Tag: crash risk

‘Top-tier’ most effective states ranked in ATRI crash/inspections analysis

The state of Indiana leads the way in the American Transportation Research Institute’s ranking of state enforcement departments on the effectiveness of their truck-enforcement units, based principally on an assumed relationship between crashes and traffic-enforcement activities.

August 6, 2018

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Audit of FMCSA shows agency needs to make improvements to CSA, carrier intervention

The DOT’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is out of sync with real-word crash risk and needs to be realigned to better predict carrier safety, says a report made public this week.

June 30, 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

CSA works and is not biased against small carriers, FMCSA report concludes

Coming on the heels of a government-issued report saying CSA’s scoring method is faulty and unfair, FMCSA has released a study concluding the opposite: The system does work to identify carriers who pose the greatest crash risk, the agency says.

February 5, 2014

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Should time away from home be systematically limited?

Owner-operator Cary Goodman asks this question in a letter to the editor.

October 24, 2013

This letter’s author, Cary Goodman, owns and operates this 2012 Peterbilt 386 and 2013 Western flatbed and lives in Rapid City, S.D.

CSA system update: New hours violations encoded

New violations added to the CSA Safety Measurement System include codification of the hours of service break requirement at a 7-point severity weight value.

August 12, 2013

Download the updated table of all violations listed by BASIC/severity weightings via this link. For Overdrive’s CSA’s Data Trail series of in-depth reports on the CSA program, follow this link.

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.

Poll: What is CSA’s biggest problem?

January 16, 2013

LogBook

Apnea proposals could disqualify drivers, cell phone ban begins, Senate bill would mandate EOBRs, third Mexican carrier completes audit and more industry news items are featured.

January 1, 2012

A proposal recommend medical examiners refer to testing for obstructive sleep apnea any trucker with a body mass index of 35 or higher.

MCSAC / MRB meeting webcast underway on sleep apnea

If you haven’t been able to tune into the meeting today of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee with the Medical Review Board, keep an eye on my Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/channel19todd, where I’m posting various items from the presentations ongoing. Benjamin Hoffman, director of the Medical Review Board and GE Chief Medical Officer, […]

December 7, 2011

Pulse

Safety restrictions that are prudent for professional drivers should also be prudent for amateurs.

March 1, 2010

Pulse: Eye catching

Texting made the crash risk 23.2 times as high as non-distracted driving for truckers. One irritant for professional drivers is being treated like some air-headed teenager with a new driver’s license. After all, you’ve been trained to drive a vehicle whose operation is far more complex than anything riding on two axles. As an owner-operator, […]

September 1, 2009

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