Small Business in Transportation Coalition - Petition for Rulemaking

Summary: The Small Business truckers Coalition (SBTC) is petitioning the FMCSA to amend 49 CFR Part 396 to prohibit brokers and shippers from requiring carriers to have had a roadside inspection within the past 18 months as a condition of doing business. They argue that this requirement creates an unreasonable restraint of trade and a discriminatory barrier that disproportionately harms small carriers and new entrants.