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Voices

POLL: Future for ‘fatigued driving’ enforcement?

Could DWF (driving while fatigued) be treated like DUI? Will technologies emerge enabling real-time monitoring in-cab to eventually give way to an entirely new approach to the hours of service? Which of these (or other) scenarios do you think might be most likely in the future ….

March 4, 2016

Business

Roadside inspections saved 472 lives in 2012, FMCSA says; Firm contends figures should be higher

More than 470 lives were saved in 2012 due to roadside inspections and traffic enforcement inspections of commercial vehicles, according to data released this week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. However, that number could have been higher, says TransComply, had FMCSA not dropped heavily reduced the number of enforcement inspections in the six years preceding 2012.

March 1, 2016

Business

‘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

Business

Drivewyze to run four-state ‘e-inspection’ field demonstration

Drivewyze’s e-inspection test will be expediting Level 3 driver inspections on lanes in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania in cooperation with enforcement departments and truckers running those areas.

February 5, 2016

Voices

POLL: Do you see a benefit to Wireless Roadside Inspection?

With technology in the test phase, questions remains as to safety credit/violation policy as well as whether any Wireless Roadside Inspection program would be voluntary or not — what’s your take on potential benefits/drawbacks of any future program today?

February 5, 2016

Business

Wireless Roadside Inspection research project’s final phase under way

Though the FAST Act highway bill and late-2015 appropriations bill made future Wireless Roadside Inspection funding contingent on a forthcoming report, bills left open funding streams dedicated to current projects, now under way.

February 2, 2016

Business

Altered CSA Safety Measurement System back in the public eye

The FMCSA has returned an altered CSA SMS to public view, showing no percentile or other evaluative scoring in the BASIC categories of measurement.

January 13, 2016

Channel 19

Listening session: ‘Beyond compliance’ with the regulations — if, and how, to reward

Whatever you think about the in-progress “beyond compliance” program and its origins, the fact is it’s in the works — anyone with ideas on how it *should* or *shouldn’t* be structured can weigh in via a listening session Jan. 12.

January 11, 2016

Business

Nearly 20,000 inspections occurred in Safe Driver blitz in October, CVSA says

The top five warnings and citations issued to commercial truck drivers were size and weight, speeding, failure to use a seatbelt, failure to obey a traffic control device and using a handheld phone.

January 5, 2016

Channel 19

Inspections, rates, hours in the spotlight: Channel 19 year in review, part 2

The day the exemptions hit the sleeper, Pride & Polish competition gets hotter and hotter, famous cabovers get closer to their final resting places and more from May-August in this 2015 Channel 19 year in review.

December 29, 2015

Business

‘Beyond compliance’ public meetings to be held in January

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold two public listening sessions about the potential benefits and feasibility of “beyond compliance” incentives for carriers.

December 28, 2015

Channel 19

Counting down the hours to 2016: The Channel 19 year in review, part 1

We’ve got a full 14-hour clock’s worth of on-duty time, and more, left yet, so check back tomorrow and on New Year’s Eve for the second and third parts of this the annual year in review on the Channel 19 blog.

December 28, 2015