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🚛 Progress in the Fight Against Freight Fraud and Improved Trucking Safety 🚛 Big news for the trucking industry! The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has recently passed two significant pieces of legislation aimed at tackling freight fraud and enhancing trucking safety: 1. Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act: This bill empowers the FMCSA to more effectively combat freight fraud. Fraudulent actors—often fake brokers or carriers—have been causing substantial financial damage to small trucking businesses, with losses exceeding $800 million annually. By tightening registration requirements and enforcing penalties, the act is designed to protect both motor carriers and consumers from unscrupulous operators. 2. Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act: This act addresses the conflict of interest in how states review trucking violations. It requires an impartial process, ensuring challenges to citations are reviewed fairly—something that has been lacking in the current system. These bills have received broad support from industry leaders, including OOIDA, TIA, and American Trucking Associations, signaling the importance of restoring integrity and fairness in the freight industry. With bipartisan backing, these reforms are expected to drive significant improvements in regulatory enforcement and industry safety. 📢 Let’s keep the momentum going and ensure these bills move swiftly through the House! #Trucking #FreightFraud #TransportationSafety #LogisticsReform #FMCSA #LegislationUpdates Sources: 🔸FreightWaves - (https://lnkd.in/eE4uQ4W7) 🔸OOIDA - (https://lnkd.in/eGkFi8jc) 🔸TIA - (https://lnkd.in/eZrGWVHH)

Bureaucrats who have little to no experience in the trucking industry listening to equally uninformed vocal special interest groups write rules that entirely miss the mark and oftentimes create more problems than they are intended to address. This is the situation with the ELD mandate. There is absolutely no statistically valid evidence that ELDs have in any way reduced truck/driver at fault accidents. The mandate aspect should be eliminated and fleets should remain free to utilize this technology (or not) as a matter of choice. Unnecessary regulation is bad for business and serves no greater public interest. #ELD #FMCSA

A proposed rule aims to crack down on excessive fees charged to consumers and has caught the attention of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. It would allow the FTC to penalize fraudsters and provide compensation to affected consumers. FMCSA specifically targets towing companies that overcharge truck drivers for various reasons, such as crashes, with excessive rates for equipment, labor, storage, and miscellaneous charges. FMCSA urges the FTC to prioritize consumers who cannot avoid or negotiate these fees, treating each illegal fee as a separate violation and prohibiting undisclosed charges. FMCSA also seeks guidance on how the regulation would impact state and local towing laws. What are your thoughts on this proposal? Share with us below. #RDSCapacitySolutions #FMCSA #logistics #trucking

"🚨 Industry Alert: Driver’s recent reports shine a light on a critical issue - predatory towing practices that hit hard with unjust fees, causing not just delays but severe legal headaches. This echoes a troubling trend the FMCSA is cracking down on, advocating for fairer regulations. Let's stand together for change. Share your story. #Trucking #FMCSA #RegulationReform #StandTogether" For more insights, check out the full story on FreightWaves: https://lnkd.in/eYR_nmsf

LinkedIn Repost: 🚛 Recent changes in state laws are reshaping the legal landscape around trucking accidents, making it tougher to hold companies liable. With a surge in large truck fatalities, the debate intensifies. Federal preemption, tort reform, burden of proof adjustments, and limited liability protections are at the center. Striking a balance between regulatory consistency, economic interests, and justice is crucial. Let's delve into the complexities and implications. 🛣️ #TruckingIndustry #LegalChanges #SafetyDebate #TransportationRegulations #SafetyFirst Join the discussion. What are your thoughts on these legal shifts in the trucking industry?

Here is the FIRST of three big mistakes attorneys make when settling an injury or death claim caused by a tractor trailer. Failing to identify all of the parties who share responsibility for the wreck can be disastrous. Most attorneys will identify the driver and his or her trucking company. That’s pretty basic. But trucking cases need to be thought of in terms of the entire transportation cycle. So a product leaves a factory, goes through distribution and storage channels, goes to a retailer, then ultimately to a consumer. Some actors are facilitators who operate behind the scenes. Depending on what happened in that cycle, any of those parties may have breached simple legal duties they owe that contributed to the crash. A clear example of this may arise when a freight broker hires a notoriously dangerous motor carrier to ship a load. Although the law is still developing, many jurisdictions will hold that broker legally responsible if the motor carrier then causes a crash. If you are a lawyer who handles these claims, dig deep and investigate thoroughly. Don’t make this mistake in your cases. #triallawyer #truckcrashlawyer #truckingattorney #tractortrailerlawyer #injuryattorney #trialsofalawyer

🚚 Load securement in trucking is restraining cargo during transit and failure to do so properly can result in accidents, injuries, property damage, and financial losses. But whose job is it really? 🔗 https://loom.ly/_bhvZWk #TruckersLife #Hauling #LogisticSolutions

🚫 Securing a load is making sure it's restrained during delivery. Failing to properly secure a load can result in accidents, injuries, property damage, and financial losses. It's not all on the driver either. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gEPbq9vq #Efficiency #SupplyChainManagementor

🚨 The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the "Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2024", meaning the United States Postal Service will start cracking down on crash reporting for its trucking contractors. The goal? Better safety compliance after some shocking oversight issues came to light. Contractors hauling mail must now report accidents involving injuries or fatalities within three days or face penalties, ranging from fines to contract suspension. It's time to tighten up your safety protocols and keep those incident logs ready... A proactive approach can help you stay compliant, avoid penalties, and keep those contracts locked in. Read more at FreightWaves: https://lnkd.in/ejrMGjCc #Trucking #USPS #Logistics #TransportationSafety

Each play in the trucking industry is crucial in maintaining the stream of commerce. Small and mid-sized trucking companies are just as important to the industry as large ones. However, the trucking industry is not without its burdens, and small and mid-sized trucking companies often struggle under the weight of several legal challenges. Click the link below to read more about how trucking companies can navigate some of these challenges: https://lnkd.in/gKRj_Q2z