Playbook: Compliance & Safety

Editor’s note: This is a contributed commentary. It comes amid FMCSA’s ongoing revocation of registered ELDs over hours-of-service log manipulation and FreightWaves welcomes responses from other parties. An ELD connection has become an important part of how freight moves. Brokers use it tounderstand whether a carrier is operating, whether vehicles are associated with that carrier, […]

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) As if C.H. Robinson did not have enough going on with its recent acquisition announcement with RXO, six trucking companies sued the global 3PL as well as Total Quality Logistics in Texas federal […]

There appeared to be judges’ resistance to the government’s argument from a court in the case of Lujan vs. FMCSA.

ICE arrested three men in separate cases as federal agencies outlined weigh-station enforcement and investigated suspected CDL-school fraud.

This article is contributed content from an independent writer. It does not represent the views or opinions of FreightWaves or any of its subsidiaries. Dalilah Coleman was riding with her stepfather, Michael Krause, when their car stopped for road construction on a California highway. A tractor trailer struck them from behind, leaving the child and […]

Scammers claim carrier profiles require immediate updates, then steer recipients toward .com domains. FMCSA identifies motus.dot.gov as the only legitimate portal.

FMCSA temporarily suspended biennial update enforcement and related USDOT deactivations during the MOTUS rollout. Affected registrants will receive advance notice before enforcement resumes.

A tractor-trailer entered a major Texas cargo crossing before inspection equipment flagged something unusual. What officers found inside prompted a federal investigation.

A legal battle now underway over the records of America’s truck drivers is being described very differently depending on who is doing the describing. The U.S. Department of Transportation calls it a “radical” effort by state attorneys general to shield dangerous drivers from the law. The states call it an unlawful federal seizure of the […]

The questions are not intuitive and the traps are not obvious. Fleet safety professionals are getting a look at both before a real plaintiff’s attorney finds them.

Here is how a person becomes a federally authorized motor carrier today. You apply for a USDOT number. As part of that application, you certify on a form, the MCS-150, that you are knowledgeable about the applicable federal motor carrier safety regulations and, where relevant, the hazardous materials regulations. You check the box. You get […]

Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are stepping up commercial vehicle enforcement, with recent cases ranging from unlicensed hotshot drivers to impaired truckers and dangerous equipment violations.

Arizona DPS recently cited a a hotshot driver for operating a commercial vehicle without a CDL.

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) C.H. Robinson is having an AI moment. Its CEO, Dave Bozeman, has been publicly promoting the company’s Lean AI transformation, including AI agents, automation, productivity gains, appointment scheduling, quote responses, load tracking, and […]

One provider changed its name and lost a second device. Another lost two on the same afternoon. The registry doesn’t remember.

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) When I interviewed Michael Leizerman, the plaintiff attorney who won at the United States Supreme Court in the broker negligent selection case now reshaping freight litigation, I expected pushback from the audience. More […]

We’re auditing the people who write the laws MCSAP dollars enforce. We pulled every trucking bill in Congress, every name, and laid it against the crash data in their own states.

Federal immigration agents are now partnering with state truck weigh stations across the U.S. to crack down on illegal commercial truckers.

Washington spent a year threatening states over truck safety enforcement. Here’s who we give millions to for trucking enforcement and how they spend it across million inspections.

Idaho has become the latest U.S. state to eliminate non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses.