Illinois - 98.06%
Maine - 96.29%
Alabama - 93.28%
Indiana - 92.70%
As I've indicated in previous posts, the arrival of 2010 fees - which is a WONDERFUL development - may necessitate closing out the UCR5000 Project blog. We just don't have the resources to chase down the last 400 unregistered carriers and, at the same time, carry out a full-fledged registration campaign - although those same carriers do, in fact, have to register for 2010 as well. I need to do a little more thinking about it.
Meanwhile, I don't plan to stop blogging. I need to do some more thinking about that, too. The UCR5000 project was intended as a kind of "journal" to document our pursuit of "Getting to Zero". As far as I'm concerned, anybody who doubts that we can't close out the last 400 carriers hasn't been paying attention. We're still right on schedule for mid-to-late June.
The next blog could be used to document the 2010 UCR campaign - or some other aspect of working with FMCSA.
If you have thoughts about it, please let me know. The blogging experience has been great! I'm now ready to direct my mediocre writing talents to "the next big thing" - whatever that turns out to be.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
What A Difference A Month Makes!
Illinois - 98.00%
Maine - 96.26%
Alabama - 93.12%
Indiana - 92.70%
One month ago today, we only led Maine by .92% and Indiana actually led Alabama by .52%. In fact, Maine had a higher percentage a month ago (96.34%) than they have today! It's those darned "sideways adds"!
Today, I was having lunch with the guy who heads up the IL IRP program. Their agency just finished their IRP registration season, of course, and he said that they had registered 14,000 fleets. But we've done over 21,000 registrations! I THINK that means that if the IRP folks were also in charge of doing the UCR program, they would have done at least 7,000+ fewer registrations because they would have only registered the people who came in to do IRP. I hope somebody will let me know if I'm wrong about that and, if so, exactly how I'm wrong. I'm inclined to believe it's one more way that states are leaving money on the table.
Have a great weekend!
Maine - 96.26%
Alabama - 93.12%
Indiana - 92.70%
One month ago today, we only led Maine by .92% and Indiana actually led Alabama by .52%. In fact, Maine had a higher percentage a month ago (96.34%) than they have today! It's those darned "sideways adds"!
Today, I was having lunch with the guy who heads up the IL IRP program. Their agency just finished their IRP registration season, of course, and he said that they had registered 14,000 fleets. But we've done over 21,000 registrations! I THINK that means that if the IRP folks were also in charge of doing the UCR program, they would have done at least 7,000+ fewer registrations because they would have only registered the people who came in to do IRP. I hope somebody will let me know if I'm wrong about that and, if so, exactly how I'm wrong. I'm inclined to believe it's one more way that states are leaving money on the table.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Beep, beep ... Alabama Zips Into 3rd!
Illinois - 98.00%
Maine - 96.32%
Alabama - 93.05%
Indiana - 92.71%
Man, that was impressive! Alabama's percentage jumped .22% in one day, catapulting them right past Indiana into 3rd place. Good job, Alabama!
Incredible as it may seem, we are still contacting carriers every day who are not familiar with UCR. Most of them are private, so the commercial vehicle thing is secondary to their real business, but I'm still surprised. I just talked to two guys who received tickets from our cops ---- they were not on our UCR Unregistered List and I honestly believe they have never heard of UCR.
We hit 98% right on the head on the COB 4/21. This morning's magic number was 436, with ND at 360. Look out, Frank! We had a decent day with 9 registrations and several deactivations, so, with any luck, we'll bump it up a little tomorrow morning.
Maine - 96.32%
Alabama - 93.05%
Indiana - 92.71%
Man, that was impressive! Alabama's percentage jumped .22% in one day, catapulting them right past Indiana into 3rd place. Good job, Alabama!
Incredible as it may seem, we are still contacting carriers every day who are not familiar with UCR. Most of them are private, so the commercial vehicle thing is secondary to their real business, but I'm still surprised. I just talked to two guys who received tickets from our cops ---- they were not on our UCR Unregistered List and I honestly believe they have never heard of UCR.
We hit 98% right on the head on the COB 4/21. This morning's magic number was 436, with ND at 360. Look out, Frank! We had a decent day with 9 registrations and several deactivations, so, with any luck, we'll bump it up a little tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Alabama Coming Up On the Outside!!!
Illinois - 97.88%
Maine - 96.32%
Indiana - 92.74%
Alabama - 92.72%
In case you haven't been paying attention, Alabama is about to pass Indiana for the #3 registration percentage spot. Alabama has never really let up. Hats off to them! Of course, now that I've pointed it out, I'll probably jinx them forever!
Meanwhile, Maine was at 96.31% one month ago today. Like the old adage says, "If you're not moving forward, you're slipping behind." Or something like that.
Tomorrow is the 21st and you know what that means - I anticipated that we would be at 98% by the COB tomorrow. Yikes!
We have a new "secret weapon" in the UCR registration arena. I'll write about it when I have a little more experience with it.
Later!
Maine - 96.32%
Indiana - 92.74%
Alabama - 92.72%
In case you haven't been paying attention, Alabama is about to pass Indiana for the #3 registration percentage spot. Alabama has never really let up. Hats off to them! Of course, now that I've pointed it out, I'll probably jinx them forever!
