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1SECTION : INTRODUCTION

GEORGIA TARGETING AGGRESSIVE
CARS AND TRUCKS (GTACT)

The Georgia Department of Public Safety, Motor
Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD), promotes
Georgia Targeting Aggressive Cars and Trucks
(GTACT), a positive message to the motoring
public to “Leave More Space”. This is accom-
plished by conducting enforcement activity in
High Crash Corridors and Outreach activities
in selected geographical locations. GTACT is a
partnership between MCCD, Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration, Georgia Motor Truck-
ing Association, state and local law enforcement.

1. Having two axles and a gross vehicle –– .025 Price per gallon or liter or total There are different routes that a driver may
weight or registered gross vehicle weight amount of sale take, and most of the miles may be within one
exceeding 26,000 pounds or 11,797 kilo- state or province. Whether or not the distance you
grams; or –– .030 Unit number or other unique ve- travel is primarily in one jurisdiction or spread
hicle identifier among several jurisdictions, all information for
2. Is used in combination, when the weight of the trip must be recorded. This includes the dates,
such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or –– .035 Purchaser’s name the routes, odometer readings and fuel purchases.
11,797 kilograms gross vehicle or registered An example of an IVDR that must be com-
gross vehicle weight. Qualified Motor Ve- pleted in its entirety for each trip can be found in By completing this document in full and
hicle does not include recreational vehicles. Figure 1.3 below. Each individual IVDR should keeping all records required by both the IRP
be filled out for only one vehicle. The rules to and the IFTA, you will have ensured that you
If the vehicle you operate is registered under follow when trying to determine how and when and your company are in compliance with all
IRP and you are a motor carrier licensed under to log an odometer reading are the following: State and Provincial laws surrounding fuel and
IFTA, then you are required to comply with the • At the beginning of the day distance record keeping requirements.
mandatory record keeping requirements for • When leaving the state or province
operating the vehicle. A universally accepted • At the end of the trip/day The IVDR serves as the source document for
method of capturing this information is through Not only do the trips need to be logged, but the calculation of fees and taxes that are pay-
the completion of an Individual Vehicle Distance the fuel purchases need to be documented as able to the jurisdictions in which the vehicle
Record (IVDR), sometimes times referred to as a well. You must obtain a receipt for all fueling is operated, so these original records must be
Driver Trip Report. This document reflects the and include it with your completed IVDR. maintained for a minimum of four years.
distance traveled and fuel purchased for a ve- Make sure that any trips that you enter are
hicle that operates interstate under apportioned always filled out in descending order and that In addition, these records are subject to audit
(IRP) registration and IFTA fuel tax credentials. your trips include all state/provinces that you by the taxing jurisdictions. Failure to maintain
traveled through on your route. complete and accurate records could result in
Although the actual format of the IVDR fines, penalties and suspension or revocation of
may vary, the information that is required IRP registrations and IFTA licenses.
for proper record keeping does not.
Figure 1.3 – Individual Vehicle Mileage & Fuel Record (Example)
In order to satisfy the requirements for Indi-
vidual Vehicle Distance Records, these docu-
ments must include the following information:
• Distance. Per Article IV of the IRP Plan

1. Date of trip (starting and ending)
2. Trip origin and destination – City and State

or Province
3. Route(s) of travel
4. Beginning and ending odometer or hu-

bodometer reading of the trip
5. Total distance traveled
6. In-Jurisdiction distance
7. Power unit number or vehicle identifica-

tion number.
• Fuel. Per Section P560 of the IFTA Procedures

Manual
»» .300 An acceptable receipt or invoice must

include, but shall not be limited to, the
following:
–– .005 Date of purchase
–– .010 Seller’s name and address
–– .015 Number of gallons or liters pur-

chased;
–– .020 Fuel type

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