INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) released its March statistics.
CVED is responsible for enforcing both state and federal regulations on all commercial motor vehicles (CMV). Major tasks include conducting Safety Inspections, New Entrant Safety Audits, and Compliance Reviews to ensure compliance with equipment and hours-of-service regulations.
CVED is also tasked with enforcing Indiana’s size and weight laws and ensuring that commercial carriers are properly registered and paying their fair share of fuel tax dollars. Additionally, the division of the Indiana State Police (ISP) assists in the investigation of commercial vehicle crashes (post-crash inspections) and manages the annual school bus inspection program.
The press release was issued this week.
From March 1-31, CVED released the following numbers:
Total CMV Inspections Completed – 4,705
Total Out of Service Drivers – 499
Total Out of Service Vehicles – 579
Total Number of Oversize Violations – 34
Total Number of Overweight Violations – 174
ISP CVED also disclosed that its personnel participated in the annual March portion of the International Fuel Tax/International Registration Plan Law Enforcement Advisor Committee’s (LEAC) M&M Blitz.
Nationwide IFTA permits, Unified Carrier Registrations, and IRP plates (both required for interstate commerce) typically expire on December 31 of each year but have a 90-day grace period. This provides a 90-day window for motor carriers to come into compliance with “soft enforcement.”
“Soft enforcement means that unless there is an egregious violation, a warning is typically issued, and the violation is documented on an inspection report,” ISP stated.
Annually, beginning April 1, more strict enforcement begins.
The LEAC March blitz serves to gauge the level of compliance leading up to the end of the grace period on March 31. ISP will again participate in the second, May, blitz period to identify the level of compliance after “hard” enforcement begins.
The March blitz:
IFTA/IPR Required Vehicles Checked – 1,239
Non-IFTA/IRP Required Vehicles – 223
IFTA Violations
Non-registered – 17
Non-renewal, missing decals – 81
No IFTA licenses in possession – 16
Fraudulent, suspended or revoked – 1
IRP Violations (all) – 39
UCR Violations (all) – 22
Number of Trucks Checked for Dyed Fuel – 76
Dyed Fuel Violations Found – 1
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