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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...
Private solutions fill truck parking gaps
Connon D.Wolf Government funding and private sector investment are both playing a role in the trucking industry’s efforts to alleviate the truck parking shortage, a major source of lost productivity and driver frustration. The American Transportation Research...
The new era of liability: How SCOTUS reshaped freight booking
Chad Krueger A landmark, unanimous Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC has fundamentally altered the legal landscape for freight brokers, putting their carrier vetting workflows under a microscope. The court ruled that the Federal Aviation...
The Montgomery Decision Update
https://scopelitis.com/the-transportation-brief/montgomery-update/
SEDGWICK NAMED IT. THE DATA CONFIRMS IT. THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO ACT ON IT.
Doug Marcello That phrase appears in Sedgwick's Summer 2026 liability litigation report — attributed originally to the Institute for Legal Reform — to describe what nuclear verdicts produce beyond the courtroom: a perception of risk that inflates settlement values in...
What Trucking Companies Need to Know Post-Montgomery
The Supreme Court's Montgomery v. Caribe ruling is being talked about as a broker liability case. For trucking companies, that framing misses the point. This decision changes who brokers will do business with, on what terms, and at what price—and carriers who don't...
Research exposes alarming cybersecurity vulnerabilities of ELDs
Tyson Fisher New academic research reveals how vulnerable ELDs are to cyberattacks made by hacking into a truck’s system in seconds while driving alongside it. Jeremy Daily, associate professor of systems engineering at Colorado State University, is no stranger to...
CVSA’s Brake Safety Week Scheduled for Aug. 23-29
Washington, D.C. (May 29, 2026) – The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has announced Aug. 23-29 as this year’s Brake Safety Week, a seven-day focused inspection and enforcement initiative designed to improve safety by ensuring commercial motor vehicles on our...
The 19 trucking regs expected by year end
With the White House’s release of an updated Unified Agenda of projected timelines for a bevy of new and in-progress regulations across the entire federal government, the trucking industry gained some insight about when to potentially expect numerous regulatory...