Terms of Use

1. User Responsibility

You are solely responsible for any decision made based on information accessed through this website, including business, financial, operational, pricing, routing, and load-acceptance decisions. You agree to independently verify all information before acting on it.

2. No Warranties

This website and all content, tools, calculators, downloads, and materials are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement.

3. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Hotshot Smart Start, its owners, operators, contributors, and affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from your use of this website or reliance on any content, calculation, estimate, or tool provided.

4. Assumption of Risk

Trucking, freight, and small-business operations involve substantial financial, operational, and personal risk. You acknowledge and assume all risk associated with your business decisions and operations.

5. User-Generated Inputs

All inputs you enter into calculators or tools on this website are provided by you. Outputs depend entirely on the accuracy of your inputs. Hotshot Smart Start does not validate, store, or guarantee the accuracy of user-supplied data.

6. Calculator Limitations

Calculators on this website are simplified educational models. They do not account for every variable that affects real-world trucking operations, including but not limited to taxes, regulatory changes, market shifts, equipment failures, weather, fuel volatility, or local market conditions.

7. Software Limitations

Software, downloads, and templates provided through this website may contain errors, omissions, or limitations. They are provided as educational starting points and not as production-grade business systems.

8. Governing Law

This section is currently under legal review and may be updated prior to public launch.

9. Arbitration

This section is currently under legal review and may be updated prior to public launch.

10. Class Action Waiver

This section is currently under legal review and may be updated prior to public launch.

11. Changes to These Terms

These Terms may be updated from time to time. Continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.