Operation SafeDRIVE and the Quiet Return of an Old Idea: Standards Aren’t Optional – Jeffrey Lord

Operation SafeDRIVE and the Quiet Return of an Old Idea: Standards Aren’t Optional – Jeffrey Lord

There’s a certain American phrase we’ve stopped saying out loud: standards. Not preferences. Not vibes. Standards. And when you drop them — quietly, bureaucratically, with a shrug — you don’t get a gentler society. You get chaos with paperwork. You get tragedies no one wants to own. That’s why this week’s news from federal transportation officials is so welcome. In a three-day, 26-state enforcement surge — Operation SafeDRIVE — inspectors conduc…