Notes
Notes from the desk
What this is
Short pieces that take a position — usually correcting something the industry repeats that the primary source contradicts.
Every regulatory claim links to eCFR, the IRS or the Federal Register. Every post carries the date it was last checked, and says so if it is getting old.
- Active authority is not compliant authority Insurance and a BOC-3 will switch your authority on. Nine other things decide whether you survive the safety audit, and none of them are checked at activation.
- Cargo insurance is not federally required. Here's the actual rule. Almost every trucking site says FMCSA requires cargo insurance for general freight. The regulation says otherwise, and the difference changes how you choose a limit.
- A $3.05 per mile load that cost two-thirds of the week Rate per mile is the number the industry quotes and the wrong one to book on. Here is the arithmetic, using a real load, and what to measure instead.