CSA's Data Trail

POLL: Were you audited in 2020?

Was it conducted off-site? Did you receive a safety rating or a non-ratable outcome? Weigh in here if you have as yet to participate in this poll looking at audit outcomes among Overdrive readers amid the FMCSA's new off-site focus for audits.

February 24, 2021

CSA's Data Trail

Live Q&A: Exploring hurdles and criticisms of DOT's DataQs

Join Overdrive, CVSA, and Payne Trucking here on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific for a live discussion and Q&A about DOT's DataQs crash/inspection info correction system, problems posed, and the reform landscape.

February 24, 2021

Regulations

Mounting efforts to improve DataQs appeals fairness

Some in law enforcement and the trucking community see an opportunity to improve the appeals process, drawing on models already in place. Meantime, carriers using the system see it as structurally rigged to defeat most appeals.

February 15, 2021

Having a DataQs review panel for appeals that includes one or more trucking representatives “would definitely make a difference” in the system’s overall fairness, said Danny Schnautz, a vice president with Clark Freight Lines.

Overdrive Radio

Listen: Fairness in DataQs appeals in Minnesota

State patrol Captain Jon Olsen on the appeals-panel model, tips and suggestions for carriers and more. And: Just how disruptive has the Texas weather been this week? An answer from a Laredo-based small fleet coming out of the dark.

February 19, 2021

Regulations

Live with Overdrive, CVSA, Payne Trucking: Exploring DataQs hurdles and criticisms

Join Overdrive's Todd Dills on Thursday, Feb. 25 for a live discussion about DOT's DataQs crash and inspection information review system, featuring Chris Turner of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and Chris Haney of Payne Trucking.

February 18, 2021

Regulations

How info errors hurt, and the owner-op's DataQs advantage

Simple data mistakes aren’t always simple to fix through the DataQs system. One-truck independents and mega-fleets do particularly well working that system, regardless.

February 15, 2021

Regulations

Owner-operators remain in crosshairs of DOT's offsite reviews

In a trend that exploded in 2020, the U.S. DOT and its enforcement partners are continuing to leverage new authority amid the pandemic to perform offsite, remote safety audits and compliance reviews of trucking companies in lieu of onsite reviews.

February 17, 2021

Though the total number of safety audits of motor carriers fell again last year on an annual basis, the number of audits conducted offsite soared to more than half of all audits.

Regulations

Red tape, deaf ears: DataQs criticism mounts

Setting the Record Straight: This multipart feature kicks off with a look at how the DataQs process frustrates many who attempt to correct info associated with inspections, crashes.

February 15, 2021

CSA's Data Trail

Toughest 15 states for hours of service violations

With news today of the hours-of-service-related focus on the planned Roadcheck event – this year set for May 4-6, a month sooner than past traditional month of June – keep in mind these states for especially close hours enforcement.

February 2, 2021

Source: Federal data mined by Overdrive and sister data company RigDig. Percentages indicate the share of all violations issued by state truck enforcement departments that were hours of service violations -- those include violations of the ELD mandate. Based on calendar-year data for 2019, the most recent year for which data are complete.

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Live Q&A: Exploring hurdles and criticisms of DOT's DataQs

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Mounting efforts to improve DataQs appeals fairness

Trucker and long-time trucking DJ Big Al Weekley will host “Overdrive’s Music to Truck By.”

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The Business Manual for Owner-Operators

Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2021 edition of Partners in Business.

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