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The Heavy-Duty Repair Transparency & Fairness Act
Proposed Federal Legislation to End Predatory Repair Pricing, Dealer-Locked Diagnostics and Predatory Towing.
A carrier-first bill for the people who hold up the supply chain.
About the proposed legislation
What it's about
In brief: the small carrier carries the freight but has almost no leverage when a repair or tow bill lands. This proposed federal bill sets out fixes in fourteen sections, including repair-price transparency, right to repair and diagnostic access, predatory towing reform, a Verified Repair Network, whistleblower protections and penalties.
The HD-RTFA is proposed federal legislation from Logistical Forwarding Solutions and Freight University. It is written to protect small independent carriers, the trucking companies that carry the nation's freight but hold almost no pricing power against the repair, parts, diagnostic and towing businesses that service them.
In fourteen sections it proposes national repair-pricing transparency, right to repair and diagnostic access, predatory towing and recovery reform, fair emissions-system repair, a Verified Repair Network, whistleblower protections, incentives for ethical independent shops and penalties for predatory practices. Its findings cite FMCSA data, public company filings and ATRI research.
What you'll learn
Five things to take away
- Why a single repair or tow bill can end a one-truck business
- What repair-pricing transparency and right to repair would require
- How the bill treats predatory towing and recovery
- What a Verified Repair Network is
- How the bill protects whistleblowers and rewards ethical shops
Inside
Chapter highlights
Why the small carrier is the backbone and the most exposed link.
National standards so a carrier can see the price.
Ending dealer-locked diagnostics.
Rules for the worst day on the road.
Shops a carrier can trust.
Consequences that make the rules real.
Built into Freight University
Keep the carrier alive and growing.
Freight University teaches carriers to protect themselves today: budgeting for maintenance, knowing their rights, and documenting everything. The HD-RTFA is the same fight carried to Washington, so the rules stop working against the small carrier and a company that runs well can keep its trucks moving and grow.
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FAQ
Questions about this proposed legislation
Is the HD-RTFA a law?
No. It is proposed federal legislation, version 2.0 (2026 revision), prepared for introduction.
Who wrote it?
Logistical Forwarding Solutions and Freight University, as a carrier-first policy initiative. The Knowledge Disease white paper is its evidence companion.
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