Originally published at: FMCSA Just Issued a Bulletin Warning Carriers Not to Buy or Sell DOT Numbers - Here Is Why That Warning Exists and What It Means - FreightWaves
FMCSA does not publish emergency bulletins for hypothetical problems. When a federal agency puts out a formal, dated, publicly addressed warning that begins with the phrase “DO NOT” in all capital letters, it is because the behavior being warned against is happening — at scale, right now — and the agency wants the industry to…