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10 toughest states for hours of service violations
Arkansas has been atop this list now for four years since overtaking the previous perennial toughest hours-violation state, Oregon, in 2014.
November 26, 2018
The 15 toughest states when it comes to moving violations
These 15 state truck enforcement programs in 2017 encoded the largest percentages of moving violations, measured as a share of all of each stateâs issued violations, the nation over, with a heavy Midwest presence among them.
November 13, 2018
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Results of the Minnesota fatigue checklist blowback
Since Minnesota's fatigue checklist was deemed a violation of truckers' Fourth Amendment rights, enforcement of regulation 392.3 remains low compared to 2011.
November 12, 2018
Business
Minnesota aims at moving targets
Some rehabilitation of Minnesotaâs reputation â in the wake of the stateâs notorious âfatigue checklist,â judged a violation of truckersâ Fourth Amendment rights in 2011 â is on offer via truckersâ anecdotes and data on its enforcement program, with a shift toward mobile traffic enforcement and, perhaps, a willingness of officers to credit professionalism where itâs due.
November 8, 2018
Business
Roadside distractions: The Empire Stateâs truck-enforcement efforts, by the numbers
New York has staffed up well to maintain its inspection volume. Read all more about the Empire State's inspection efforts here on Overdrive.
September 28, 2018
Business
Top 10 states for brake and tire violations, and where they overlap
Missouri, Texas, Montana, Tennessee, and California appeared on both top 10 lists for brakes and tires violations. Check out the lists on Overdrive today.
September 18, 2018
Business
Tennessee shows some truck-friendly colors
Electronic logging devices and hours of service might have something to do with truck drivers brushing up their inspection skills. More on Overdrive Online.
September 17, 2018
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Tesla Semi and its clean inspection violate the eye test of more than one reader
The Tesla Semi, inspected at Donner Pass Inspection Station, received a clean inspection report; however, many Overdrive readers are not impressed by its looks.
August 17, 2018
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More on personal conveyance in the hours of service with Roadcheck a day away
With Roadchecks starting June 5th, be in the know about the new personal conveyance guidelines and check out the decline in violations since 2014.
June 4, 2018
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A view on the rise in clean inspections, from a state where theyâre fairly uncommon
In our annual CSAâs Data Trail analysis, Indiana state ranks 10th this year in clean inspections, with less than a third of their total inspections having come out entirely violation-free over the course of calendar year 2016. But look at improvement in truckersâ favor in that metric, and youâll see that Indiana is one of just a few states that improved in that particular metric by more than 50 percent over the preceding year.
December 28, 2017
Business
A silver lining: Clean inspections on the rise
In Overdriveâs annual CSAâs Data Trail update, after a few years of decline in the totals overall, inspections increased by more than 4 percent. Fortunately for operators, those additional thousands of inspections can be attributed in part to an influx of inspections that contained no violation.
December 27, 2017
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Trends in violations, inspections move in truckersâ favor
Since year 2012, when the violation-free inspection percentage was below 40 percent, while the total number of inspections has remained relatively level and even fallen a little, violation-free inspection numbers have grown considerably, by more than 18 percent.
November 2, 2017
Business
The 18 states that issue more violations per inspection than the national average
In any of these states, itâs most likely that if you get inspected youâll walk away with a violation. All of them write more than 1.7 per every individual inspection, with Connecticut at the top of the list with more than 3.
November 17, 2016
Business
Top 10 toughest states for tire violations
Oregon, Texas and North Carolina lead the tire-violations rankings, the latter two also showing an uncommonly strong focus on maintenance/equipment-related violations overall. Peruse more nationally ranked data on equipment violations here.
October 11, 2016
Business
North Carolina enforcement: Where officer discretion can help
Professionalism at roadside can go a long way in influencing enforcement actions in North Carolina. The highway patrol there isnât, by and large, âlooking to jam up guys who are decent,â operators note. More in this CSAâs Data Trail profile of the state, by the numbers.
October 10, 2016
Business
âBorder effectâ on inspections: Update
Among the four states on the U.S.-Mexico border, inspection numbers overall are among the highest in the nation. All four states rank in the top 10 for inspection intensity.
September 12, 2016
Business
Common ground: New Mexicoâs inspection-heavy enforcement program
Capt. Greg Kerr of the New Mexico Department of Public Safetyâs truck-enforcement unit has thoughts about highway safety that truck drivers may find familiar and sensible. Chiefly: He understands that four-wheelers are âpart of the problemâ with safety.
September 9, 2016
Business
Inspections: Top 10 states where enforcementâs hot
Maryland and California maintain the No. 1 and No. 2 spots atop the list of the most-intense states for total inspections, measured per lane-mile of National Highway System in the stateâs borders.
July 13, 2016
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