Crashes and interventions: The fault handicap
The trucking industry has complained about the unfairness of the lack of crash accountability in determining what crashes contribute to carriers’ Compliance, Safety, Accountability profiles since CSA Safety Measurement System data became publicly available in ...
Three letters, rhymes with ‘essay,’ not a veggie box…
Since October or November of 2009, amid all of the various and sundry things I've written about here at the blog and elsewhere in Overdrive, one subject has been a veritable constant, assuming perhaps the ...
Who’s keeping score: PSP is driver-info ‘gold standard’
Independent owner-operator Martin Jez, based in Galt, Calif., in anticipation of a slow period for flatbed, considered leasing to a carrier last year. Independent owner-operator Martin Jez Recruiters repeatedly told him that his Pre-Employment Screening Program ...
Plaintiffs’ written arguments filed in CSA suit
The suit brought against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last summer by the Alliance for Safe, Efficient and Competitive Truck Transportation (ASECTT), with four other trade associations and several trucking companies and brokers, saw ...
Ferro: Safety Fitness Determination proposal coming in 2013
A proposed rule that would allow the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to use a carrier's Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Safety Measurement System results to produce an overall Safety Fitness Determination rating will come in ...
Redux: Have you seen your ‘CSA scorecard’?
It's been a long time since I asked that question. Last time around, in the very early days of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, the answer was little more than ...
EOBR mandate, CSA rating proposals coming early 2013
At a meeting of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Aug. 27 in Alexandria, Va., FMCSA Government Affairs Director John Drake updated the committee on provisions of the ...
Sound off on CSA changes via score/data preview
As CVSA's RoadCheck inspection blitz continues this week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a call to action that makes clear the importance of safety scoring to motor carriers and independents. Through the ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Inconsistent enforcement: Know your vulnerabilities
Inspectors around the nation know well the low-hanging fruit for violations in certain industry segments.
Crashes and interventions: Crackdown!
Bypass systems reduce inspection likelihood
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