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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
Business
Supreme Court refuses another trucking case, this one about carriers’ access to drivers’ history
The six driver plaintiffs claimed FMCSA’s PSP reports disparaged their reputations and made it harder for them to find work. The courts have also consistently disagreed with OOIDA-backed plaintiffs’ assertions.
June 20, 2017
Business
Fighting tickets: Don’t forget DataQs to clear your PSP/CSA record
While prospective employers/lessors aren’t strictly required to use FMCSA’s PSP reports to view prospective drivers’ roadside inspection violations and recordable crashes, plenty do. Any violation marked on an inspection report will be included there going back three years, and any crash, five years.
December 28, 2016
Business
Court rules PSP reports don’t violate driver privacy
In 2014, six truckers filed a class action suit, but the federal district court rejected arguments that FMCSA’s inclusion of less serious violations in PSP reports violates applicants’ privacy and that the agency lacks authority to release it.
November 3, 2016
Channel 19
Some readers show favor for the public visibility of CSA’s carrier scores
And what about drivers’ information? some readers ask as broad swathes of trucking industry representatives call for hiding carrier CSA scores.
November 25, 2014
Business
CSA changes: Agency implements plan to account for due process in inspection citations
Violations against drivers or carriers that are dismissed or result in a “not guilty” ruling will no longer count in Compliance, Safety, Accountability scoring nor on driver Pre-Employment Screening Reports, FMCSA says.
August 25, 2014
Business
Drivers sue FMCSA over pre-employment report information
Six drivers have filed a class-action lawsuit against FMCSA claiming the agency “disparaged” their safety records and diminished their value as truck drivers by oversharing information on the drivers’ Pre-Employment Screening Program reports.
July 21, 2014
Business
Judge consolidates OOIDA lawsuits against agency’s violation appeals process
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s two lawsuits against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s DataQ’s violations appeals system have been consolidated after the association filed a motion in court seeking consolidation.
May 13, 2014
Channel 19
The drones are coming! The drones are coming!
Amazon Prime Air a big joke? — “The data systems (CSA, PSP …) tracking our lives and businesses, in the end, require much more of our attention and time than any airborne threat…”
December 3, 2013
Business
FMCSA updates citation protocol to allow removal of violation from CSA, PSP after successful challenge
In an attempt to shore up some of the data quality issues facing FMCSA, the agency has unveiled changes to its data collection system that it says will better account for adjudication after a roadside inspection violation.
December 2, 2013
Overdrive Extra
NSA leaker cleared by firm that dings drivers
Maybe truck drivers should apply for Top Secret clearance first: That should look good on a resumé — and then they could claim PSP records are classified. . .
July 8, 2013
Business
Who’s keeping score: Carrier use of driver-ranking tools
The final installment in our investigation of third-party driver-scorecard services details carrier practices using the tools to rank current and/or prospective drivers in the perspective of CSA.
February 15, 2013
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