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Business
FMCSA sends carrier scoring rule to White House for approval, last stop before publication
FMCSA has — after eight years — sent to the White House for its stamp of approval a proposed rule to implement an absolute scoring system for carriers.
June 23, 2015
FMCSA will use roadside inspection data, among other sources, to produce absolute scores for carriers once the final version of the Safety Fitness Determination rule is implemented.
Business
Speed limiter mandate rule expected to see action soon, carrier scoring rule still months away
The DOT stuck with its projected June publication date of a Safety Fitness Determination rule in its latest rulemakings update, and it still expects to send a speed limiter mandate proposal to the White House for approval early next month.
January 13, 2015
An FMCSA rule to require speed limiters in trucks is expected to be sent to the White House for approval I’m February.
Overdrive Extra
Trucking wins in restart fight, loses on insurance increase
Truck operators no doubt scored a victory this month when Congress voted to suspend the 2013-implemented changes to rules dictating the use of a 34-hour restart. But they lost elsewhere.
December 26, 2014
Had Congress passed its original DOT funding bill earlier this year, it likely would have set deadlines for publication of a final rule mandating electronic logging devices, among other measures.
Business
FMCSA speeds work on raising carrier insurance minimums, slows on Safety Fitness scoring rule
The prospect of a proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule coming this year seems to have diminished, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made its work on producing a rule raising the minimum amount of liability insurance for carriers a higher priority, according to projected rule publication dates in a recent DOT report.
July 15, 2014
truck crash
Business
Regulatory update: Speed limiters, insurance increase, carrier scoring rules still set for 2014
A DOT report issued June 13 indicates rules mandating the use of speed limiters in trucks, raising the minimum liability insurance for carriers and implementing a more complete and direct federal safety scoring system could still come in 2014.
June 13, 2014
truck-highway
Business
Senate DOT appropriations bill would set e-log, CSA safety fitness determination deadlines
In addition to offering restart-changes relief pending further study, the bill requires an ELD final rule by January 2015 and SFD proposal by December of this year, in addition to an OIG audit of the compliance review program.
June 9, 2014
Business
DOT adds raising carrier insurance minimums to regulatory calendar, pushes Safety Fitness rule back
An official timeline for FMCSA’s push to raise liability insurance minimums for carriers has been released by the Department of Transportation, and it signals the agency plans to begin work on the regulation quickly in hopes of publishing a proposed rule in November.
May 19, 2014
Roll-over crash scene
Business
CSA crash-weighting study to be released in June, FMCSA says
Full implementation of the Safety Fitness Determination rule, which would replace the current safety-rating system, could follow two years after a hoped-for September proposal. More news from MCSAC’s CSA Subcommittee meeting…
April 29, 2014
Find a variety of ways to manage the CSA program, as well as discussions of the regime’s inequities and what’s being done to challenge them, via the stories in our 2013 CSA’s Data Trail series.
Custom Rigs
Still rolling: Old Time Express 2001 Freightliner
Catching a rig from the pages of Overdrive in person at a carrier yard — and a discussion of the dynamics of safety rating, in flux today with CSA. Have you seen the effects of a Conditional rating?
February 22, 2014
Mark White
Business
Wash hands, prevent crashes
I have it on good authority the FMCSA will be unveiling their “We are the Borg” campaign sometime next year. It will require drivers to look directly into an inward-facing dashcam every 30 seconds and moo.
July 22, 2013
Cattle Crossing Road Sign
Business
FMCSA proposes plan to establish driver screening
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a nine-year plan for identifying the riskiest drivers and addressing unsafe driver behavior.
June 28, 2013
Mirror and trucks at inspection station
Business
Crashes and interventions: The fault handicap
FMCSA may be a long way from accounting for crash fault in the CSA Safety Measurement System. In the meantime, questions about the system’s effectiveness loom large with analysis of crash rates.
May 1, 2013
Working with CCJ and RigDig Business Intelligence, a division of Overdrive publisher Randall-Reilly Business Media, we analyzed crash data over years 2010-12, covering CSA’s first two years. Here we offer insights CSA’s effectiveness in identifying crash-prone carriers and enforcement patterns and what you can do to keep your business in the clear. Find further “Crashes and interventions” installments via this page in the coming weeks.
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