Fraudulent trucking carriers just ran out of road with new registration system, DOT says

The American trucking industry has been plagued by companies that rack up safety violations and penalties, then shut down and quickly reopen under a new identity to evade regulatory enforcement and hide poor safety records. Such companies have become known as chameleon carriers.But the Department of Transportation is taking action to prevent chameleon-carrier fraud by rolling out a new, modernized registration system.'The lack of accountability is disturbing, and it’s killed American families on...