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logbook (Continued from Page 22) Hazmat tracking changes suggested The National Transportation Safety Board, in a Sept. 2 letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, recommended steps for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration to take to gain a more accurate accounting of the distribution of hazardous materials hauled in cargo tanks. Obtaining a more accurate accounting would enable enhanced safety-data analyses of hazmat haulers and increased safety, the board said. NTSB recommended requiring all hazmat carriers to annually submit tank types and numbers of owned and leased fleets to the DOT, in addition to data displayed on the specification plates of such tanks. — Staff reports New York arrests 51 for CDL fraud New York police recently arrested 51 CDL holders with two or more licenses under different names after police used facial recognition technology on CDL photos. The New York Department of Motor Vehicles and other state and federal officials were involved in the investigation of truck and bus drivers who fraudulently obtained multiple driver licenses by using a fake name, according to a statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office. The software resulted in the arrests of 70 other CDL drivers earlier this year. In the past 18 months, New York law enforcement arrested about 800 people for having two or more drivers' licenses under aliases. In the most recent round of arrests, police charged each driver with offering a false instrument in the first degree and falsifying business records in the second degree. Those with "excessive" unpaid tickets also received a charge of aggravated unlicensed operation in the second degree. State driver licensing agencies began using facial recognition software in 2002. In a survey last updated 18 months ago, 16 states used or were installing the technology for driver license applications, according to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. — Jill Dunn 62 OVERDRIVE OCTOBER 2011 TRUCKING OPPORTUNITIES Circle 217 on Reader Service Card or visit overdrive.hotims.com