Tag: rankings

Many readers feel little change in clean inspections

While more clean inspections overall may well be the reality for inspections recorded in the federal Motor Carrier Management and Information System database, Overdrive’s audience of mostly owner-operators is more skeptical.

December 28, 2017

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The 18 states that issue more violations per inspection than the national average

In any of these states, it’s most likely that if you get inspected you’ll 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

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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

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The Golden State: Inspection fanatic or truckers’ best friend?

California’s reputation as being tough on truckers continues with its No. 2 position in the inspection intensity rankings. At once, the Golden State near highest share of clean inspections begs the question…

July 3, 2015

California and Texas together account for more than a quarter of all inspections performed in the continental United States. But unlike Texas and many other states, California’s number of total issued violations actually was smaller than its total number of inspections in 2014. California is also one of seven states whose propensity for issuing clean inspections is also high. Click through the image or follow this link for the rest of truckers’ most favorable states for clean inspections. The state’s reputation as being tough on truckers, however, continues with its No. 2 position in the inspection intensity rankings and active weigh-station inspection program. The state in 2014 was more likely to delay drivers for vehicle and credentials checks than any state other than Maryland, and it’s perennially near the top of Overdrive’s CSA’s Data Trail inspection-intensity rankings.

CSA’s Safety Measurement System site getting redesign, new features in August

One of the key goals of the redesign is to better highlight elements of the SMS that actually correlate with crash risk, FMCSA says.

July 23, 2014

Within each CSA SMS category, FMCSA has added graphs illustrating the relationship between percentile rankings (primary BASIC “scores” of the current display) and the absolute BASIC measure showing carrier violation history over time.

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

Inconsistent enforcement: CSA’s heat index

State inspection intensity ratings range from Maryland, where 32 inspections per lane-mile of National Highway System were conducted during CSA’s first two year, to Idaho, where only two inspections per lane-mile were done.

March 25, 2013

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Are you happy with your insurance company?

Consumer insurance portal Insure.com recently tracked customer satisfaction by polling users of the site as to their happiness — or lack thereof — with their auto, home, life and health insurers, evaluating these keys areas; customer service, claims experience and value for the price paid. They also asked whether customers planned to renew their policies and whether […]

January 18, 2012

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Best jobs of 2011: ‘Truck Driver’ ranks 171st

And that’s out of a total 200, listed from “best to worst” by the folks at careercast.com and publicized in a Wall Street Journal piece early in January. They claim to have based their rankings on five separate factors — physical demands, work environment, income, employment outlook, and stress — and “Truck Driver” ratings in […]

February 4, 2011

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