It’s here shows just how bad the chameleon carrier problem is

As long as all it takes to get authority is $300 this problem will continue.

 

That doesn’t seem feasible when everyone wants smaller government and less government spending.

 

Everybody doesn’t want small government. our current government wants small government, so they can steal right and left without being investigated and questioned.

 

That’s true, at the same time persons social should be tied to the authority.

 

Showing up in person will fix nothing because 6 people can go in and get 6 authorities the same as 6 people could do it online. It would fix nothing when it comes to switching authorities while maintaining the same equipment and the same people within the companies.

If you needed to prove you had customers of your own to be granted authority it would fix the capacity issue because most who get authority get it to run spot freight.

Back in the olden days you had to show that your truck was needed while everyone else at the hearing tried to show it wasn’t. The other option was to buy an existing company to get their authority. It used to take a lot more than $300. Intrastate authority used to be just as difficult. When dad passed away in 91 South Dakota still regulated intrastate hauling. Mom sold our SD authority for a little over $15k.

The only way to fix the fraud and capacity issue is to make people have some skin in the game to get authority. If you’re a broker or carrier without any direct customers then surrender your authority and apply again. If your application is accepted then a smooth $10k will get you authority and get you going again. And brokers should be required to have a $1mil bond to operate.