Law Enforcement

Ever been pulled by a big rig?

Todd Dills | May 18, 2013

Scary, huh? Not exactly. This picture was staged by Cookeville, Tenn.-based eight-year driver and current Greatwide subagent/dispatcher Michael Winton when he came upon the somewhat infamous Tennessee Highway Patrol Peterbilt 379 parked locally two weekends back. ...

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New Mexico recognized for its Smart Roadside Inspection tech

Todd Dills | May 03, 2013

The Motor Transportation Division of the state of New Mexico's Department of Public Safety achieved further national recognition May 1 for its Smart Roadside Inspection system. The system utilizes, variously, mobile inspection trailers, thermal and ...

voices

Readers want immigration enforcement, not reform

Todd Dills | May 03, 2013

“There already is a legal path to citizenship,” said David S. McQueen, summing up the near-majority stance among Overdrive readers on the U.S. government’s feints toward immigration reform. A near-majority favored the current law status coupled ...

csa's data trail

Delving into CSA data shows enforcement irregularities

Max Heine | May 01, 2013

Close analysis of inspections, alerts and out-of-service orders under CSA reveals enforcement disparities with positive and/or negative implications for carriers of different sizes, according to RigDig Business Intelligence data analyzed by Overdrive and Commercial ...

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FMCSA’s focus on inspections a point of contention at CVSA workshop

Todd Dills | April 23, 2013

Bulldog Hiway Express President Phil Byrd, speaking as First Vice Chair of the American Trucking Associations, delivered a salvo aimed at the national focus on roadside vehicle inspections during an April 23 General Session of ...

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CSA: Law enforcement/ driver perspective alignment

Todd Dills | April 22, 2013

I'm in Louisville, Ky., today at a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance workshop on the life cycle of a roadside inspection violation (follow my Twitter feed for updates throughout the day, and stay tuned for news ...

voices

Readers to law enforcement: Look in the mirror

Todd Dills | April 16, 2013

While no small amount of law-enforcement kudos piled on in the wake of our reporting on the state of Tennessee's efforts to use big rigs on the highways to nab four-wheelers texting behind the wheel, ...

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Industry, safety advocates split on CSA ‘work in progress’

Todd Dills | February 07, 2013

A CSA Subcommittee this week concluded three prioritized issues to take to a full committee later this year — crash accountability, data quality issues, public display of carriers' Safety Measurement System scores. The CSA Subcommittee to ...

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CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent

In the two years since CSA's advent, the smallest carriers have had a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than drivers and trucks of the largest carriers.