About Freight 48

Freight 48 is a small independent news site about trucking in the United States, written for drivers rather than for the boardroom.

Why it exists

Rules that change a driver's week — a waiver, a licensing freeze, a new roadside check — often reach drivers late and secondhand, through a group chat or a dispatcher's summary. We wanted a place that reports those changes plainly, quickly and with the source attached.

What we cover

• Licensing: CDL issuance and downgrades, testing, training-provider rules.
• Enforcement: inspections, out-of-service orders, checkpoint operations.
• Hours of service: rule changes, emergency declarations and waivers.
• Pay and jobs: rate trends, fuel and how they show up in driver pay.

What we don't do

We don't sell leads, we don't take payment for coverage and we don't publish press releases as news. Opinion, when we run it, is labeled.

Funding

The site is run by its editors and carries no paid placements. If that changes, this page will say so first.

For the people behind the stories, see our editorial page.