‘e-Inspection’ technology demonstrated in Maryland
Two commercial trucks and a motorcoach equipped with new mobile safety compliance technology were demonstrated at the West Friendship Weigh Station and Inspection Site in Maryland Monday, June 17. Industry stakeholders and Federal Motor Carrier ...
Profilin’ — not so stylin’ — at the scale house
Why was I selected for inspection? It's a question I know many of you have asked scale-house officers time and again -- the answers can vary from a PrePass random pull-in to officers' focus on your ...
Be wary: Annual Roadcheck inspection blitz taking place this week
Roadcheck, the annual inspection blitz done by a joint effort of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, started Tuesday and runs until Thursday, June 6. CVSA says roughly 10,000 inspectors ...
Carriers, drivers aligned on need for shift in enforcement priorities
An overwhelming majority (79 percent) of Overdrive readers find themselves in full-throated agreement with a message delivered by American Trucking Associations Vice Chair and Bulldog Hiway Express head Phil Byrd at the April Commercial Vehicle ...
Crashes and interventions: Wreck frequency varies widely by state
Previously in the CSA’s Data Trail “Crashes and interventions” installment: "CSA's crash flaw" Where is a collision with a heavy-duty truck most likely to happen? That dubious distinction goes to New Jersey. The ranking is based on ...
Watch those post-crash-inspection violations
They shouldn't be assigned severity weights to contribute to a carrier's ranking in any Compliance, Safety, Accountability BASIC (Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Category) if the violation was a result of the crash. Unfortunately, according ...
Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw
Previously in the CSA’s Data Trail "Crashes and interventions" installment: “Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking” The largest truck fleets show crash rates well above that of one-truck carriers, yet the megafleet trucks and drivers are inspected at ...
Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking
In FMCSA’s Safety Measurement System, this symbol indicates a carrier’s ranking in a certain BASIC has exceeded the intervention or “alert” threshold, marking the carrier for investigative action. Previously in the CSA's Data Trail "Crashes ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Infographic: Owner-operators inspected four times more often than largest fleets
An infographic on Overdrive sister site CCJ shows some of the more disparate data that favors fleets over independents.
Who’s keeping score: CSA ranking tool for drivers
Who’s keeping score: PSP is driver-info ‘gold standard’
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'e-Inspection' technology deployed by Drivewyze and partners demonstrated in Maryland: http://t.co/11VPFzf6eM **It holds potential to...
