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These Letters to the Editor appear in the Dec. 23 & 30 print edition of Transport Topics.

We enjoyed your great feature on members of the trucking industry who utilize graphics to promote their services, but thought we would be remiss if we did not take the opportunity to share the efforts Werner Enterprises has undertaken to recruit members of the armed forces to our team.

Over the past few decades, we’ve done ourselves a significant injustice in the trucking industry by not paying attention to the changes happening around us as they relate to recruiting drivers and owner-operators.

These Letters to the Editor appear in the Sept. 16 print edition of Transport Topics.

Raising liability minimums at this time is shortsighted, has nothing whatsoever to do with safety or fairness and should not be considered seriously. What we need today is tort reform, not escalation of corporate liability.

The intent of the language in MAP-21 was to clarify that motor carriers need separate brokerage authority and the subsequent bonding requirement to legally broker freight.

Local permits: Perhaps no two words in the world of oversize/overweight permitting cause more consternation to carriers and local officials.

Authorized carriers come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from a truck or two to an operation of thousands. Each business model is different, a model that is shaped to fit the products they haul and their customers. This model also is tailored to give the company flexibility.

The Boston Marathon bombing showed American courage and spirit as exemplified by the marathon runners, spectators and the first responders, who, rather than running away from the bombing scene, ran directly into it to help the injured.