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SafetyLane Magazine | Industry Regulations By the SafetyLane Compliance Desk On Monday, August 31, in Detroit, four federal agencies stood at the same podium and announced the most aggressive enforcement action against the commercial driver training industry that anyone in this business has seen. By the end of the day, 110 CDL training schools were off the federal registry. Another 160 had been notified they are next. Homeland Security agents were walking into more than 200 d

SafetyLane Magazine | Regulatory Watch | By the SafetyLane Compliance Desk There is a particular kind of panic that hits a small carrier when the phone stops ringing. Not slowly, the way it does in a soft freight market — all at once. Brokers who tendered loads last week won't answer. The onboarding portal returns a rejection. And when the owner logs into the federal registration system to find out why, the answer makes no sense at all. Since FMCSA replaced its legacy registr

By Safety Lane Magazine Editorial Staff The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the middle of the most significant transformation to its registration infrastructure in decades — and if you operate a truck, manage a fleet, broker freight, or file BOC-3 forms for a living, this change affects you directly. The new platform is called MOTUS , and whether you're ready or not, it's coming in 2026. Here's what it is, why it matters, when it's happening, and — most impo

By the SafetyLane Editorial Team A Sweep That Sent Shockwaves Through the Industry In late September 2025, more than 125 individuals were...

By the SafetyLane Editorial Team September 2025 Special Report An Unprecedented Federal Move On September 26, 2025, the Federal Motor...

By Safety Lane Investigations Team Safety Lane investigates: How one fatal decision, a web of fraud, and a network of linked companies...

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