February 13, 2026 The Honorable Lee ZeldinAdministratorEnvironmental Protection Agency1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear Administrator Zeldin: On behalf of the 14,000 member companies of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC), thank you very much for acting boldly and prudently in recent actions that will have...
An Overdrive report published in early October detailed commentary and statistics from the Truck Safety Coalition about a report the TSC calls “The Deadliest Truck Crash States.”The report concludes that the “deadliest dozen” states for fatal truck-involved crashes in 2023 (per 100,000 population) are 12 states where, but for three...
Court Blocks FMCSA Rule Targeting Non-Domiciled CDL DriversLast week, a federal court blocked the FMCSA’s new rule that aimed to phase out non-domiciled CDL holders — many of whom operate with unverifiable drivingrecords. The rule was designed to improve safety and accountability across the industry.NASTC...
I’m the last person in the world to have any credibility in an argument about uber-technological advances, unbelievable artificial intelligent capabilities, cloning, robotics, or getting to Mars. I’m the last person in the world to not have a cell phone. I own the majority interest...
A recent headline in Overdrive caught my attention:“Carrier lease-purchase programs ‘meaningful’ for at least half of lessee operators”In reading the article and the related comments from drivers about both good and bad outcomes from lease-purchase agreements, I decided to comment on this issue and FMCSA’s...
https://www.ccjdigital.com/perspectives/article/15744018/challenging-a-misinformation-campaignApr 25, 2025 | Updated May 7, 2025An article that appeared in the April 8 edition of CCJ in the Business, Workforce Development section entitled “Study Reveals Driver Fatigue and Mental Health Struggles” caught my attention and angered me almost to a stroke level.CCJ needs...
“As of 2023, only 0.3% of all registered heavy-duty vehicles in the U.S. were zero emissions models according to the International Council of Clean Transportation.”The Advanced Clean Fleets rule put forth by CARB (California Air Resource Board) would have mandated California’s truck fleet to move...
Regulatory over-reach has once again shown that “one-size-fits-all” approaches from our federal central planning quagmire (i.e., Washington, D.C.) results in unenforceable, unrealistic, uneconomical, and sometime comical plans and programs that Draconically shackle the marketplace (particularly, small businesses). Below are samplings from the Small Business Administration’s...
According to Transport Topics issue of January 6th, 2025, there was a single truck” crash” and fire on August 19 of 2024 involving a 2024 Tesla Semi that “burned to the ground after it veered off Interstate 80 and slammed into a tree in the...
For Immediate Release: June 28, 2024Washington, D.C. - At an oversight hearing with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg yesterday, Republican Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called into question various policies and priorities of the Biden Administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT), including regulatory proposals such...
