Editorial policy

Our guides, tools and lingo pages are written and edited by Evan Davidson. This page explains how they're made, so you can judge them for yourself.

Where our facts come from

We start with primary and official sources and work outward only when we have to.

• Rules: the Code of Federal Regulations on eCFR, FMCSA and other federal agencies. State rules come from the state agency.
• Jobs and pay: the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the occupation code and the year.
• Safety and crash data: FMCSA and NHTSA. Driving technique comes from official state CDL manuals.
• Industry costs and surveys: named research bodies, such as the American Transportation Research Institute, with the publisher and year.
• Trucks and specs: each maker's own pages, dated, never a dealer ad or a forum.
• History: museums, archives and published histories, such as The Henry Ford and the National Archives.
• Records: the record body's own listing, such as Guinness World Records.
• Songs, films and podcasts: official sites, publishers and other authoritative sources for titles, creators and years.

How every number is handled

Each statistic, rule, record and date on the site lives in one registry with its source, publisher, year, link and the date we checked it. On the page, it carries a small pin you can tap to see that source. If we can't trace a number to a source we trust, it doesn't go on the page, even if it's repeated everywhere else.

When sources disagree, we say so and show both. When something is our own calculation, like a mileage table worked out from the hours rules, we label it as a calculation. Illustrations, like a sample load or a sample week, are marked EXAMPLE.

Culture with credit

Trucking culture is a big part of what we write about. Songs, movies and podcasts are credited to their creators with the year. We describe them in our own words and don't reprint lyrics or long quotes. Lists that call something "best" state the criteria first, and we don't invent "drivers' favorite" claims.

Our business, and how it touches the guides

We're a truck dispatch service (more about us), and our guides mention that where it's useful to the reader. That doesn't change the facts in them. We may earn referral fees from a few partners, and every partner link is labeled and explained on our disclosure page. Nobody pays to be mentioned in a guide.

Rules pages and tools are aids

Regulations change and states add their own. Our rule explainers and checkers help you understand the federal rules; they're not legal advice. Each page shows when it was last checked, and our terms of use explain the limits of the calculators.

Updates and corrections

Every guide shows the month it was last updated. We recheck facts when a source publishes new data or a rule changes. If you spot a mistake, an outdated figure or a broken link, tell us through the contact page and pick "A correction" as the topic. We check every report against the source, fix what's wrong, and update the date on the page.