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$7 DIESEL? + FMCSA CRACKDOWN?= BRACE YOURSELF! | BRAKE CHECK
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- Sep 22, 2026
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- 3655
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$7 DIESEL? FMCSA CRACKDOWN. WHAT’S NEXT? This may be one of the biggest Brake Check conversations we've put together. Two problems are hitting American trucking at the same damn time: The cost of running is exploding... The rules for running are getting tighter.... And instead of asking somebody on social media what they THINK about it, we're going straight to the people who actually know. FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs joins Charles Gracey to talk about what’s happening inside the agency right now ... the recent Safety Innovation Expo, CDL integrity, training providers, English proficiency enforcement, ELDs, fraud, bad actors, hours of service, truck parking and the technology FMCSA believes could actually make trucking safer. The question we're putting directly to the Administrator: WHEN DOES THE PROFESSIONAL TRUCKER ACTUALLY FEEL THE DIFFERENCE Then energy analyst Phil Flynn of The PRICE Futures Group joins us as diesel pushes deeper into historic territory. Why can crude get cheaper while diesel gets MORE expensive? What does the exploding diesel crack spread actually mean? Why is America exporting diesel while American truckers are getting crushed at the pump? Would stopping exports actually lower prices — or create an even bigger mess later? Would more drilling fix it? Do we need more refining? Would a trucker shutdown actually move diesel prices? And the question nobody wants to ask: COULD DIESEL HIT $7? Then Phil gets the HARD STOP: One lever. More drilling. More refining. Restrict exports. Release reserves. Or let the market rebalance. WHICH ONE ACTUALLY HELPS THE AMERICAN TRUCKER? No slogans No social-media economics SHOW US THE MATH & RESULTS One guest runs the agency writing and enforcing trucking's rules. One guest has spent decades reading the energy mar…