CONTENTS Volume 80, Numbe r 2 • Summer 2015 FEATURES: SPOTLight
Cover Profile: The Accidental Leader ......................34 2014 Leadership Award Recipient John Mondics By Steve Brawner
Central Freight’s Grider
Is 2014 Driver of the Year.........................................21 By Steve Brawner
For Blake, It’s All About Safety................................22 By Steve Brawner
James Wins Cheshire Award...................................23 By Steve Brawner
Emerging Leaders Builds Friendships, Leaders......44 Membership increases to 43 for 2015 By Steve Brawner
Another Record Year ................................................49 2015-2016 TXTA Foundation scholarship recipients By Katelyn Deibert
Member Spotlight: David Saunders.........................66 Workforce Q&A By Todd Traub
CAPITOLGains Carriers Move to Embrace Tech,
Find Tech Talent........................................................25 By Steve Brawner
Yokohama Offers Assistance with Fleet Tire Selection ..........................................29 By Mary Lou Jay
Leaders of the PAC...................................................30 TXTA TruckPAC Committee 2014-2015 By Glenna K. Bruun
Putting Trust Back in our Highways........................52 By John D. Esparza
Trucking Industry Promotes Safety
and Efficiency at State Capitol ................................54 By Glenna K. Bruun
ROADMap
Increasing Driver Wages..........................................32 Can raising driver pay slow the driver shortage? By Bethany May
Beyond Pay ...............................................................40 Retaining drivers in the modern day economy By Max Farrell
An Experience Behind the CNG Wheel.....................43 By Gary Babbitt
Tips for Driving Change............................................56 By Brian Fielkow
DOT Regulations for Trucking ..................................58 Equipment, maintenance and document retention under FMCSA By Mike H. Bassett and Aaron J. Rolen
The Affordable Care Act Is Here to Stay..................64 By Lynn Weirich
ONTHEScene Have You Heard?.......................................................18
A Look Back in Trucking Time.................................60 Excerpts from the TXTA Time Vault
DEPARTMENTS:
Past Chairman’s Message..........................................9 By Gary Salisbury, FTL
President’s Message ................................................11 By John D. Esparza, TXTA President & CEO
Index of Advertisers .................................................11 TXTA Board of Directors...........................................16
Chairman’s Message................................................30 By Danny Smith, UPS Calendar of Events ...................................................53 TXTA New and Reinstated Members .......................62
COVER PHOTO OF JOHN MONDICS BY JOHN DAVID PITTMAN
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