"We Interrupt This Discussion of UCR Tools ..."

Unregistered Carriers on 10/05/2009 - 1918
Unregistered Carriers on 10/06/2009 - 1907

I know you were anxiously awaiting my discussion of UCR Tool #4 - the Emailer - and I will get to that discussion in my next post.

In this post, however, I would like to share with you a couple of observations about Registration Numbers and Registration Percentages.

Sometimes, it is evident that different states are fighting different battles in the area of registration numbers and percentages - and yet we treat the discussion as one. Take, for example, the situation where I am trying (in my juvenile, competitive way) to overtake Maine as the highest registration percentage state.

Let's compare the numbers and percentages for the last month:

In the last month, Maine has registered 28 carriers and reduced their unregistered carrier list by 6. Their percentage has increased from 92.5% to 92.76

Meanwhile, we have registered 1,150 carriers and reduced our unregistered list by 263 (remember all those new USDOT number we issued???) and increased our registration percentage from 88.85% to 90.63%.

As I said, with all due respect to Maine, we are not fighting the same battle.

Please understand that I am not being critical of Maine. One could argue, however, that they have done a better overall job of registering their carriers because their percentage is higher - and that would mask what I believe is one heck of an effort going on here in Illinois.

By the way, speaking of my juvenile, competitive spirit, we only trail California by 659 registrations as of this morning! The dream lives on!!