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January 2015

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January 2015 | Overdrive | 35 I n the November issue, Over- drive detailed the state with the highest ratio of maintenance violations for every speeding violation. That's Texas, where inspectors' priorities are tilted heavily toward the truck. But in a reverse of that priority, Indi- ana ranks fi rst in the nation for moving violations, which contribute to carriers' scores in the Unsafe Driving category of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program's Safety Measurement System. The major contributor to that distinction is speeding violations. They accounted for nearly half of all mov- ing-type infractions, and 14 percent of all violations, marked on inspection reports in Indiana during 2013. So if you want to avoid an inspec- tion in Indiana, keep a close eye on the speedometer and stay well within other traffi c laws. Indiana State Police 1st Sgt. Tyler Ut- terback, leading the state's truck-enforce- ment program, puts it this way: "I have no problem with motor carriers being afraid of getting stopped in Indiana." Indiana's priorities are weighted heavi- ly toward changing what it sees as prima- ry factors behind truck crashes. That's an understandable goal, given Indiana ranked second in our 2013 CSA's Data Trail analysis for truck-crash intensity (number of crashes per lane-mile of highway system). Oregon has the same goal, but puts more effort behind hours violations as an infl uencer of what it sees as dangerous driver behavior. It ranks fi rst as the state with the highest percentage of hours violations among total violations. SPEEDING? THINK AGAIN Best way to avoid inspection in Indiana: Slow down BY TODD DILLS CSA's FALLOUT STANDOUT STATES Indiana

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