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>Freight brokers now control ≈⅓ of all loads and often award them to the lowest bidder, pushing spot rates below the cost of legal operation ... routinely run 1
by Klaster_1 11mo ago
>Freight brokers now control ≈⅓ of all loads and often award them to the lowest bidder, pushing spot rates below the cost of legal operation
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routinely run 14–20-hour days using tampered ELDs.
Is the sort of "innovation" you often hear here about when people say "EU can't innovate because of regulations"?
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoRegulations are only as good as the will of the enforcers. It would be trivial and cheap to use all the technology available today (GPS, broadband mobile networks, high definition cameras, image recognition) to enforce the laws, but the overwhelming political priority is keeping goods cheaper, at the expense of a few more collisions and casualties.
- oklahomasports 11mo ago[flagged]
- n1b0m 11mo agoand way more high-profile individual ones across politics and finance
- oklahomasports 10mo agoYeah the third worlders are less capable of attaining those positions.
- Esophagus4 11mo agoTough timing for a condescending "why can't everyone's regulatory regimes just be like the EU" comment: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/after-years-controversy-eus-chat-control-nears-its-final-hurdle-what-know https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/after-years-controvers...