It was one of the easiest ways to make a diesel truck faster, more powerful and more reliable: Pay a local shop to quietly gut the emissions controls with an illegal “defeat device.” Now the federal government has largely stopped prosecuting the people who sell and install them. The devices, which often include both hardware…
To the Editor: Re “Truckers Kill More Than 5,000 People a Year. Regulators Are at Fault,” by Craig Fuller (Opinion guest essay, May 4): The author’s claim that the American Trucking Associations “engineered” the expansion of truckers to source cheaper labor is unfounded. Overcapacity is not something a trade association conjures into existence. Mr. Fuller’s…
The American trucking industry, which moves nearly three-quarters of the nation’s goods, has devolved into a dangerous, dysfunctional system that threatens every driver on the road, whether you’re in an 18-wheeler or the family S.U.V. Consider a tragedy that took place on the Florida Turnpike last August. An inexperienced semi truck operator was accused of…
