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Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills wins three major journalism awards
Overdrive and Senior Editor Todd Dills won Best Series for CSA’s Data Trail, a continuation of the series that received business-to-business media’s highest honor, the Grand Neal, in 2014. He also won Neals for Best Data Journalist and Best Range of Work.
April 4, 2016
Roadside heat waning in Illinois
After a focus on moving violations led to a dramatic climb up Overdrive’s state inspection-intensity rankings in 2014, the Illinois State Police show signs of backing off.
November 24, 2015
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No breaks for brakes: Virginia State Police lead the nation in brake violation focus
The latest in Overdrive's CSA's Data Trail series shows a no-frills approach to inspections also puts Virginia near the top for maintenance violations overall.
October 30, 2015
Business
Top 15 most intense states for maintenance, brake violations
Updated with 2019 data, find more insight here on what truckers can expect of -- and where expect it from -- law enforcement during 2020 Brake Safety Week.
October 13, 2015
Business
Inspection hot zone along the southern border
No area of the country shows such a contiguous grouping of high-inspection-intensity states as the four states lining the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
September 29, 2015
Business
The new top hours of service enforcer
No state issued a higher percentage of hours violations in 2014 than this one. Training has helped officials find their ‘comfort zone’ enforcing the ever-shifting regs nationwide, but especially in this state.
September 7, 2015
Business
Top 10 toughest states on hours of service violations
Oregon was the 2013 leader on this list, and its percentage of issued hour infractions fell by only a point in our analysis of the 2014 data. Three states rose to a much larger degree in the hours rankings…
September 1, 2015
Business
Top 10 most intense states for inspection violations
This top-ten hall of fame — or shame, depending on your perspective — is actually a top 11, showing states in which the most violations per individual inspection were written throughout calendar year 2014.
July 31, 2015
Business
Decreasing inspections, enforcement variability as movement against CSA gains steam
With Roadcheck ramping up Tuesday, June 2, Overdrive’s annual update to the winding CSA’s Data Trail shows a downward national inspection intensity trend, though some key states move in the opposite direction.
June 1, 2015
Business
Close scrutiny: Pennsylvania rises up the inspection-intensity ranks
Pennsylvania’s enforcement program might be the most mobile in the nation — the No. 2 state for inspection intensity in 2013, the state conducts the large majority of its inspections away from any scale.
September 12, 2014
Business
Close scrutiny: Where are you most likely to be inspected?
That distinction goes to Maryland, followed by Pennsylvania — while both are heavy on inspections, their rate of issuing violations falls below the national average. Find a look at Maryland’s program here.
September 10, 2014
Business
CSA’s Fallout: Trapped in a CSA nightmare
Part 1 of this story of how one small fleet operator got stuck in “safety jail” as a Conditional safety rating, a high BASIC score in hours and violations compounded and business vanished.
July 7, 2014
Business
CSA’s Fallout: SMS/safety rating system disconnect compounds problems
While official safety rating element of FMCSA’s enforcement program remains, the CSA SMS runs alongside it, giving a more real-time window into inspections, violations and crashes. However, the difference between results produced by each is marked.
June 4, 2014
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CSA’s mad math: Readers right on lack of reliability
Clearly the “A” in CSA isn’t working when the data being accounted for paint a distorted picture. The result is a system where too many small carriers are assumed guilty until proven innocent.
June 3, 2014
Business
CSA’s Fallout: Scoring reliability woes dominate independents’ concerns
Overdrive’s 2014 CSA survey shows independents are most concerned about reliability of scores, but the system’s many flaws haven’t halted third-party use of the rankings in business decisions.
June 3, 2014
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Preps for Brake Safety Week, starting tomorrow
Brake maintenance tips and resources from longtime brake system components manufacturer Bendix — and the top states for brake inspections/violations.
September 7, 2013
Channel 19
Profilin’ — not so stylin’ — at the scale house
Has FMCSA’s CSA program had an unintended (or, perhaps, intended) consequence of giving inspectors license to hassle small operators simply for the fact that they are small companies?
June 9, 2013
Business
New Mexico recognized for its Smart Roadside Inspection tech
The recognition from the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School was awarded as part of the center’s “Top 25 Innovations in Government” program.
May 3, 2013
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