Beginning January 2026, I’m launching a new show on the FreightWaves platform called Brake Check. This is why it exists. This is who it’s for. And this is why the timing matters. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.defineSlot(‘/21776187881/FW-Responsive-Main_Content-Slot1’, [[300, 100], [320, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], ‘div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0’).defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0’); }); For a long time, the trucking industry table has been missing something critical: reality. Instead, that table has been crowded by self-serving interest groups, recycled narratives, and decades-old fear-based talking points that no longer reflect the world drivers and carriers actually live in. The same myths keep getting repeated. The same voices keep benefiting. And the people doing the work continue to carry the weight. That disconnect is exactly why this industry needs a reality check. Brake Check is that wake-up call. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.defineSlot(‘/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot2’, [[468, 60], [728, 90], [300, 100], [320, 50]], ‘div-gpt-ad-1665767472470-0’).defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1665767472470-0’); }); This show isn’t here to make anyone comfortable. It’s here to make the industry honest. For too long, drivers and carriers have been talked about instead of talked with. Panels, policies, glossy reports, and polished narratives dominate the conversation while the people hauling the freight are left asking a simple question: Who is this industry really being built for? window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.defineSlot(‘/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot3’, [[728, 90], [468, 60], [320, 50], [300, 100]], ‘div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0’).defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0’);…
