Brokered-freight rates transparency: Snap survey

Weigh in via these two poll questions to help inform future stories, as FMCSA considers proposals to require automatic disclosure of brokered-transaction records, including what the shipper paid for the load, upon completion of the move.

Which of the following best sums up your feeling on the brokered-rate transparency issue?

Knowing more readily how much the shipper is paying on a brokered load would help in negotiations.
If a broker is keeping an outsize percentage of the gross, I want to know it. I won’t do business with them again.
I want to know what the broker made, but I'm not sure what to do with the information.
I don't care how much a broker makes as long as the rate I'm paid works for me.
Requiring broker disclosure of what the shipper paid on every load would create endless piles of paperwork for limited gain.
Other:

Do major spot rate indices published by load boards and others do a good job illustrating the ups and downs in the market? (Choose the single answer that best fits your opinion.)

Yes, but I only use those averages as a starting point for negotiation.
Yes, but they’re only useful to see trends, not the on-the-ground reality of any given load.
Yes, as good a job as they can, given the hard work of collecting input from so many entities.
No, I don’t feel they represent the real rates paid to owner-operators and small carriers.
No, I feel they’re manipulated by big brokers/carriers to the disadvantage of smaller companies.
No, and I feel media focuses too much on spot averages at the expense of more valuable information.
I’m not sure.
Other: