Trucking Lobby Admits Funding “Safety” Campaigns After Secretly Bankrolling Plaintiff Attorney Smear Operation, Leaked Documents Show
In a bombshell leak from an insider at the American Trucking Association, documents reveal that major trucking companies have been secretly bankrolling a “grassroots” safety campaign designed to shift public blame onto drivers for crashes—all while funding a shadow network to discredit truck accident attorneys. The files show that the lobby group paid a PR firm to plant stories linking rising accident rates to “reckless drivers,” not trucking industry practices like hidden maintenance logs and driver fatigue loopholes. Internal memos boast of “neutralizing” plaintiff lawyers who file lawsuits for injured victims. The question remains: Who really benefits from making it harder to sue a trucking giant?