Category: Newsletter
Human Trafficking, Major Events and Transportation Professionals
While the fight to end human trafficking is an everyday and everywhere challenge, major events can lead to an increase in human trafficking activity, largely resulting from location-specific spikes in
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Building a Safety-First Screening Program
The most effective screening solutions go beyond DOT minimums and treat screening as a strategic risk control system. Creating a safety-first culture in the workplace starts with hiring decisions that
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Denuclearization: AI Hiring Defense
Billboard attorneys have a playbook. Hiring. Training. Supervision. These three attack vectors appear in virtually every trucking lawsuit. Their weapon? A hired expert who claims your hiring failed to meet the “industry standard of care.” Opinion. Subjective. No data. The
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The Power of Proven Training: Why EU Truck Safety Outpaces the U.S.
A decade and a half of data tells a clear story. While the European Union has steadily reduced truck crash fatalities since 2007, the United States has seen fatalities continue
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Lawsuit Abuse is Driving Up the Cost of Everything You Buy
While politicians debate tariffs and tax policy, a hidden “lawsuit tax” is quietly inflating prices on groceries, consumer goods, and everything that moves by truck – which is nearly everything. America’s litigation
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3 Incident Management Best Practices for Your Fleet
Many fleets find themselves asking the same question: “Why are our insurance rates going up even though our performance is good?” The answer is complicated. No one thing is causing rates to rise.
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2025 in Review: Deregulation, Stepped-Up Enforcement, and Safety as a Policy Tool
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
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Don’t Miss the NATMI Annual Meeting – Save the Date
The NATMI 2026 Annual Meeting will be in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Tuesday and Wednesday June 9-10, 2026 (afternoon of June 9, morning of June 10). Save the dates! Comments from
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Upcoming University of Denver Transportation Short Courses
The University of Denver Transportation and Supply Chain Institute (DU TSCI), which accredits NATMI’s certification courses, is offering online short courses, which are applicable toward NATMI certification renewal points. The
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CDL Mills Don’t Die With More Drive Time
Members of Congress and DOT leadership have put “CDL mills” in the crosshairs after a string of safety incidents and licensing scandals. Trade press reports and association advocacy letters in
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