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TRUCK STOP 

Top Claude Rookie Crook Mordaunt 

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Brabner OTR career putting despite experience 

losing in 6 family Navy, Marines 

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IC NEWS 

Finalists Intelligent named Imaging for 

Transition Systems Trucking’s 

technology 

military used to veteran find CMV rookie 

driver parking award 

at truck 

stops in Midwest 

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PRODUCT PROFILE 

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Top Rookie Mordaunt Brabner putting experience 

in Navy, Marines to good use in trucking 

Mordaunt “Platt” Brabner, a flatbed driver 

for TMC Transportation, had just finished 

delivering a load in San Antonio. It was just 

another working day, a far cry from the day he’d 

had less than two weeks earlier in Dallas. 

On August 24, at The Great American 

Trucking Show, he was handed a check for 

$10,000 as the winner of the Mike O’Connell 

Trucking’s Top Rookie award. That morning, 

Brabner, a retired Naval officer and Marine, 

learned that he was also one of four finalists for 

the annual Transitions in Trucking: Driving for 

Excellence Award, which honors the top rookie 

military veteran who has made the transition to 

driving for a commercial fleet. 

If he’s chosen for that award, he’ll start 2019 

with a brand-new Kenworth T680. He’ll find out 

December 14. In the meantime, it’s back to work. 

Brabner admits that day “put a little pep in 

my step” but “You have to compartmentalize 

it,” he said, and keep doing things the way he 

has been. 

It’s one of the lessons he learned in the 

military: don’t worry about the reward that 

may come from doing something. Just focus on 

doing it well and the rewards will come. 

At 58, Brabner is probably a little more 

introspective and definitely has more to be 

introspective about than the stereotypical 

“rookie.” Since that big day in Dallas, he’d been 

thinking about how and why he’s managed to 

make such a good impression so quickly. 

Brabner sees five points on the moral 

compass of his life: God, family, country, 

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Marine Corp. and Navy. “Those first two are 

what really set the foundation,” he said. 

He grew up on a farm in Alabama. “I worked 

on that farm so much as a kid, I just wanted to 

get away and see the world,” so at 19, he enlisted 

with the Marines. 

Brabner’s father had taught him never to 

turn down an educational opportunity. While 

assigned as an air traffic control navigational aids 

technician, he earned degrees in professional 

aeronautics and electronic engineering. 

But his goal was to fly. When he found there 

were no opportunities available at that time in 

the Marine Corp., he requested his commanding 

officer refer him to test for the Navy’s flight 

program. 

Another rule Brabner lives by: Don’t wait for 

things to happen, make them happen. 

As a Naval flight officer, he performed more 

than 650 carrier landings. He saw about 100 

countries in his career, earned a master’s degree, 

and rose to the rank of Navy Commander. 

In 2006, he retired from the Navy, in large 

part so that this wife Vonda could pursue her 

career. She’s one of the top embryologists in 

the country, he said, and that’s not just proudhusband 

talk. Meanwhile, Brabner earned a 

master’s degree in business. 

They settled in Coupland, Texas, outside 

Austin, where Vonda works at Austin IVF, one 

of the biggest fertility labs in the nation. 

It took about a year and a half before Brabner 

got into trucking, and he went in with the goal of 

being an owner-operator. 

In the military, he said, as you move up in 

rank, more and more of the duties become 

managerial in nature, so he has that experience 

along with his business education. 

But managing, supervising, is not quite the 

same as being a leader. 

Of all his accomplishments in the military, 

Brabner maintains that the one that meant the 

most to him was when his fellow officers voted 

for him to receive the Peer Leadership Award. 

“Leadership and people skills are big on 

my list” of qualities for success, Brabner said. 

“Being able to look someone in the eye, shake 

their hand and talk to them, anyone in the dayto-day 

business of the trucking world, it helps 

you get ahead in the respect category.” 

Since gaining notoriety as a top rookie, 

Brabner has been frequently quoted that he 

would like to “put the professionalism back in 

trucking.” 

“You have to realize it’s more than just driving. 

It’s the interactions, the talking to people. It’s the 

way you conduct yourself and conduct business.” 

There’s a lingering pessimism he sees among 

truckers, he said. It goes back to a few years ago 

when the economy was down, a sense of just 

doing the job to collect a paycheck. 

