C O N T E N T S
July   2 0 0 2
Volume 81, Number 7

COVER STORY:
Page 34  DRIVER SCREENING Warnings that trucks could be the next weapons of mass destruction are chilling reminders that we shouldn't put strangers behind the wheel.

 SAFE & SECURE
Page  46  SERVICE FREE? Low- and no-maintenance brakes must not lead to lax inspection practices.
Page  52  WHEEL-ENDS Unitized hubs make the wheel-end a no-service assembly.
Page  56  HUBS & BRAKES BUYERS GUIDE

POWER 2002
Page  59  SPEC'ING THE NEW POWERTRAINS The Engines of October will change some (but not all) of what you choose.

 NEWS & ISSUES
Page   4   DIESEL PRICE WATCH
Page   6   DOUG CONDRA ATA's emission petition: Hope for the future?
Page   8   DEB WHISTLER Email: The power & the peril.
Page  12  HOTLINE Supplier news.
Page  28  WASHINGTON REPORT Truck size & weight debate; truck tollways.

 IT SOLUTIONS
Page  64  BEST OF BOTH WORLDS A trucking solution hybrid.
Page  68  E-COMMERCE Taking it to the web.
Page  72  MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS The world in your palm.
Page  74  SITES WE LIKE The best of trucking on the web.
Page  77  TECH BRIEFS

 EQUIPMENT
Page  80  SHOP TALK Front end inspection.
Page  84  JIM WINSOR Do you know your costs?
Page  85  PRODUCTS & SERVICES The latest offerings.


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