Meanwhile, Maine was at 96.31% one month ago today. Like the old adage says, "If you're not moving forward, you're slipping behind." Or something like that.
Tomorrow is the 21st and you know what that means - I anticipated that we would be at 98% by the COB tomorrow. Yikes!
We have a new "secret weapon" in the UCR registration arena. I'll write about it when I have a little more experience with it.
Later!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Z-Day --- An Update
Illinois - 97.86%
Maine - 96.32%
Indiana - 92.74%
Alabama - 92.67%
Approximately three weeks ago, I declared Z-Day to be June 17th ... with the caveat that "getting to zero" was an inexact science at best. I mentioned at the time that the wild card is going to be "sideways adds". Since then, we have gotten an inordinate number of sideways adds, which has complicated things just a bit. I'm going to stick with the 17th for now, assuming that the sideways adds are going to "revert to the mean". Otherwise, we may need to adjust the date a little. Not a lot, just a little!
Maine - 96.32%
Indiana - 92.74%
Alabama - 92.67%
Approximately three weeks ago, I declared Z-Day to be June 17th ... with the caveat that "getting to zero" was an inexact science at best. I mentioned at the time that the wild card is going to be "sideways adds". Since then, we have gotten an inordinate number of sideways adds, which has complicated things just a bit. I'm going to stick with the 17th for now, assuming that the sideways adds are going to "revert to the mean". Otherwise, we may need to adjust the date a little. Not a lot, just a little!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
How Low Can You Go?
Illinois - 97.87%
Maine - 96.32%
Indiana - 92.73%
Alabama - 92.65%
OK - call me competitive. I don't care.
I was noticing the other day that there are three participating states with fewer unregistered carriers than IL. Granted, it doesn't really matter. Our goal is to get to zero - not pass those three states. But it makes it more fun! It's like playing that game at the carnival where you roll the golf ball to make the horses move in the horse race. In this case, the goal is just to finish - but what's the harm in making it more like a carnival game!
Those three states, by the way, are:
Maine - 113
Alaska - 212
North Dakota - 363
Illinois is at 470.
On the state percentage side (see above) Alabama is creeping up on Indiana and I expect them to pass Indiana in the next week or two. I'm not the only person in this program that's competitive! My old friend Scott is not far behind me ... but he is behind me! Just kidding, Scott!
Have great rest of the weekend!
Maine - 96.32%
Indiana - 92.73%
Alabama - 92.65%
OK - call me competitive. I don't care.
I was noticing the other day that there are three participating states with fewer unregistered carriers than IL. Granted, it doesn't really matter. Our goal is to get to zero - not pass those three states. But it makes it more fun! It's like playing that game at the carnival where you roll the golf ball to make the horses move in the horse race. In this case, the goal is just to finish - but what's the harm in making it more like a carnival game!
Those three states, by the way, are:
Maine - 113
Alaska - 212
North Dakota - 363
Illinois is at 470.
On the state percentage side (see above) Alabama is creeping up on Indiana and I expect them to pass Indiana in the next week or two. I'm not the only person in this program that's competitive! My old friend Scott is not far behind me ... but he is behind me! Just kidding, Scott!
Have great rest of the weekend!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
UCR, FMCSA Data and Due Diligence
Illinois - 97.75%
Maine - 96.38%
Indiana - 92.71%
Alabama - 92.57%
I know that UCR was never intended to fix FMCSA data. In fact, I remember several discussions where we specifically said the fixing the data was NOT a goal. But I have to tell that I have a hard time deactivating a carrier without exercising a fair amount of due diligence.
We are working on a new due diligence protocol that has to be at least as good as the Feds' protocol --- and maybe better. And, we are running into situations that are a little strange.
Here's an example:
The other day I had a carrier that, for all practical purposes, looked inactive. Phone disconnected, address no good, corporation not in good standing, etc. But .... he showed an active federal authority. What? He's paying for insurance ... and not even paying the phone bill?
So, I called up the insurance company, asked if the filing was still valid (because they're good until cancelled!), informed the underwriter that they were still on the risk for the guy, and, voila, the filing got cancelled and the authority will be going away shortly.
NOW, I can deactivate the number in good conscience!
Maine - 96.38%
Indiana - 92.71%
Alabama - 92.57%
I know that UCR was never intended to fix FMCSA data. In fact, I remember several discussions where we specifically said the fixing the data was NOT a goal. But I have to tell that I have a hard time deactivating a carrier without exercising a fair amount of due diligence.
We are working on a new due diligence protocol that has to be at least as good as the Feds' protocol --- and maybe better. And, we are running into situations that are a little strange.
Here's an example:
The other day I had a carrier that, for all practical purposes, looked inactive. Phone disconnected, address no good, corporation not in good standing, etc. But .... he showed an active federal authority. What? He's paying for insurance ... and not even paying the phone bill?
So, I called up the insurance company, asked if the filing was still valid (because they're good until cancelled!), informed the underwriter that they were still on the risk for the guy, and, voila, the filing got cancelled and the authority will be going away shortly.
NOW, I can deactivate the number in good conscience!
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