News & Reports
Freight Forward: DOT’s Roadmap for Trucking’s Next Era
Scopelitis The U.S. DOT's newly released 2026 National Freight Strategic Plan may not be the type of document most trucking professionals read cover to cover, but it provides an important look at where federal freight policy is heading over the next several decades....
The “Shady” ELD Devices Inspectors are Hunting
CCJ Click on link below to see video. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-JcUUOQ6Z7M?t=10&feature=share
Less than 6% of drivers placed out of service during International Roadcheck
Ryan Witkowski Truckers, give yourselves a pat on the back. Over 94% of all drivers inspected during this year’s International Roadcheck did not have any out-of-service violations. Conducted annually by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, International Roadcheck...
FMCSA Advances Hours of Service Pilot Programs for America’s Truck Drivers
Thursday, August 27, 2026 INFORMATION BULLETIN Contact: FMCSA.PublicAffairs@dot.gov FMCSA Advances Hours of Service Pilot Programs for America’s Truck Drivers Pre-tests move programs forward in preparation for 2027 rollout WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Motor Carrier...
The Industry’s Own Crackdown: A Year of Trucking Resurgence, By the Numbers
Doug Marcello In fall 2025, TAEC — the Trucking Association Executives Council, a federation of state trucking associations formalized in 1962 — released an action plan called Trucking Resurgence: The Fight for Fairness and Safety. It was a blunt acknowledgment from...
Big battle brews over small stretch of spectrum
NextNav sparks policy debate with GPS backup proposal Connor D. Wolf The federal review of a proposed backup geolocation network has drawn intense scrutiny as stakeholders, including the trucking industry, battle over its potential downsides. The Federal...
Revoked ELD maker reveals ‘huge’ demand for HOS-cheat devices
Alex Lockie The vendor behind a recently revoked electronic logging device shed light on the black market for hours-cheating devices -- and demand for them from carriers. The vendor explained how their device had identical technology to other providers and found...
Werner CEO: ELD purge to bring further capacity constraints
Updated vetting halts nearly 500 ELD entrants into market, Leathers says Keiron Greenhalgh Capacity constraints in the truckload segment of the freight market are set to continue to tighten, according to Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers, because of an...
How FMCSA revived the English-language proficiency rule
ederal enforcement now sidelines about 2,000 drivers a month, ATA VP says Steve Brawner Federal enforcement of a long-dormant English-language rule is now sidelining about 2,000 drivers a month with out-of-service violations, an American Trucking Associations...
The End of the Honor System
From Scopelitis Transportation Consulting. For years, FMCSA has relied on self-certification to regulate some of the most safety-critical functions in trucking. Electronic logging device manufacturers, CDL training schools, and medical examiners have been asked to...