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CSA’s Safety Measurement System site getting redesign, new features in August
One of the key goals of the redesign is to better highlight elements of the SMS that actually correlate with crash risk, FMCSA says.
July 23, 2014
Within each CSA SMS category, FMCSA has added graphs illustrating the relationship between percentile rankings (primary BASIC “scores” of the current display) and the absolute BASIC measure showing carrier violation history over time.
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
FMCSA says it’s researching crash weighting in CSA scores
FMCSA is studying the feasibility of incorporating crash accountability into Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores and plans to release its Crash Weighting Research Plan sometime this year, the agency says.
September 10, 2013
truck crash
Channel 19
Watch those post-crash-inspection violations
They shouldn’t be assigned severity weights to contribute to a carrier’s ranking in any CSA BASIC if the violation was a result of the crash.
May 6, 2013
rollover crash
Voices
POLL: Where do you stand in the CSA Crash Indicator BASIC?
If you have your own authority for operate a small fleet, vote in this poll to help Overdrive determine how the distribution of percentile rankings in the non-public Crash Indicator BASIC is working for small carriers.
April 1, 2013
Business
Inconsistent enforcement: Insist on inspection, not citation
The way the DataQs challenge system is working suggests conventional wisdom about citations and CSA scores is flawed, with the issue of unfinished clean inspections looming larger for carriers looking to improve CSA scores.
March 27, 2013
If you have a CSA score above the intervention threshold in one or more of the BASICs, you need clean inspections to improve scores in a timely manner, such as vehicle inspections resulting in application of a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal.
Business
Inconsistent enforcement: CSA’s heat index
State inspection intensity ratings range from Maryland, where 32 inspections per lane-mile of National Highway System were conducted during CSA’s first two year, to Idaho, where only two inspections per lane-mile were done.
March 25, 2013
CSA’s heat index
Channel 19
Audit your drug/alcohol testing consortium
Video interview with regulatory consultant Richard Wilson highlights the need to double-check and pre-audit your drug and alcohol testing consortium for compliance with regulations — if you don’t, it could come back to haunt you.
February 28, 2013
Richard Wilson
Business
Who’s keeping score: CSA ranking tool for drivers
The Vigillo Roadside Resume tool is marketed directly to drivers and approximates driver CSA BASIC rankings. Learn how to access the system, as well as get a handle on its limitations, in this story.
February 13, 2013
The CSA system’s potential to “screen out” drivers via unintended ripple effects is the subject of our February installments in this broadly focused monthly series on the FMCSA’s Compliance Safety Accountability program.
Channel 19
CSA/PSP: Due process, access key operator concerns
Diving into the issues surrounding operators’ access to information being collected about their businesses by DOT and due process concerns with dismissed citations/violations.
December 6, 2012
Basic Breakout
Voices
Poll: How has the CSA-related PSP employment history program affected you?
October 17, 2012
Business
Rates and pay: Owner-operator challenge No. 4
Based on a survey and Overdrive social media channels, owner-operator challenge No. 4 is low freight rates. Here find partial solutions from owner-operators, fleet representatives and others.
August 8, 2012
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