting Area
Terminals
Jenna Fryer
AP AUTO RACING WRITER
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Fernando
Alonso doesn’t like every aspect of his job
but understands professionals have obligations
they must meet.
For the two-time Formula One world champion
it meant daily press briefings during his
stints in the Indianapolis 500 and the Rolex
24 at Daytona. He flew to North Carolina to
promote the sports car race, made a video at
NASCAR’s request for Jimmie Johnson, participated
in autograph sessions at both events
and signed autographs for fans in the garage.
“You understand there are some obligations
when you accept a job, and you try to enjoy
those obligations, even if it’s not your favorite
part of your job,” Alonso said after yet another
visit to Daytona’s media center.
Then he explained that fans had sent him
photos of the scoring tower at Indianapolis
when it showed him leading the race. When he
led two laps in the Rolex over the weekend,
fans sent him similar pictures.
“I think those moments, they pay off whatever
obligations you have to do,” he said.
There’s a debate in NASCAR, started recently
by Kyle Busch, over the way the series
is marketing its drivers. The current push is behind
a crop of young, fresh faces who should
captain the sport for the next two decades.
That irks Busch because he didn’t receive
the same marketing support early in his career,
and he believes some of NASCAR’s attention
b Garcia from page 33 b
ally short attention span so you’ve got to really
wake them up.”
For the fifth time, Garcia drove about 2,700
miles, including driving in a 10-day convoy, as
part of the annual Wreaths Across America event,
where truckers and individuals travel to Arlington
National Cemetery near Washington or to more
than 1,000 cemeteries across the country and
abroad to lay wreaths on the graves of military
personnel. It took place December 16.
“We have a lot of the Gold Star families
with us and they drive the other vehicles and
cars with us. We give rides to the wives and
some of the family members. I think what really
touched me was one of the wives with us
… had two kids when her husband was shot
down, and just hearing her story and realizing
how tough it was for them — it was during the
Vietnam War,” he said. “It makes you appreciate
what these guys do to keep our freedoms.
It makes you think twice about the cost of it.”
Outside of trucking, Garcia has competed
for 30 years in the Natural Athlete Strength
Association in powerlifting, earning numerous
championships. Through the association, he
trains young men in high school on how to lift
weights safely and Garcia really enjoys it.
“I like doing it because it teaches them if
you work hard at something, you can achieve
great things; at the same time, it gets them
should be placed on the veterans. It’s a fair
point, but one that likely annoyed NASCAR
brass.
Why? Because Busch is part of a generation
of drivers that grew far too entitled to remember
how the sport grew to its current heights.
The drivers in the Hall of Fame right now
used to sit in chairs outside their haulers chatting
with anyone who stopped. They leaned
against stacks of tires to talk business, they
killed time hanging out with NASCAR’s competition
officials in the at-track office.
Then came the private planes and motorhomes
and golf carts. Drivers now ride carts
out of the gated motorhome lot at Charlotte
Motor Speedway and through the fan zone to
get to the grid. They don’t walk through the
crowd and sign autographs. They go from
Point A to Point B and don’t want anything impeding
their trip.
Track owners complain the drivers don’t
want to do enough to help promote races, journalists
argue they don’t get enough access to
drivers. Both are correct: NASCAR drivers
simply have not been as accessible as they
need to be for a sport that is losing fans at an
alarming rate.
In defense of the drivers, though, their
schedules are stretched thin. But much of that
is taken by sponsor requirements — fulfilling
the obligations set by the people who pay their
bills — and team dealings. When they are finished,
the race to the airport is almost as exciting
as the Daytona 500. 8
strong at the sport,” he said.
His own personal accomplishments include
a 550-pound squat, benching 410 and “my best
deadlift is 575,” he said. “I like competing in
this association because they test to make sure
no one uses steroids.”
The need to give back is something that
stirs deep in Garcia’s soul and is rooted in his
Christian faith. He earned an associate degree
in theology 25 years ago and is an elder at the
nondenominational Legacy Church.
“I wasn’t even thinking of going into the
ministry as far as preaching. I always wanted to
know more about the Bible so I went to school
to find out more. I just really liked it because
it was history and it was very interesting,” he
said.
The church has four campuses and his is
the only campus that’s mobile. He helps bring
a trailer of equipment to his town of Rio Rancho
to set up for two full services, including a
live band and a streaming of the service when it
starts at one of the other campuses. It takes 40
minutes to set up and another 30 to break down,
not including the services.
Garcia said he relies on the strength of God
every day, no matter where he travels, to live
out his faith.
“I’m able to listen to the Bible when I’m on
the road and I of course pray for protection,”
Garcia said. “I’m a true believer that you live
out your faith in the way you treat other people.
I try to help people. … I try to help other
drivers.” 8

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