DOT Moves to Cut Dozens of Trucking Regulations: A Push for Practical Deregulation
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced a sweeping initiative aimed at modernizing and reducing the regulatory burden on the trucking industry. In a move lauded by some as long overdue and criticized by others for potentially impacting safety oversight, the DOT’s May 29 proposal includes rescinding or revising more than two dozen federal regulations, many of which are considered outdated or unnecessarily cumbersome for truckers and fleet operators. A Clear Message from Leadership Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy described the initiative as a way to "slash duplicative and outdated regulations that are unnecessarily burdensome, waste taxpayer dollars, and fail to ensure safety." He stressed that the reforms are intended to support a larger initiative to make the government more streamlined and adaptable to the current demands of the transportation sector. “Big government has been a big failure,” Duffy said. “These are common-sense c...