News & Reports
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...
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...