When even a small percentage of tens of thousands of trucks get forced off the road, a major freight capacity shift can ensue – and that’s exactly the scenario playing out now that states have new enforcement power over roughly 179,000 truck drivers.
That’s the number of drivers in “prohibited status” as of Oct. 1, the latest data available from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse. On Monday, all those drivers’ CDLs were automatically revoked. Those...
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