The CDL Loophole That Broke America’s Trucking System

America's trucking system is unraveling, and it is driving up prices, threatening our supply chain, and making roads far more dangerous. This short video explains how a series of policy changes, market shifts, and bad incentives produced a cascade of failures that broke a vital American industry. Key takeaways:

Fatal crashes involving large trucks are up nearly 40% since 2014, despite new safety technology.
A core mistaken belief, that the U.S. faced a permanent driver shortage, led to policies that lowered barriers to entry and created loopholes.
Important regulatory moments: English proficiency enforcement eased in 2016, the Electronic Logging Device rules in 2018 included backdoors, the Non-Domiciled CDL expanded in 2019, and 2022 training changes spawned CDL mills.
Tech-savvy freight brokers seized market power and prioritized the cheapest capacity, not the safest operators, leaving law-abiding carriers unable to compete.
Three forces made things worse: brokers controlling a third of freight drove rates down, immigration created exploitable labor pools for foreign fleets, and offshored logistics knowledge helped organize sophisticated cargo theft rings.
The result is simultaneous economic harm to honest drivers, a national security risk from industrial cargo theft, and a public safety crisis on the highways.

Watch the full breakdown to understand the timeline and the fixes that would be needed to rebuild trust, safety, and profitability in trucking. Tell us what you think in the comments, do you support stricter enforcement, tougher broker rules, or rebuilding training standards first? If you found this useful, like, share, and subscribe for more investigations. This video was generated automatically by AutoContent API - https://autocontentapi.com