Crooks find all kinds of ways to do crimes in the trucking industry. Hardly a week goes by without a headline about smugglers carrying illegal substances across state lines, or entire schemes issuing fake CDLs to unqualified drivers. And when it comes to safety, some of the offenses can only be described as gross negligence. That doesn’t stop some operators, however, as 60 Minutes just ran an exposé on so-called “chameleon carriers” that bypass safety enforcement on drive time regulations and janky equipment by simply changing their company name.
All of the program’s findings came after an eight-month investigation where reporters spoke with truckers, both domestic and abroad. The 60 Minutes segment largely focused on Super Ego Holding, which you may have seen on semi-trailers before. It’s a network of commercial trucking and leasing companies that operate in the United States, though it also has Serbian ties.
“Chameleon carriers are basically a network of companies, and they constantly reincarnate,” explained Rob Carpenter, a trucking safety consultant, to 60 Minutes. “The idea is, ‘We are revenue-focused, we are going to start this trucking company, we are going to run it into the ground to make as much money as we possibly can.’”
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Author: Caleb Jacobs
