Tag: public display

Channel 19
Some readers show favor for the public visibility of CSA’s carrier scores
And what about drivers’ information? some readers ask as broad swathes of trucking industry representatives call for hiding carrier CSA scores.
November 25, 2014
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Business
CVSA joins industry in call for CSA SMS scores to be removed from public view
In a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx dated Nov. 14, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance echoed industry calls for CSA’s SMS scores to be removed from public view.
November 21, 2014
Access a special report from July on business impact of CSA scores’ public availability at this link.
Channel 19
Will FMCSA ‘un-ring’ the CSA alarm?
Reader Thomas Little may best have paraphrased the thoughts of many: With CSA, “FMCSA fully intended” to “let the industry do their policing for them. Spoon-feed the detailed data into the marketplace to drive consumer choice of motor carrier … and then stand back and pretend that wasn’t how CSA was supposed to be used… They won’t be able to unring that bell.”
August 27, 2014
Public scrutiny of safety ratings in the CSA SMS is live with the recent update to the public display. Placed front and center of a carrier’s front page in the CSA SMS now is carrier’s current safety rating, often at odds with what percentile rankings in the SMS seem to say about the carrier’s safety.
Business
Coalition of trucking groups calls for removal of public CSA scores
Ten trucking groups sent a letter to the DOT pleading for the public scores in the CSA program to be removed from public view, pointing to research that says the scores are not a reliable predictor of safety.
August 26, 2014
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Voices
POLL: What do you think of the new CSA SMS public display?
FMCSA’s enhancements to the CSA Safety Measurement System’s public face included a de-emphasizing of carrier category scores on the front page of carrier profiles. Is it a masterful facelift, lipstick on a pig or do you have other thoughts about it? Tell us here.
August 4, 2014
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Channel 19
CSA: The difference (or lack thereof) a year makes
Report from the CSA Subcommittee to the MCSAC shows a somewhat different overall tune from the year prior as FMCSA retrenches in its commitment to the CSA program.
May 1, 2014
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Voices
POLL: Should carrier CSA scores be withheld from public view?
Given CSA problems shown by various reports this year and last, should BASIC scores be withheld from public view? If so, should inspection/violation data remain accessible? Tell us what you think here.
April 23, 2014
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