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Business
Decreasing inspections: Georgia’s numbers fall
The state dialed back on overall inspections from 81,183 in 2013 to 69,188 in 2014, a 15 percent decline. According to state officials, such a level may not hold as it focuses on doing more with less.
June 2, 2015
Catch more in-depth state-by-state data and analysis via our CSA’s Data Trail main page, recently updated to reflect year 2014 data.
Business
South Dakota pushes speed limit to 80 mph
Know before you go: Most commercial truck tires are rated at 75 mph max speed — prolonged running above that will build excessive heat, accelerate wear and could cause blowouts.
April 2, 2015
80 mph in SD
Business
Indiana’s vanishing clean inspections, further speed scrutiny
Indiana ranks No. 5 nationwide for the smallest percentage of clean inspections.
January 2, 2015
WHERE IT’S MOST DIFFICULT TO IMPROVE CSA SCORES | For more detail on where the states fall in rankings of their likelihood to issue a totally violation-free inspection, click through the above map or follow this link.
Business
Best way to avoid inspection in Indiana: Slow down
With speeding accounting for nearly half of all moving-type infractions marked on inspection reports in 2013, Indiana ranks first in the nation for those violations.
December 30, 2014
Percentages calculated as a share of all violations within Indiana and nationally. Source for all data: Unless otherwise noted, federal data mined by Overdrive and RigDig Business Intelligence.
Channel 19
VID: Driver questions trooper’s safety on highway, gets clean inspection
Driver’s dashcam vid of exchange with police over safe driving goes viral.
June 30, 2014
Driver Brian Miner
Channel 19
Slowing down for your fellow driver
A tragic accident at a loading area ended the life of a driver opening his trailer doors last week — yielding some seeming, but not always so, self-evident wisdom. And: More voices on over-the-road peeves…
November 25, 2013
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Channel 19
CSA: DataQ opportunity with lights, generic speeding violations
The most common lighting-related violation — top 20 states for “Inoperative required lamp” prevalence ranked here — may be basis for a DataQ challenge if the light is not required by regulation.
August 15, 2013
Follow this link for further diagrams and information on all required lamps as specified in FMCSA regulations.
Business
The ‘kabang crunch’ wake-up call
“There’s absolutely no reason in hell to catch third in a Love’s, unless your hair is on fire or a member of the Taliban has suddenly popped out of your bunk with an RPG aimed at the back of your head.”
June 5, 2013
Evening at the truck stop
Overdrive Extra
Out on der Autobahn
I just got back from a Daimler Trucks press tip trip to Gaggenau, Germany to see the North American unveiling of the new DT12 automated manual truck transmission. It was the first of two Daimler trips this month: The second comes along in two weeks, when I’ll fly to Dusseldorf to see the latest incarnation […]
May 3, 2013
speed
Business
Speeding four-wheeler in the breakdown lane!
“The more truckers I meet, the more I realize the good ones really are patient people” and other notes on merging.
April 7, 2013
The signs pertain to us all, jerko.
Channel 19
Four-wheeler scare-quotes ‘professional’
A letter writer to a Minnesota newspaper, contending there’s an epidemic of big-rig drivers’ speeding on the nation’s highways, is suffering from tunnel vision when he mocks drivers’ “professional” badge of honor.
October 8, 2012
Business
Irregular ratings: CSA snafus
Accident blame, violation weighting and regional differences continue to plague CSA. No fix appears to be on the horizon.
July 2, 2012
Inspections took on a new importance in December 2010, when the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program went into effect.
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