An FMCSA task force is pushing Congress to ban carriers’ lease-purchase agreements.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Truck Leasing Task Force submitted its final report to Congress, analyzing lease-purchase agreements in the trucking industry. The task force reached a clear, unanimous consensus: Lease-purchase programs through carriers should be prohibited.
“Congress should ban commercial motor vehicle lease-purchase agreements as irredeemable tools of fraud and driver oppression that threaten a safe national transportation system and diminish the number of truck drivers attracted to and who stay in the trucking industry,” the report said.
