Originally published at: Diesel Justice – How a New Bill Could Save Owner-Ops From Emissions Overreach - FreightWaves
There’s a quiet, ugly truth behind many of the owner-operator breakdowns you see these days: DPF systems and emissions enforcement have bled carriers dry for years. The semiconductor chips, the sensors, the regeneration cycles—they’re not just technical burdens. They’re capital killers. Now, a new bill—the “Diesel Truck Liberation Act”—is pushing back against the EPA’s reach,…
Releasing truck makers from responsibility for reliable products may not improve things. Most ignored local and idle operations — which even long hauls do to pickup/deliver or overnight at the truckstop. That ‘but the test cycle once doesn’t require it’ mentality is biting both their warranty costs and their users.
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