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Dr. Michael H. Belzer is a Professor of Economics at Wayne State University, teaching labor economics, industrial organization, macroeconomics, and transportation economics. A short- and long-haul truck driver for ten years, Belzer has about 750,000 miles of heavy truck driving experience. Dr. Belzer is the author of Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation (Oxford University Press: 2000) and dozens of articles, book chapters, and monographs on trucking industry and labor market issues, including many peer reviewed articles on trucking and CMV driver safety and health issues. He founded the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Trucking Industry Research and served as chairman for 15 years, serving now as an Emeritus Member. He is a founding and 12-year Member (now Friend) of the TRB Committee on Truck and Bus Safety and an 18-year Member (now Friend) of the TRB Committee on Freight Economics and Regulation. He has served on the NIOSH/NORA Transport Sector Council since 2006. Dr. Belzer served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NRC Committee for Review of the Large Truck Crash Causation Study and on the National Academies CNSTAT Expert Panel on the Review of the Compliance, Safety, and Accountability Program of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. He testified before Congress in 2012, calling for closer cooperation between the DOT and the Department of Labor.