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No. 1: Maryland Where are you most likely to fi nd yourself or your truck under the microscope of a law enforcement representative? For the second year in a row in Overdrive's ongoing look into enforcement trends and the Compliance, Safety, Accountability pro- gram, Maryland garners that distinction. In 2013, Maryland enforcement offi - cials conducted 18 inspections for every lane-mile of National Highway System roadway within the state, up from 16.6 in 2012. The state benefi ted from a 12.5 percent boost in federal dollars coming into the program in 2013 to help achieve that increase. And as says Capt. Norman "Bill" Doffl emyer, commander of the Com- mercial Vehicle Enforcement Division of the state police, refl ecting the nationwide drift away from the scale houses to more mobile enforcement, "We're doing more and more." Only 66 percent of Maryland's inspec- 38 | Overdrive | September 2014 CSA's FALLOUT STANDOUT STATES Maryland and Pennsylvania Close scrutiny Maryland and Pennsylvania are heavy on inspections, but their rates of issuing violations fall below the national average. For this and the next five months, we'll profile states that stand out for their enforcement intensity, violation propensity or other reasons. For more detail by state, you can access interactive maps charting a raft of enforcement data via Overdrive's CSA's Data Trail site: OverdriveOnline.com/csa. These two states inspect drivers and trucks at double and triple the national rate BY TODD DILLS