Prompt updates to fleet data can help scores
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent out a reminder this year for all carriers to update their MCS-150 form to reflect current annual total miles (or vehicle miles traveled) as well as total power ...
CSA Proof Your Rig
Pack the right parts and inspect your truck diligently to avoid time-consuming, costly inspections. Attitudes about maintenance are changing. For that you can blame – or thank – the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. Sumter, S.C.-based owner-operator Jimmy ...
FMCSA adds high-severity phone use violations to CSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has enhanced the Safety Measurement System methodology to include violations based on new cell phone use regulations. Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 ...
FMCSA adds phone use violations to CSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has enhanced the Safety Measurement System methodology of Compliance, Safety, Accountability to include violations based on new cell phone use regulations. Five texting and cell phone use violations will now ...
LogBook
Audit delays cross-border plan U.S. transportation officials said they are working to meet a federal audit’s requirements before starting in the next few weeks the cross-border pilot trucking program with Mexico, including monitoring and placing tracking ...
FMCSA: Study shows CSA improves compliance
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Aug. 31 announced an independent evaluation of the agency’s Compliance Safety Accountability program’s operational model test that confirms CSA substantially improves the agency’s enforcement and compliance model. FMCSA says ...
CSA and Safety Scores
CSA Part 1: Maintaining your record Next month CSA Part 2: Maintaining your equipment. Your driving record carries more weight than ever under CSA. Learn how to access your data, understand it and use it to your advantage. The ...
Exposed
A new program sheds intense light on driver crash and inspection records. For good drivers, safety equals bargaining power for pay. Since its launch in May, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new Pre-Employment Screening Program ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw
Independent owner-operators have the lowest rate of truck-involved crashes but are far more likely to be put out of service than drivers for carriers with 500 or more trucks, which have a higher crash rate.
Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent
Who’s keeping score: CSA ranking tool for drivers
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