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Preventable, or not: How to DataQ for FMCSA’s crash review program
Learn more about things to consider during the DataQ process of submitting a review through the FMCSA's crash preventability determination program here.
May 20, 2020
Channel 19
False log! or: Another name for ‘7.2 miles South of Chaparral, N.M.’
Small fleet owner Leander Richmond’s ongoing battle over a false-log violation that seems to stem from a dispute over just where ‘7.2 miles S of Chaparral, N.M.” happens to be. While officers are human like the rest of us, he appreciates, “by the same token, once you’re handed proof that you screwed up, fix it and the world just keeps on spinning.” If only …
October 7, 2019
Business
Report: Plan to overhaul CSA scoring faces major hurdles
FMCSA’s plan to rework its Compliance, Safety, Accountability safety scoring program overall is sound, but potential major challenges could impede the agency’s ability to implement its plan and to shore up CSA’s ability to accurately assess carriers’ safety performance.
September 27, 2019
Channel 19
Do we need a rulemaking on crash ‘preventability’ as a standard for removal from carrier scores?
Yes, according to the Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform coalition. Too many around the industry conflate “preventability” with fault, creating blowback potential particularly for truckers with accidents on their record for which they have no legal liability yet that get deemed “preventable” and labeled as such.
September 5, 2019
Business
DOT moves to add a form of crash accountability to CSA system
If the proposed program is made final, carriers — including owner-operators — will be able to dispute certain types of crashes via the existing DataQs system and potentially have the associated points and weighting removed from their Crash Indicator BASIC ranking in CSA.
July 31, 2019
Channel 19
Resurgent rebellion against the prospect of CSA scores returning to public view
A loose coalition of groups such as the Motor Carriers for Regulatory Reform, the ASECTT group, NASTC and many others have been the most vocal speaking out against the draft language in a DOT funding bill in the House to return CSA SMS scores to public view.
June 19, 2019
Business
House’s transportation bill would return CSA scores to public view
Scores were pulled from public view in December 2015 by the FAST Act highway bill, due to concerns about the data’s efficacy and whether the system accurately portrayed carriers’ safety performance and safety risk.
June 6, 2019
Business
Other expansion challenges: Insurance costs, administrative/compliance burdens, managing customers
Overdrive poll respondents named these challenges — higher liability premiums, greater administrative and compliance burdens, and managing current customers/finding new business — the next-most-prominent challenges for small fleet expansion beyond recruiting and retaining drivers.
March 11, 2019
Business
Devil’s in the data: Regulators seek sources, improvements for CSA revamp at public meeting
Check out how the FMCSA is developing its funnel-like IRT model and taking steps towards reforming the Compliance, Safety, Accountability system.
August 29, 2018
Business
Complying with Congressional statute, FMCSA submits plan to reform CSA
The FMCSA has filed a report with Congress sharing reforms it expects to institute to the CSA carrier safety rating program. Learn more on Overdrive.
August 14, 2018
Business
FMCSA to begin testing new carrier safety scoring system this fall
FMCSA has issued a reporting detailing how it plans to proceed in reforming its CSA program. Chief among the changes is replacing the existing CSA Safety Measurement System with a new scoring system, which the agency says it will begin testing in September.
July 17, 2018
Business
Proposed CSA changes tabled amid broader program overhaul
The changes, proposed in 2015 by FMCSA, tried to better align CSA’s Safety Measurement System BASIC scores with carriers’ risk of being involved in a crash.
July 13, 2018
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