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Toughest 15 states for hours of service violations

With news today of the hours-of-service-related focus on the planned Roadcheck event – this year set for May 4-6, a month sooner than past traditional month of June – keep in mind these states for especially close hours enforcement.

February 2, 2021

Hours of Service Violations as a share of all violations map of the United States

Toughest 15 (plus 2) states for moving violations ahead of enforcement blitz kicking off July 12

This year's Operation Safe Driver Week blitz begins July 12. Here are the states with the highest moving violation percentages, a safe bet for boosted activity.

July 1, 2020

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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

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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 state’s 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

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Minnesota aims at moving targets

Some rehabilitation of Minnesota’s reputation — in the wake of the state’s notorious “fatigue checklist,” judged a violation of truckers’ Fourth Amendment rights in 2011 — is on offer via truckers’ anecdotes and data on its enforcement program, with a shift toward mobile traffic enforcement and, perhaps, a willingness of officers to credit professionalism where it’s due.

November 8, 2018

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Roadside distractions: The Empire State’s 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

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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

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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 they’re fairly uncommon

In our annual CSA’s 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 truckers’ favor in that metric, and you’ll 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

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A silver lining: Clean inspections on the rise

In Overdrive’s annual CSA’s 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 truckers’ 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

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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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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 isn’t, by and large, “looking to jam up guys who are decent,” operators note. More in this CSA’s Data Trail profile of the state, by the numbers.

October 10, 2016

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‘Border effect’ 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

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States with the worst traffic and highways, ranked

A new report reveals which U.S. states have the worst traffic and road conditions as the debate over highway funding and infrastructure rages in Washington.

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