But he’s also found that truckers are a lot like 

the military: There’s a sense of unity and there 

are qualities they respect. 

“I’ve never met a truck driver that, given more 

than a couple of minutes in the conversation at 

a truck stop or a job site, where I haven’t found 

that the people skills and the leadership skills 

mean the world to them, whether they’ve been 

in the military or not. 

“Young people who come in without that 

background will tend to gravitate to that strong 

leadership, that sense of pride and responsibility.” 

One thing Brabner understands about 

leadership is that it’s by example, rather than by 

policy, that you instill those values. 

Brabner isn’t bucking to be anybody’s father 

figure, but he hopes he can establish himself as 

someone that young drivers can come to for 

guidance and look to as an example. 

The extent to which he can accomplish that 

will be a measure of his own success. 


Finalists named for Transition 

Trucking’s military veteran 

rookie driver award 

Four professional truck drivers who have each 

served their country with distinction achieved another 

distinction in their new careers during the Great 

American Trucking Show, as they were named finalists 

in the annual Transition Trucking: Driving for 

Excellence contest. 

In 2016, the U.S Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 

Hiring Our Heroes Program, along with 

Kenworth and FASTPORT, came together “to find 

America’s top rookie military veteran,” according to 

the program’s website, who has made the successful 

transition from active duty to driving for a commercial 

fleet. 

And for the fourth consecutive year, the winner 

will receive a fully-loaded Kenworth T680 equipped 

with a 76-inch sleeper and a complete PACCAR 

Powertrain with a PACCAR MX-13 engine, PAC- 

CAR 12-speed automated transmission and PAC- 

CAR 40K tandem axles. 

Ten semifinalists were invited to Dallas, where 

they were all honored at a dinner August 22 at the 

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Rookie drivers Steve Harris, left, Wade 

Bumgarner, Christopher Bacon and Joseph 

Campbell stand in front of the Kenworth 

T680 that will soon belong to whichever 

of them is named the Transition Trucking 

Driving for Excellence winner. 

George W. Bush Presidential Library. The next day, 

the four finalists were announced. 

The four finalists are: 

Christopher Bacon, a 31-year-old who hails from 

St. Louis and drives for TMC Transportation. Bacon 

served two combat tours in the Marine Corps, one 

each in Afghanistan and Iraq, as an anti-tank missileman. 

After an honorable discharge in 2010, Bacon 

worked as an automotive technician and service advisor 

before deciding to fulfill his dream of becoming 

a truck driver. 

Wade Bumgarner, who drives for Veriha Trucking, 

grew up in a military family. His father served 

23 years in the Air Force before taking on a 13-year 

career with U.S. Customs. Bumgarner, joined the 

Navy in 1976 and has since been actively involved 

in helping transitioning veterans for many years, 

assisting vets with job search skills, resume writing 

and job-search strategies. In 2014, he played a 

key role in establishing an award-winning internship 

program for vets at The Manitowoc Company, 

where he was employed at the time. 

Joseph Campbell served a combined 24 years 

in the Army and Marines prior to beginning his 

truck-driving career in Roehl Transport’s Flatbed 

division. His first responsibility is protecting the 

motoring public and then picking up and 

delivering cargo on-time and undamaged. 

Campbell is training to become a 

certified trainer and he is a member of 

the Driver Advisory Group. He hopes to 

become an owner-operator soon. 

Steve Harris was born and raised 

in Atlanta. After he graduated from 

high school, he attended the Army 

Mountain Warfare School. Upon 

completion in 2002, Harris joined the 

United States Marine Corps and was 

deployed to Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, 

during which time he received 

the Combat Action Ribbon. After his 

deployments, Steve worked as a corrections 

officer for one year in Georgia 

but wanted more freedom in his 

job. He started driving for Stevens 



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Transport and hasn’t looked back since. 

“This year’s four finalists had significant accomplishments 

in their military careers and now 

are making excellent achievements as professional 

truck drivers,” said Brad Bentley, FASTPORT 

president. “We urge the trucking industry and organizations 

across the United States to especially 

reach out to our veterans and help them make a 

smooth transition back into civilian life.” 

