Unregistered Carriers on 02/08/2009 - 953
Unregistered Carriers on 02/09/2010 - 941
Illinois - 95.64%
Maine - 93.43%
Let's review about those MCMIS carrier records that look like UCR Universe Carriers but which actually do not represent carriers in the "UCR Universe". There are thousands of them. Who are these carriers, exactly?
They are carriers which MCMIS shows as "Active, Interstate Carriers" - just as UCR Universe carriers are shown as "Active, Interstate Carriers - but, unlike UCR Universe Carriers, these records do not show any associated inspections, crashes, MCS-150 updates or previous-year UCR registrations in the past 12 months.
The assumption is that since these carrier records had no "activity" attached to them, they are less likely to actually still be in business.
The States have had some experience contacting these carriers, but the outcomes have been less than stellar. My own personal guess is that at least half of them - maybe more - are out of business, so there is very little incentive for UCR states to contact these carriers. No sense wasting time, paper, postage, phone calls, etc. when 1) they're not part of the UCR Universe and 2) the chances are good they are not there anyway.
These records are a major problem for FMCSA, but UCR is unlikely to fix this problem for the reasons I just described.
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