Glossary

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 replaced the inefficient "bingo card program" with the more streamlined "single state registration system" (SSRS).

The International Fuel Tax Agreement is a plan involving a majority of the 48 contiguous states, most of which require interstate motor carriers to report how much fuel they use within the borders of their state for taxing purposes.

The International Registration Plan is an agreement that provides for the apportioned registration of commercial motor vehicles based on the total miles traveled in each jurisdiction.

International Reverse Business is an insurance program arranged for a US subsidiary of a foreign-owned parent company. Also known as "reverse flow business."

The Internet of things collectively refers to the everyday devices that are connected in some way to the Internet.

Interpolicy stacking is one form of "stacking"—the aggregation of multiple insurance coverages or limits to cover a single loss.

An interrogatory is a list of written questions about any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to claims and defenses at issue in the litigation submitted by one party (the plaintiff or the defendant) to the other party as part of the pretrial discovery process in a civil action.

As defined by federal motor carrier regulations, interstate commerce refers to trade, traffic, or transportation in the United States that is between a place in a state and a place outside of such state or is between two places in a state through another state.

The Interstate Commerce Commission was an independent regulatory authority that was abolished on January 1, 1996, but had a profound effect on the motor carrier industry.

The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 was legislation that abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), discontinued some of its functions, and transferred remaining functions to other government agencies.