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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

Moving violations totals have been falling the last two years in the federal system, according to Overdrive’s most recent analysis. However, with a decline in overall violations, the national average of moving violations as a share of all violations, 4.6 percent, held steady between 2014 and 2015. As shown here, speeding accounts for the majority of moving violations in all the most intense states for traffic enforcement but for North Dakota, where speeding violations are less than half of the total. Access more national-ranking data on moving violations, inspections and more via OverdriveOnline.com/csa.

FMCSA announces plan to allow owner-operators to contest non-preventable crashes used against them in CSA scores

The plan floated by FMCSA on July 7 will allow carriers to contest crashes counted against them in CSA and potentially remove those deemed non-preventable by the driver and carrier. The industry has long called for some form of “crash accountability” in CSA.

July 7, 2016

The Crash Indicator BASIC was removed from public view early last year.

Comments due Thursday for controversial Safety Fitness Determination proposed rule

The reply comment period for FMCSA’s proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule ends Thursday. Since the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in January, it has been met with opposition, not only from trucking industry groups, but also Congress.

June 21, 2016

DOT chief: CSA scores likely to remain hidden for two years pending required changes

“Based on our preliminary assessment, it’s going to take a while to do the revised analysis,” Foxx said, referring to the changes in the CSA score methodology called for by Congress in the 2015 FAST Act. “We expect it to take a year or two, probably more like two, before that information (CSA SMS rankings) will be posted back up.”

June 14, 2016

Carrier Groups Reiterate In Their Latest Letter: Fmcsa Needs To Implement Congressionally Required Csa Reforms Before Proceeding With Safety Fitness Rule

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POLL: Have hours of service violations been an issue for your business?

With more states showing evidence of ramping up hours of service enforcement in recent years, have violations been an issue for your business?

June 8, 2016

SFD’s ties to the ‘discredited’ CSA SMS: Just one ‘fatal flaw’ in safety-rating rulemaking, coalition argues

Got CSA fatigue? This one’s sure to tire you out, but take heed: the coalition of mostly small carrier-interest groups that’s been active this past year on a variety of regulatory fronts sees numerous problems in the FMCSA’s SFD proposal.

June 2, 2016

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Owner-operators, industry groups weigh in on proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule

The resounding sentiment from most that submitted comments on the rule was that the FMCSA is getting ahead of itself by issuing the rulemaking before the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Safety Measurement System has been reviewed and its problems worked out.

June 1, 2016

‘Beyond Compliance’ to be CSA’s 8th BASIC?

As FMCSA moves toward decision on using ‘8th BASIC’ approach to the Beyond Compliance credit program required by Congress, carriers and safety consultants speak up on the ideas in Chicago listening session.

April 25, 2016

‘A broken system’: Small fleet owner on CSA, SFD reliance on roadside inspections, violations

Hazmat, securement violations for a two-gallon tote holding spare oil? Check. Bob Delullo’s thoughts on CSA and the proposed SFD rule are a variation on the “garbage in, garbage out” phrase to describe systems doomed by the component parts on which they are based.

April 12, 2016

Bob DeLullo started in trucking as a driver in 1986, he says. Since then, he believes, most aspects of the business of trucking have improved — from equipment to pay and image, however slightly in some cases. “But regulation is going haywire. … The regs side of this business is the single biggest issue we have.”

‘CSA-equivalent’ scoring pitched to brokers, shippers

Regarding its “CSA-e” re-engineering of CSA percentiles, SaferWatch raises the specter of negligence lawsuits for brokers not utilizing available information assessing risks when selecting carriers — but if Congress and so many others are right, it’s never been a better time to stop such use altogether.

March 22, 2016

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‘Absolute measure’ 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 — carriers’ “absolute measures,” which underly the hidden percentiles in each BASIC category, will return in March to public view.

February 24, 2016

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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

The agency has established an online SFD calculator through which motor carriers can test how the rule would affect them with their own data.

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