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CSA’s Fallout: SMS/safety rating system disconnect compounds problems
While official safety rating element of FMCSA’s enforcement program remains, the CSA SMS runs alongside it, giving a more real-time window into inspections, violations and crashes. However, the difference between results produced by each is marked.
June 4, 2014
Custom Rigs
Still rolling: Old Time Express 2001 Freightliner
Catching a rig from the pages of Overdrive in person at a carrier yard — and a discussion of the dynamics of safety rating, in flux today with CSA. Have you seen the effects of a Conditional rating?
February 22, 2014
Channel 19
Owner-operator bags Victory Vegas Jackpot bike
The bike Long Haul Trucking-leased owner-operator Steve Wright is sitting on is a 2012 Victory Vegas Jackpot cycle that was the grand prize in a contest begun by the Albertville, Minn.-based carrier at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., last year. This year, after Wright joined two other finalists — owner-operator Jeff Christenson […]
March 29, 2012
Business
LogBook
Highway bill includes truck parking elements, court orders release of truck stop tiger, owner-operator finalists named, medical certificate changes start Jan. 30, driver shortage to worsen says FTR and more industry news items are featured.
December 1, 2011
Business
LogBook
Cross border program starts, EEOC files suit against carriers, agency urges CSA driver ratings, Icahn buys a percentage of Navistar and more industry news items are featured.
November 1, 2011
Business
FMCSA: Study shows CSA improves compliance
CSA model enables the agency and its state partners to contact more carriers earlier to correct safety problems.
September 1, 2011
Business
CSA Part 2: Maintaining your equipment
Now more than ever, you’re responsible for what you drive, including company trailers. Take control of maintenance with robust inspection procedures and self-education to avoid inspection hassles.
May 1, 2011
Business
High-risk carriers reviewed
FMCSA had used SafeStat to measure carrier safety, but replaced it with the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program on Dec. 12.
April 24, 2011
Business
LogBook
CSA rankings, a weight pilot program, use of heavier trucks and a new hours rule proposal are among the industry news items featured.
January 4, 2011
Business
Agency defends CSA 2010
FMCSA claims similar data have been available for more than a decade.
December 7, 2010
Business
Agency provides CSA test report to Congress
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration disclosed the 30-month field test of its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 yielded positive results.
October 21, 2010
Business
LogBook
The FMCSA changes hours policy, Obama orders heavy-truck fuel standards, an owner-operator recognition program and much more are featured.
July 1, 2010
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