Other truck drivers who achieved the Top 10 finalists 

list and were recognized at GATS are: 

–Thomas Blitch/U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves/ 

Werner Enterprises 

–Keso Going/U.S. Army/Epes Transport 

–Kevin Lassing/ U.S. Army/U.S. Xpress 

–Maliq Melton/U.S. Army/ Melton Truck Lines 

–Monte Morrone/U.S. Army and U.S. Marines/ 

Prime Inc. 

–Timothy Raub/ U.S. Navy/Averitt Express 

Videos featuring each of the four finalists will be 

posted on the Transition Trucking website, transitiontrucking.org, 

where a public vote will determine 

the winner. The online voting will be from October 1 

through November 1. The winner will be announced 

at a presentation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

Foundation December 6 in Washington, D. C. 

There, the winner will be presented with the 

Kenworth T680. The first runner-up will receive 

$10,000, while the two other finalists will receive 

$5,000 each. 

For more information on the “Transition Trucking: 

Driving for Excellence” award program, visit 

transitiontrucking.org. 

Stevens Transport’s Dwight 

Arnold named ‘trucking’s top 

rookie’ at GATS 

Dwight Arnold, a driver for Stevens Transport, 

has been named the 2019 Mike O’Connell Trucking’s 

Top Rookie Award winner. 

The award was presented August 23 during the 

Great American Trucking Show. 

Arnold, 38, lives in Clarksville, Tennessee. 

Along with the title, he won $10,000 and prizes from 



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the RoadPro family of brands and Rand McNally. 

Arnold also received $1,000 from his company for 

winning the award. 

“It gives you a buffer so I can work harder and 

get more done, clear debt and prepare a better life for 

my family,” Arnold said. “It’s a dream come true.” 

According to the Stevens Transport website, Arnold 

was born in Kissimmee, Florida, and raised in 

Jacksonville, Florida. 

In 2001, Arnold joined the United States Army. 

During his time in the service, he served as an ammunition 

specialist, a military recruiter and as a special 

unit transportation officer. 

Arnold received many commendations in the 

Army, including the Army Commendation Medal, 

Iraq Campaign Medal with a Campaign Star and an 

Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two stars. 

After retiring from the service in August 2014, 

Arnold said, he wanted a profession that matched 

what he was already used to doing, one that allowed 

him to see his family more. 

Having experience in the transportation industry, 

he realized that a profession as a truck driver would 

be the perfect fit, so he obtained his CDL from Tennessee 

Truck Driving School and graduated from 

orientation at Stevens in August 2018. 

Today, Arnold is a member of the Stevens Independent 

Contractor Division and is driving in the 

company’s Kraft dedicated fleet. 

Dwight Arnold accepts the 

winner’s check for $10,000 after 

being named trucking’s top 

rookie during the Great American 

Trucking Show in Dallas. 

“Trucking has given me the opportunity to make 

a better home dynamic for me and my family,” Arnold 

said. “As for my future plans with Stevens, I’m 

hoping to start a fleet with four to five trucks and I 

also hope to build financial stability with my family, 

thanks to the financial success that I have had with 

trucking so far.” 

Arnold’s driver manager, DeAnthony Montgomery, 

had high praise for Arnold’s success at 

Stevens. 

“Dwight is a driver that I know will complete 

every task presented to him with a positive attitude,” 

Montgomery said. “He consistently delivers every 

load on time and is a very motivated and exemplary 

driver. I am glad to have him on my team.” 

Arnold was one of 11 finalists for the award. 

The other 10 finalists, the driver training school 

they attended and their employer include: 

• Aaron Pratt, Maverick Transportation, Maverick 

Transportation 

• Bradley Chislett, National Tractor Trailer 

School, H.O. Wolding 

• Daniel Walton, Roehl Transport, Roehl Transport 

• Jaron Grier, New England Tractor Trailer 

Training School, U.S. Xpress 

• Kandy Qualls, United Truck Driving School, 

Earl L. Henderson Trucking Co. 

• Matthew Hepburn, Miller-Motte College, 

Melton Truck Lines 

• Oday Alhousha, CDL Xpress School, Hogan 

Transport 

• Pamela Girton (Coffman), Tulsa Technology 

Center, Groendyke Transport 

• Thomas Blitch, Roadmaster Drivers School, 

Werner Enterprises Inc. 

