Blitz week breakdown: top violations; authority approvals down 50%; tariffs? | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

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Blitz week breakdown: top violations; authority approvals down 50%; tariffs? | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

On episode 844 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is catching up with SearchCarrier’s Garrett Allen. His new site allows you to easily look up any carrier and see how often it’s been put out of service, inspected and more. We’re also diving into his blitz week dashboard to break down this year’s top violations.

Konexial’s Jerry D’Addesi on the latest in AI load matching, double broker prevention and edge computing.

Is the FMCSA starting to take freight fraud more seriously? After FMCSA’s identity verification became mandatory in April 2025, published authority counts dropped by over 50%. We’ll take a look at the numbers. 

And in headlines: tariffs on, tariffs off; fast food restaurants vs fleet sizes; excessive LEGO sets and more. 

Chapters

3:04 New authority approvals down 50%

5:19 Tariffs on, tariffs off, tariffs on

8:16 Fleet sizes vs. fast food restaurant locations

10:52 Konexial | Jerry D’Addesi

16:54 FreightTech innovations | Jerry D’Addesi

20:15 Too much LEGO

22:40 SearchCarriers | Garrett Allen27:41 Blitz week breakdown | Garrett Allen

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