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Opinion: Truckers kill more than 5,000 people a year. Regulators are at fault.

The trucking industry captures its regulator, and safety suffered.

A truck stops on the shoulder outside of Lathrop, Mo., Sept. 15, 2023. The American trucking industry, which moves nearly three-quarters of the nation’s goods, has devolved into a dangerous, dysfunctional system that threatens every driver on the road, whether you’re in an 18-wheeler or the family S.U.V. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times)

A truck stops on the shoulder outside of Lathrop, Mo., Sept. 15, 2023. The American trucking industry, which moves nearly three-quarters of the nation’s goods, has devolved into a dangerous, dysfunctional system that threatens every driver on the road, whether you’re in an 18-wheeler or the family S.U.V. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times)

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By Craig Fuller | For The New York Times