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Proposed CSA changes tabled amid broader program overhaul
The changes, proposed in 2015 by FMCSA, tried to better align CSAās Safety Measurement System BASIC scores with carriersā risk of being involved in a crash.
July 13, 2018
Business
Alert to DOT: Industry shows unity against safety-rating change in light of CSAās problems
A recent letter, urging DOT to scrap the Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking as premature, brings in a large variety of state and private industry associations as signatories, including ATA, OOIDA, NASTC and WSTA. The broad nature of the coalition should āindicate how seriously everyone views this issue.ā
February 20, 2017
Channel 19
FMCSA and some states sharpen audit teeth with āenhanced investigative techniquesā
āEITā in the parlance of acronym-happy bureaucratese, Jeff Davis of Fleet Safety Services likened new investigative approaches of auditors to another EIT, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques ā or ācompliance-review waterboarding,ā so to speak ā¦
December 16, 2016
Channel 19
Do you carry CVSAās out-of-service criteria book?
Former inspector/officer Andy Blair argues the book is anyoneās best resource for challenging an out-of-service violation ā and an effective tool for other challenges as well. If only its electronic version was free, readers noteā¦
December 3, 2016
Business
How the potential gold mine of ELD data could hurt you
The precision and quantity of ELD data available after the mandate could, combined with a new safety-rating scheme, give on-site auditors an extra-effective tool for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis not only of uncovered hours violations, but also moving violations.
July 12, 2016
Channel 19
āCSA-equivalentā scoring pitched to brokers, shippers
Regarding its āCSA-eā re-engineering of CSA percentiles, SaferWatch raises the specter of negligence lawsuits for brokers not utilizing available information assessing risks when selecting carriers ā but if Congress and so many others are right, itās never been a better time to stop such use altogether.
March 22, 2016
Business
āAbsolute measureā scores to return to public CSA SMS with next update
Contrary to prior reports, FMCSA is not done with substantive additions to the interim CSA SMS public display ā carriersā āabsolute measures,ā which underly the hidden percentiles in each BASIC category, will return in March to public view.
February 24, 2016
Business
FMCSA issues rule proposal to tie safety rating directly to inspections, violations
Another month, another major rule proposed by FMCSA: The SFD rule would revamp the three-tier safety rating program to incorporate roadside inspection/violation data in addition to investigations and update monthly.
January 15, 2016
Business
The new top hours of service enforcer
No state issued a higher percentage of hours violations in 2014 than this one. Training has helped officials find their ācomfort zoneā enforcing the ever-shifting regs nationwide, but especially in this state.
September 7, 2015
Business
Wisconsin: Targeting enforcement for violations
Only one state does it better ā or in many truckersā perspectives, worse ā than Wisconsin. With more than 3 violations written for every inspection performed in 2014, the state closed in on category leader Connecticut.
August 6, 2015
Business
FMCSA wants to take CSA hazmat category public, change intervention thresholds
In addition, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing several enhancements for its Safety Measurement System, which the agency uses to measure the safety of motor carriers.
June 29, 2015
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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