News from the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission
Phone: (405)
521-4180, FAX: (405) 521-6945 m.skinner@occmail.occ.state.ok.us
December 29,
2003
OKLAHOMA JOINS WITH OTHER
STATES TO ‘INSURE’ NEW YEAR IS A SAFE ONE FOR MOTOR CARRIERS AND DRIVING PUBLIC
Oklahoma Corporation
Commission Motor Carrier Enforcement Officers will join their counterparts in
37 other states beginning New Year’s Day in a program aimed at making sure
trucking companies have the insurance required to safely operate on Oklahoma’s
highways.
“Oklahoma is part of a
compact of 38 states which work together under the Single State Registration
(SSR) program,” explained Commission Chairman Denise Bode. “Beginning on New Year’s Day, the designated
authorities in each of the 38 states stop and check trucks to be sure they have
their SSR for the new year.”
Commissioner Jeff Cloud said
the program’s bottom line is protection of motorists.
“The SSR program promotes
highway safety and maintenance of proper insurance,” noted Cloud. “Under the
program, truckers registered through a participating state are required to keep
a copy of the SSR in each vehicle. This
document cannot be obtained without the proper insurance.”
Commission
Vice-Chairman Bob Anthony added that the single state registration program is
another example of benefiting industry by streamlining government regulation
while maintaining regulatory oversight.
“This
cooperative program allows a trucking company to file its annual registration
in one state, rather than having to acquire decals in each state in which that
company does business,” Anthony said.
“Yet, it still allows each state to maintain its regulatory oversight of
the trucks running on its highways.”
Notices were sent out in
September by Oklahoma and the other states reminding all motor carriers of the
need to renew their SSR. Any motor
carrier with questions about the program can call the OCC’s Transportation Division
at (405) 521-2251.
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(All OCC advisories and news
releases are available at the Commission web site www.occ.state.ok.us)