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Channel 19
Preventable, or not: How to DataQ for FMCSAâs crash review program
Learn more about things to consider during the DataQ process of submitting a review through the FMCSA's crash preventability determination program here.
May 20, 2020
Channel 19
Do we need a rulemaking on crash âpreventabilityâ as a standard for removal from carrier scores?
Yes, according to the Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform coalition. Too many around the industry conflate âpreventabilityâ with fault, creating blowback potential particularly for truckers with accidents on their record for which they have no legal liability yet that get deemed âpreventableâ and labeled as such.
September 5, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Plenty blame to go around in Colo. tragedy, when the damage is done
Trucker Clifford Petersen on the Colo. disaster: âLetâs build a training program within our industry that the feds will model, because the standards are high, and expectations are even higher. The lives we save may be those of our own families. Those lives may be our own.â
May 6, 2019
Overdrive Extra
A shot in the arm for fixing CSA
The added weight of an objective party is welcome, especially knowing it gives Congress a clear vision of CSA problems. FMCSA has made relatively superficial changes â slowly â to CSA. Itâs a shame itâs taken so many voices to repeat the call that change needs to be faster and more substantive.
August 1, 2017
Voices
Voices on the issues in post-crash litigation following June cover story
Readers respond to the issues around post-crash litigation, including strategies for prevention in the event that the worst happens.
July 5, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Suicide spinoff: Blaming the trucker, once again
Professional drivers know firsthand from the evolution of the regulatory machine that there is a tendency to hold you guilty until proven innocent.
September 10, 2015
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