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Your mess could be your message
What Hunter Biden just taught us about Brand, PR, and psychology. The most radioactive name in American politics rebranded himself into a 2028…
Jun 12
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Rob Carpenter
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Motus is a 20 year experiment of trying to fix trucking's front door
FMCSA's new registration system has had a rough launch. The complaints are real. So is the history of how we got here, and the reason the system has to…
Jun 11
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Rob Carpenter
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British Columbia is making dash cams mandatory for CMVs. If you run the Alaska Highway, this means you.
Bill M217 passed the B.C. legislature unanimously. Forward-facing cameras on every truck over 26,000 pounds. It does not care where you're based.
Jun 7
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Rob Carpenter
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The compromised Department of War fleet. Freight movement in a contested environment.
My invite, speech and assessment for the Irregular Warfare Center and the Department of War's surface freight discussion on why the broken civilian…
Jun 7
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Rob Carpenter
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35,000 trucks a day cross our borders, despite our identity problem
Nearly 13 million commercial trucks enter the United States every year from Canada and Mexico. Cloned trucks are smuggling people. Drug loads are coming…
Jun 5
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Rob Carpenter
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The Labor Bill that cleared the discharge petition has an imminent vote
H.R. 5408 would give employers 120 days to reach a first union contract, or a government arbitrator would write one for you. If you operate CMVs this…
Jun 5
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Rob Carpenter
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May 2026
The Question Everyone's Asking After 60 Minutes
Everyone asks, how but more ask why I don't monetize and publicize it more, well...I'm not a salesman, and I'm ultimately still a humble old school farm…
May 31
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Rob Carpenter
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Inside The E&P Travel Bus Crash. 5 Dead on I-95, a fresh "Satisfactory” rating, and an eerily familiar 2024 crash.
A NC motorcoach carrier rear-ended a work zone and killed five people, including two kids, on Friday morning. Federal regulators blessed this company 7…
May 30
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Rob Carpenter
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The Anatomy of a Broker and Shipper Liability Case
How we scored a Fortune 500 shipper by the carriers it hires, and why Montgomery v. Caribe Transport changes everything
May 20
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Rob Carpenter
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Carrier Vetting for Risk Exposure 101
Safe isn’t always exposure-free or risk-free. Compliant isn’t always safe. What “safety” means doesn’t matter. Risk is the keyword.
May 19
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Rob Carpenter
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24 Kids Burned Alive. 38 Years Later, 108 People Still Die in Bus Crashes.
Yesterday marked 38 years since a drunk driver going the wrong way on I-71 hit a church bus full of kids coming home from Kings Island. Twenty-seven…
May 15
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Rob Carpenter
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Winners and losers of Broker liability and whats next?
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that brokers can be sued for negligent carrier selection. The preemption shield is gone. The insurance gap is obscene. Small…
May 14
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Rob Carpenter
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