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                                                                        SECTION       : 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-    –  .030 Unit number or other unique ve-  state or province. Whether or not the distance you
            grams; or                           hicle identifier             travel is primarily in one jurisdiction or spread
             2.  Is used in combination, when the weight of       –  .035 Purchaser’s name   among several jurisdictions, all information for
            such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or                        the trip must be recorded. This includes the dates,
            11,797 kilograms gross vehicle or registered     An example of an IVDR that must be com-  the   routes, odometer readings and fuel purchases.
            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                             The IVDR serves as   the source document for


        operating the vehicle. A universally accepted    •  When leaving the state or province   the calculation of fees and taxes that are pay-
        method of capturing this information is through       •  At the end of the trip/day   able to the jurisdictions in which the vehicle
        the completion of an Individual Vehicle Distance                     is operated, so these original records must be
        Record (IVDR), sometimes times referred to as a     Not only do the trips need to be logged, but   maintained for a minimum of four years.
        Driver Trip Report. This document reflects the    the fuel purchases need to be documented as     In addition, these records are subject to audit
        distance traveled and fuel purchased for a ve-  well. You must obtain a receipt for all fueling     by the taxing jurisdictions. Failure to maintain
        hicle that operates interstate under apportioned    and include it with your completed IVDR.   complete and accurate records could result in
        (IRP) registration and IFTA fuel tax credentials.   Make sure that any trips that you enter are     fines, penalties and suspension or revocation of
          Although the actual format of the IVDR    always filled out in descending order and that
        may vary, the information that is required    your trips include all state/provinces that you     IRP registrations and IFTA licenses.
        for proper record keeping does not.   traveled through on your route.
          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;                         Figure 1.3 – Individual Vehicle Mileage & Fuel Record (Example)
               –  .020 Fuel type



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