News & Reports
Lawsuit Abuse Is Driving Up the Cost of Everything You Buy
Doug Marcello While politicians debate tariffs and tax policy, a hidden "lawsuit tax" is quietly inflating prices on groceries, consumer goods, and everything that moves by truck—which is nearly everything. America's litigation system has turned commercial trucks...
FMCSA Seeks 18 Drivers to Help Test HOS Pilot Programs
BULLETIN Monday, March 2, 2026 Contact: fmcsa.publicaffairs@dot.gov FMCSA Seeks 18 Drivers to Help Test HOS Pilot Programs FMCSA currently seeks 18 drivers to help the agency test and fine-tune two upcoming hours-of-service pilot programs. Over the course of six...
Perspective: Building a Safety-First Truck Fleet Culture
Safety Often Revolves Around Regulations, Inspections and Compliance Scores; While Essential, They Rarely Tell the Full Story Aidyn Kanagat In the U.S. freight industry, safety is often framed around regulations, inspections and compliance scores. These measures are...
ELD-tampering out-of-service orders: New for CVSA’s 2026 OOS criteria
Alex Lockie ELD tampering has become such a widespread phenomenon that sales agents are cold calling motor carriers offering "ELD editing" and authorities are drafting a new inspections bulletin to combat the "dangerous trend," according to trucking owner-ops and...
ELD tampering: CVSA drafts new inspections bulletin to combat ‘dangerous trend’
Alex Lockie ELD tampering has become such a widespread phenomenon that sales agents are cold calling motor carriers offering "ELD editing" and authorities are drafting a new inspections bulletin to combat the "dangerous trend," according to trucking owner-ops and...
ELD-tampering out-of-service orders: New for CVSA’s 2026 OOS criteria
Todd Dills A new inspection bulletin from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance of enforcement and industry outlines changes in procedure for documenting what's traditionally known as a false-logs violation. Such a violation is marked when an inspector determines a...
The Discovery Fallacy: Why Avoiding Data Analysis Guarantees You Lose
My note; Doug Marcello is one of the most distinguished lawyers who works with trucking companies. Carefully consider his advice - my experiences as an expert witness has proven his point many times. - Joel Doug Marcello Every trucking company I talk to has...
CVSA News
Registration Is Open for the CVSA Workshop Registration is open for the CVSA Workshop, scheduled for April 19-23, in Chicago, Illinois. The workshop provides the opportunity for enforcement, government officials and industry to continue to work together to advance...
FMCSA finalizes 12 deregulatory changes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has finalized a broad array of deregulatory changes affecting vehicle standards, inspection requirements, emergency equipment, licensing rules, and more. Published February 19, 2026, the rule changes have limited...
REAL-ID, Mail-Order CDLs, and America’s CDL Free-for-All
You can buy a Mexican commercial license online for $200. Six states will convert it to an American CDL without verifying your legal presence. And the federal audit just started. Rob Carpenter Somewhere between a Philadelphia apartment and a flea market in...