Unregistered Carriers on 02/09/2009 - 941
Unregistered Carriers on 02/10/2010 - 934
Illinois - 95.67%
Maine - 93.50%
Sooner or later, the State UCR agencies and the FMCSA - and maybe a few more entities - need to have the following discussion:
What does FMCSA mean when they classify a motor carrier as "Active"?
Here, in a nutshell, is what I think they mean. I think they mean that when a MCMIS record is created, a carrier's status is set to "Active". From there, it takes an "Act of God" to make that carrier "Inactive". (Just kidding!)
Here's what we can pretty much say that it doesn't mean:
It doesn't mean that the carrier has had any "activity" lately. The FMCSA hasn't seen or heard from some of these carriers in years.
It doesn't mean that the carrier is "legal". An active carrier whose operation is listed as for-hire can have his authority revoked in L&I for years and still be "active".
It doesn't mean the carrier should be operating. The carrier can be classified as "Out-Of-Service" and still also be classified as "Active".
It doesn't mean the carrier is "safe". Plenty of unsafe carriers are classified as "active".
So, if "Active" doesn't mean any of those things, what does it mean? And how do we get it changed???
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