Truckers Kill More Than 5,000 People a Year. Regulators Are at Fault.

Mr. Fuller is the chief executive and founder of FreightWaves, a logistics industry news site.

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........

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