• Tyria Snow, Diesel Driving Academy, TMC 

Transportation 

Each received $1,000 and a prize package. 

The award is named after the late Mike 

O’Connell, who was the executive director of the 

Commercial Vehicle Training Association and who 

originated the idea of the award. 

O’Connell said he believed that honoring a top 

rookie driver helped show new drivers they are appreciated 

by the trucking industry. 


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Daimler Trucks NA takes its Level-4 truck 

testing to open roads, starting in Virginia 

Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are actively 

developing and testing automated trucks 

with SAE Level 4 intent technology on public 

roads. 

The initial routes are on highways in southwest 

Virginia, where Torc Robotics is headquartered. 

All automated runs require both an 

engineer overseeing the system and a highly 

trained safety driver certified by Daimler Trucks 

and Torc Robotics, according to Martin Daum, 

member of the board of management of Daimler 

AG, who is responsible for trucks and buses. 

All safety drivers hold a commercial driver’s 

license and are specially trained in vehicle dynamics 

and automated systems. 

The deployment on public roads takes place 

after months of extensive testing and safety validation 

on a closed loop track. As part of the comprehensive 

safety process by Daimler Trucks 

and Torc Robotics, both test track and on-road 

validation play an integral role in establishing 

the essential building blocks for successfully advancing 

automated technology, Daum said. 

“Torc Robotics is a leader in automated driving 

technology,” he said. “Daimler Trucks is the 

market leader in trucks, and we understand the 

needs of the industry. Bringing Level 4 trucks to 

the public roads is a major step toward our goal 

to deliver reliable and safe trucks for the benefits 

of our customers, our economies and society.” 

Based in the United States, Torc is now part 

of Daimler Trucks. Authorities approved the 

majority stake acquisition by the truck manufacturer. 

Torc Robotics is now a part of the newly 

established Autonomous Technology Group 

of Daimler Trucks. The truck manufacturer is 

consolidating all its expertise and activities in 

automated driving into the global organization 

with locations in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Portland, 

Oregon, in the U.S., as well as in Stuttgart, 

Germany. 

“Being part of Daimler Trucks is the start 

All automated runs in Daimler Trucks testing of Level 4 autonomous 

technology require both an engineer overseeing the system and a highly 

trained safety driver certified by Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics and 

all safety drivers hold a commercial driver’s license and are specially 

trained in vehicle dynamics and automated systems. 


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of a new chapter for Torc,” said Michael Fleming, 

CEO of Torc Robotics. “Our whole team 

is thrilled to be working alongside our Daimler 

colleagues as we pursue the commercialization 

of Level 4 trucks to bring this technology to the 

market because we strongly believe it can save 

lives.” 

Daum said Torc is one of the world’s most 

experienced companies in the field of automated 

driving with highly sophisticated, roadworthy 

technology and years of expertise with heavyduty 

commercial vehicles. 

“Asimov,” Torc’s system for automated driving, 

has been tested in urban and long-distance 

routes as well as in rain, snow, fog and varying 

light conditions. 

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will 

focus on further evolving automated driving 

technology and vehicle integration for heavyduty 

trucks. The DTNA team is working on a 

truck chassis perfectly suited for highly automated 

driving, particularly the redundancy of 

systems needed to provide reliability and safety, 

according to Roger Nielsen, president and CEO 

of DTNA. 

“As we pair Daimler’s expertise in building 

safe and reliable trucks with Torc’s genius in 

engineering Level 4 vehicles, we have no doubt 

we will do great things in the future. We look 

forward to writing history together,” Nielsen 

said. “The U.S. highways are the perfect place to 

develop automated driving technology.” 

Within the Autonomous Technology Group, 

DTNA is also building an infrastructure required 

for the operational testing of initial application 

cases. This consists of a main control center 

and logistics hubs. These hubs are located along 

high-density freight corridors where many customers 

operate and within close proximity of 

interstates and highways. 

For more information on the partnership 

between Daimler and Torc Robotics, listen to 

the debut of Daimler Trucks’ “Transportation 

Matters” podcast featuring Martin Daum and 

Michael Fleming. Their in-depth discussion 

peels back the layers of the minds behind two 

influential leaders in this strategic partnership. 

