> enables them to compete more effectively with large fleets, making this market much more competitive than it ever was?

Here's an idea: using slaves in coffee and sugar-growing plantations. This will enable slavers to compete more effectively with large non-slave plantations, and the society as a whole would benefit from less expensive coffee and sugar.

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cs702 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, the OP claims many small-fleet drivers are being overworked, but provides zero evidence of it. By evidence, I mean data, not anecdotes. Do you have data on this?

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EDIT: Link to data is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173013

It looks like crash rates jumped after the pandemic, then declined in 2022 and 2023, contradicting the OP.

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jezzamon 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The article provide this: "Despite billions spent on safety technology, fatal truck-involved crashes are up ≈40% since 2014"

Though I wonder how much that number compares to how much the trucking industry grew in that time. If it grew 200% that would actually mean a big win for safety.

Edit: some quick, AI driven research suggests it might've grown 20%. So... Still an issue

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cs702 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I just looked briefly at the data provided by the NHTSA, and what I see is a jump after the pandemic, followed by declines in 2022 and 2023, contradicting the OP:

https://www.nhtsa.gov/crash-data-systems/fatality-analysis-r...

https://highways.dot.gov/safety/learn-safety/roadway-safety-...

	▲	xethos 17 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because you only went to 2018. The article mentions 2014, and if we use your own DOT tool to build a table [0] from 2013 to 2023 (the latest year available), and filter to include large trucks and fatal collisions, we see... a ~42% increase in fatal accidents from 2014-2023 [0] https://cdan.dot.gov/files/files/e2451bc7-e1c3-4942-93f2-af6...
	▲	jezzamon 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Good find!