From a regulatory standpoint, 2025 was not defined by sweeping new trucking rules but instead by how the federal government chose to act: deregulating selectively, enforcing aggressively, and increasingly using safety as justification for broader objectives. Those three dynamics…

On December 9, 2025, the DOT’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on the USDOT’s implementation of its National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS). The objective of the Audit was to evaluate the identification and implementation of NRSS…

In a prior article, we examined how Europe’s driver training standards contribute to better safety outcomes than those seen in the United States. But safety is only part of the story. Equally important is how Europe’s system reinforces professionalism…

According to ATRI, in 2022 alone, there were 12,817 state truck-tractor tort cases, as many as 147 of which were improperly prevented from reaching federal court, where cases are often more protected from potential bias. The largest half of…