Unregistered Carriers on 9/21/2009 - 2024
Unregistered Carriers on 9/22/2009 - 1968
Yesterday, we did 82 registrations ... and added 50 new USDOT numbers! That's more than some jurisdictions have added all year! It's actually good news, but it really kept us hopping! Which leads me to this: I can't tell you the number of times we have heard the question from farmers (who are, for the most part, exempt from federal authority), "I've been driving this truck for 20 years and nobody has ever told me I needed a DOT number. When in the "h!@#" did that requirement come about?" To the best of my knowledge, the answer to that question is "about the mid-80's!" Over the past three UCR registration years, we have helped literally - and I do mean literally - thousands of farmers get USDOT numbers because that's a requirement of UCR registration. I don't know that answer to why they've never been told they need a USDOT number, but I do know that without UCR, they never would have gotten a USDOT number and the Feds would continue to be clueless about several thousand entities operating commercial vehicles in interstate commerce right here in our own state. And that's a fact!
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