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September 2016

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58 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | SEPTEMBER 2016 A harsh reality for smaller fleets has emerged when it comes to hours-of- service enforcement, based on new analysis of Compli- ance Safety Accountability data by CCJ sister company RigDig Business Intelligence. As more large carriers turn to electronic logging devices, fleets of fewer than 20 trucks, a group more likely to use paper logs, are being exposed to far more risk when it comes to inspections. As shown in the chart on page 60, carriers with fewer than 20 trucks received a largely disproportion- ate share of the 2015 hours viola- tions. At the other end of the scale, the largest carriers have the lowest violation rates. It's widely assumed that ELDs play a key role in compliance because the systems leave no obvious way other than back-office manipulation to cheat drive time. Likewise, watch- ers have noted that when a carrier implements electronic logs, its hours violation rate drops as form and manner violations, the most com- mon type of log violation, virtually disappear. Among drivers using e-logs, many have seen a certain "wave-through" Visit CCJDigital.com/CSA for the new com- prehensive update of state rankings in a variety of inspection and violation catego- ries, available in interactive maps and a full- report download. Unless otherwise noted, the source of all data in this report is RigDig Business Intelligence (rigdig.com/bi, 866- 237-7788) data from calendar year 2015. Data excludes inspections conducted in Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia. Smaller carriers are feeling the heat of hours enforcement in select states, even as violations declined nationally in 2015 BY TODD DILLS Matt Cole

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