[AT] OT: Truck USDOT number

[Tom]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve W. <swilliams268 at frontier.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Saturday, 19 October 2013 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Truck USDOT number
> 
>T om wrote:
>>  Curiosity lead to the site FMCSA where it said:
>> 
>>  "Companies that operate commercial vehicles transporting passengers or 
> 
>>  hauling cargo in interstate commerce must be registered with the FMCSA 
>>  and must have a USDOT Number. Also, commercial intrastate hazardous 
>>  materials carriers who haul quantities requiring a safety permit must 
>>  register for a USDOT Number. The USDOT Number serves as a unique 
>>  identifier when collecting and monitoring a company's safety 
> information
>>   acquired during audits, compliance reviews, crash investigations, and 
>>  inspections."
>> 
>>  You say you're not licensed for interstate so why the DOT #? Do you 
> haul hazardous materials in bulk?
>> 
>>  Tom
>> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Washington State requires the number not the FMCSA
> 
> Types of vehicles that must have a DOT number
> 
> If you operate any of the following commercial vehicles within 
> Washington State, you must get a DOT number and display it on the vehicle:
> 
> Commercial motor vehicles with Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 
> 16,001 pounds or more.
> 
> Combinations of commercial motor vehicles including a towed unit with a 
> GVWR of 10,000 pounds or more and having a total GVWR of 16,001 pounds 
> or more.
> 
> Commercial motor vehicles of any size used in the transportation of 
> placarded hazardous materials.
> 
> Commercial motor vehicles designed to transport 16 or more passengers, 
> including the driver.
> 
> Private school buses of any weight or size.
> 
> And what they use it for.
> 
> How DOT numbers improve safety:
> 
> The DOT number will be used to track citations for unsafe vehicles, 
> traffic violations, and accidents. The data collected will be used to 
> establish safety ratings that the Washington State Patrol will use to 
> perform compliance reviews on businesses identified as higher risk. If a 
> review is unsatisfactory, the DOT number will be placed out of service 
> and all the registrations for vehicles listed under that number will be 
> cancelled.
> 
 
> -- 
> Steve W.
> 
"The DOT number will be used to track citations for unsafe vehicles, 
traffic violations, and accidents" No plates in Washington State! :-)

One wonders at the existence of state laws in this regard, uniformity through
federal law would have to be better, of course state revenue gathering would
take a hit, and that would never do.:-(

Tom