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VolUME 21 | ISSUE 1 2016
feaTures
COVER STORY
Military Precision 26
ABF Freight President Tim Thorne finds many parallels
between the Army and the trucking industry
By Eric Francis
CAPITOL WATCH
rule sPells out, bans ‘coercion’ 19
New rule defines ‘driver coercion’ and demands
lofty penalties for perpetrators
By Steve Brawner
TRAdE SECRETS
the arkansas toP ten 23
ATRI reports on top ten trucking concerns in Arkansas
By Rebecca M. Brewster
Fighting Modern-day slavery FroM the road 35
Truckers Against Trafficking enlists the trucking industry
in the effort to end human trafficking
By Jennifer Barnett Reed
Make it better. Faster. stronger. 38
Could Amazon.com’s logistics network compete
with the trucking industry?
By Bethany May
SCENE AROUNd
above and beyond coMPliant behavior 44
First SMC meeting of the year tackles the new ELD rule
By ATR Staff
Maintenance Meeting: clean uP shoP 45
MTC panel on sorting, setting and shining an efficient shop
By ATR Staff
DeParTmenTs
Up Front: by Shannon Newton 7 Insider Trucking 46
They Said It 8 Stat View 48
News in Brief 11 Advertiser Resource Index 49
Calendar of Events 14 The last Word: by Rep. Andy Davis 50
New Members 16
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