How we check facts
Every law on this site links to where we found it, so you can check it yourself. Here is how we pick sources, what “checked” means, and how we fix mistakes.
Where our facts come from
From most to least trusted. A lower source never overrules a higher one.
- 1. The state’s own law or agency
- The statute, or the DMV or revenue department’s own page, form or bulletin. This is what every state verdict rests on.
- 2. Official guidance
- Federal rules (eCFR, CBP, EPA) and other states’ official FAQs, such as PennDOT’s mini truck FAQ.
- 3. News reports
- Used to spot changes, like a new bill. We then confirm them at the official source before a page changes.
- 4. Owner reports
- Real owners’ comments and posts, retold in a sentence or two and always labeled as theirs, with a link to the original. Never used as the law.
What “checked” means
“Checked” means we opened that state’s official sources on that date and compared every claim on its page with them.
All 50 states and Washington, DC were last checked on Nov. 9, 2026. The date comes from one data file that the state page, the state checker and the laws page all read, so they can’t show different answers or dates.
Every month
On the 1st of each month a script re-reads the official pages it’s allowed to read and flags any that changed. In its first run, on Nov. 9, 2026, it could read 29 of 78 sources: many government sites ask automated readers to stay away, and some didn’t answer. Those we open by hand. A page’s date only changes after a person has checked it.
Everything else on the site
- Prices
- We sample dealer listings and show each truck with its dealer and the date. The latest sample: 99 trucks at 26 sellers on Nov. 7–10, 2026. Final auction prices are labeled as sold prices. No dealer pays us.
- Photos
- Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; each one is credited under the photo, with its license. We never use AI-made photos of trucks. Our small icons are drawings.
- Specs
- From the maker’s data where we can find it. Otherwise from a named source, such as an owner’s guide or dealer and owner reports (for example top speed), and we say which. Where sources disagree, we say so.
Found a mistake?
Tell us, with a link if you have one. We check it at the official source, fix every page it touches, and update the date.
A real example: the Texas law date
We had Texas’s kei truck law starting on Sept. 1, 2025. The official bill history shows it was signed and took effect on June 20, 2025, because it passed with more than two-thirds of each house. We fixed it on every page and in our data when we re-checked all states on Nov. 9, 2026.
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