[AT] OT: Truck USDOT number

[Mike]

Welcome to US politics Tom, everyone needs to have their hand in the 
cookie jar. Efficiency be damned.

Mike M

On 10/18/2013 7:34 PM, Tom wrote:
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> ----- 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
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>> 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
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>> Types of vehicles that must have a DOT number
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>> If you operate any of the following commercial vehicles within
>> Washington State, you must get a DOT number and display it on the vehicle:
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>> Commercial motor vehicles with Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of
>> 16,001 pounds or more.
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>> 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.
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>> Commercial motor vehicles of any size used in the transportation of
>> placarded hazardous materials.
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>> Commercial motor vehicles designed to transport 16 or more passengers,
>> including the driver.
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>> Private school buses of any weight or size.
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>> And what they use it for.
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>> How DOT numbers improve safety:
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>> 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.
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>> -- 
>> Steve W.
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> "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
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