Listen in to hear how their inspiration, passion 

and dedication sparked this journey, forwarding 

revolutionary technology that will be used to increase 

freight efficiency and reduce accidents on 

the highway. 

The podcast episode with Michael Fleming 

can be found on the following channels: 

Daimler Corporate Website: d.ai/daimlerhub-mf 

Apple Podcasts: d.ai/apple-mf 

Google Podcasts: d.ai/google-mf 

Spotify: d.ai/spotify-mf 

YouTube: d.ai/youtube-mf 

Azuga introduces dash-mounted, dual-facing 

SafetyCam monitoring system 

Azuga, a provider of connected vehicle 

and fleet technologies, September 11 launched 

Azuga SafetyCam, a proprietary WiFi-enabled, 

dash-mounted monitoring system that rounds 

out the company’s portfolio designed to monitor 

and improve driver behavior, reduce risk and ultimately 

lower costs related to driving incidents. 

This, coupled with the launch of its virtual 

coaching system, Azuga Coach, reflects the 

company’s commitment to keeping fleet drivers 

safe and insurance premiums down for their 

companies, according to Ananth Rani, CEO and 

co-founder of Azuga. 

Azuga SafetyCam is designed with highdefinition, 

1080p road-facing and driver-facing 

cameras that record evidence in the event of an 


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accident, offering immediate proof of an accident’s 

cause and who is at fault during the insurance 

claims process. 

With Azuga SafetyCam, fleet-based businesses 

can rest assured knowing that they have 

the technology needed for liability protection 

that can make the difference between an insurance 

pay-out or a denied claim, Rani said. 

“According to the American Trucking Associations, 

70% of all accidents are not the fault 

of the commercial driver, yet in most cases, the 

company is deemed at fault,” Rani said. “With 

Azuga SafetyCam, businesses and their insurance 

providers benefit from having a firsthand 

perspective into incident specifics, which helps 

in identifying who is at fault during an accident 

or traffic violation. 

“With an already proven track record of reducing 

accident frequency and severity by 50%, 

we can now deliver a solution which can exonerate 

drivers, further reduce insurance premiums 

and ensure that business operations can get back 

to normal.” 

Rani said that along with assessing accidents 

after they happen, Azuga SafetyCam 

can be used to identify and 

reduce unsafe driving behaviors 

before accidents ever occur. 

While Azuga SafetyCam 

is continuously recording 

vehicle trips, it can automatically 

detect at-risk driving behaviors 

and will upload video 

before and after they occur, 

such as hard braking, sudden 

acceleration or hard cornering, 

by leveraging intelligence 

gathered from Azuga Fleet’s 

GPS telematics solution. Fleet 

managers can then review 

these video clips to proactively 

identify poor driving habits 

and use them as real-life examples 

when coaching drivers 

to curb bad driving behaviors. 

In addition to the launch of SafetyCam, Azuga 

is expanding its safety platform by partnering 

with Driving Dynamics to launch Azuga Coach, 

an online video-based training tool for its customers. 

Azuga Coach integrates Driving Dynamics’ 

award-winning DrivActiv eLearning training 

suite into Azuga’s telematics platform, where 

drivers will be assigned targeted online training 

videos based on their individual driving scores. 

“With the launch of Azuga SafetyCam and 

the debut of Azuga Coach, fleets can tap into the 

power of video to improve driver safety behind 

the wheel, which ultimately helps fleet-based 

businesses protect their bottom line and ensure 

safe operations throughout the communities in 

which they serve,” said Tom Erdman, executive 

vice president of business development and insurance 

telematics at Azuga. 

The Azuga SafetyCam dual-facing video 

camera can be bundled into existing contracts 

free of charge or purchased without a contract. 

Visit azuga.com to set up a demo for Azuga 

SafetyCam or to learn more about Azuga’s video-enabled 

safety solutions. 

A company official said along with assessing 

accidents after they happen, Azuga SafetyCam 

can be used to identify and reduce unsafe 

driving behaviors before accidents ever occur. 


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2-3 years verifiable OTR, DOT 

physical/drug test, clean 

MVR, with no more than 2 

violations in the past 3 years. 

855-654-0485 

www.DriveForClarkTransfer.com

Independent Contractor - November 2019

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