Just some of the stupid things I see

It's just too bad that the bad company may no longer exist, but the bozos that ran the company usually just start another one under another name. They should be legally banished from the trucking industry.

 

I think that may be the next step in the enforcement process.

 

Yup, they have made it very very hard for these company's to restart under a new name.
They can try, but that is a large part of what the FMCSA is working on.
The new standards for company's coming in look allot closer.

 

The game of 'shell companies', or others 'fronting' for people banned from the transport industry is likely the next escalation in the gamesmanship of this business. The only way you could truly stop people from abusing this segment of the workforce would be to tie their company's issues and abuses to their ability to obtain financing. No money, no go, just like no fuel, no go in our side of the equation. The problem right now is that there are so many truckload outfits right now in trouble, the banks are being rather lenient, because the assets they hold as collateral are almost worthless in relation to the debt that's outstanding. This is the thing that's keeping the 'scum' outfits running for the time being, along with fuel prices remaining fairly flat for the season so far. The real measure of the future is going to be revealed when we start the post Labor Day rush towards the christmas season. If it's a slow end to the year, we'll likely see a sharp rise in these companies barely holding on to finally meet their fate in the business sense. Once the 'dead wood' has been cleared by the market forces, then it'l be easier on the regulators to swoop down on the companies that continue these abuses, because they will stand out more from the remaining crowd.

 

Just curious. When you bust those type. What are they hauling? Are they hauling legit stuff? or like stolen stuff or drugs? Don't flame me for not knowing, just trying to figure out why they don't bother getting the trucks legit.

 

In that situation the state should be able to impound that truck until it has tags, insurance, registration etc.
They cannot do it without income from the truck? To freakin bad.
Should have thought of that before.

 

I think when they can take care of that situation it will drastically improve the situation for all of us.

I know that a lot of these fly by night folks give the industry as a whole a bad name.

 

Why don't they follow the "paper trail", and nab the big boys?