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How a Moldovan back office and a rotating stable of disposable white-label ELD brands turned federal hours-of-service law into a 24/7 menu and what the…
 • Rob Carpenter
What the Green River Tunnel crashes say about carrier risk
What the NTSB found that triggered the deadliest crash in recent Wyoming history, who was involved, why it happened, and what the industry should…
 • Rob Carpenter
Where Did White Hawk and the FL U-Turn Crash Equipment Go?
A year after the Florida Turnpike U-turn killed three people, the carrier that put that driver behind the wheel is still on the board. It picked up a…
 • Rob Carpenter
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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…
 • Rob Carpenter
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…
 • Rob Carpenter
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.
 • Rob Carpenter
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…
 • Rob Carpenter
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…
 • Rob Carpenter
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…
 • Rob Carpenter

May 2026

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