In this episode of Road Gang Radio, Jimmy Mac welcomes Dean Croke, Principal Market Analyst at DAT Freight & Analytics, for another in-depth installment of “DAT Guy.”

This week, Dean tackles the hot-button issue of English Language Proficiency (ELP) enforcement—what it really means, what the data says, and why its actual impact is negligible despite the noise. He also dives into the persistent problem of truckload overcapacity, soft spot rates, and what the ACT Research Index reveals about the future of supply-demand balance in the freight market.