The headline frames this as a safety win, but the underlying mechanism is economic, not just regulatory. The inspection blitz acts as a forcing function, compelling carriers to pull their least-safe assets off the road preemptively. This predictable, annual dip in capacity is now a key variable in logistics planning. The real question is how sophisticated shippers are starting to price this disruption into year-round freight contracts.
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