Unregistered Carriers on 9/15/2009 - 2037
Unregistered Carriers on 9/16/2009 - 2014
There's a lot of preoccupation about registration percentages and their significance to the UCR program. As with most issues in life, I think we need a little more perspective about registration percentages before we draw too many conclusions. Here's a little anomaly I noticed today.
Maine is the highest percentage registration state and we are #2. I know, I know, you're going to say that I'm competing with them for the top spot. Why would you even contemplate such a thing??? Anyway, take a look at the numbers below. It's hard to format stuff in this blog, so work with me here.
17,523 17,565
IL 2,037 2,014
89.59% 89.71%
2,773 2,773
ME 221 225
92.62% 92.49%
Yesterday's registration percentage report showed that IL had registered 17,523 carriers in 2009 and had 2,037 unregistered carriers for an 89.59% registration rate. Today's report showed that we registered 42 carriers yesterday and removed 23 from our unregistered list for a new registration percentage of 89.71%, an increase of .12%
Meanwhile, our friends in Maine started the day yesterday with 2,773 carriers registered and 221 unregistered for a registration percentage of 92.62%. This morning, we see that they didn't register anybody yesterday but added four carriers - possibly new USDOT numbers - to their unregistered list for a new registration percentage of 92.49%.
So Maine effectively went down more than we went up, and the activity wasn't even similar. You can be sitting there, minding your own business, and WHAM - your registration percentage can go down! What kind of world are we living in?!?
Anyway, you get the idea. Things aren't always exactly the way they seem.
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