US trucking companies can ignore routing rules the government couldn't enforce

The US agency that oversees trucking companies is getting rid of old rules about how trucks must route their deliveries. These rules were illegal because the agency never had the power to enforce them.

For decades, trucking companies were technically bound by routing rules that the government agency couldn't legally enforce. This repeal removes a layer of paperwork and potential legal ambiguity for carriers. It also cleans up the regulatory books by removing rules that were effectively dead letters.