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‘e-Inspection’ technology demonstrated in Maryland

Deployed by the Drivewyze bypass service provider with technology partners, hopes for so-called electronic inspections are that they’d ultimately by accepted by FMCSA as credit on a carrier’s CSA profile.

June 18, 2013

Partner to the demonstration was the XRS mobile electronic-logs/telematics platform, which entered general release in March 2013, runs on more than 50 types of devices and automatically transmits vehicle and operator data directly to a management dashboard. The subscription-based monthly service features varying pricing levels, dependent on package and functionality. Every XRS package includes an XRS Relay in-cab device that communicates via Bluetooth with the driver’s existing smartphone or tablet.

Profilin’ — not so stylin’ — at the scale house

Has FMCSA’s CSA program had an unintended (or, perhaps, intended) consequence of giving inspectors license to hassle small operators simply for the fact that they are small companies?

June 9, 2013

engine compartment inspection

Be wary: Annual Roadcheck inspection blitz taking place this week

Roadcheck, the annual inspection blitz done by a joint effort of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, will take place June 4-6 this year.

June 5, 2013

Roadcheck Will Cover North America

Carriers, drivers aligned on need for shift in enforcement priorities

Following a speech at the 2013 CVSA spring workshop which decried states’ outsize inspection focus, Overdrive readers responded largely positively to a message of new traffic-enforcement priorities.

May 14, 2013

Crashes and interventions: Wreck frequency varies widely by state

Where is a collision with a heavy-duty truck most likely to happen? That dubious distinction goes to New Jersey. Find full state rankings in this first installment in our May 2013 Part 3 CSA’s Data Trail coverage.

May 8, 2013

Watch those post-crash-inspection violations

They shouldn’t be assigned severity weights to contribute to a carrier’s ranking in any CSA BASIC if the violation was a result of the crash.

May 6, 2013

Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw

Independent owner-operators have the lowest rate of truck-involved crashes but are far more likely to be put out of service than drivers for carriers with 500 or more trucks, which have a higher crash rate.

May 6, 2013

Click through the chart above for a larger view. SOURCE: RigDig Business Intelligence (rigdig.com/bi) and Overdrive analysis of federally recordable truck-involved crash data for years 2010-12. Carriers represented include the total registered population with at least one inspection over the course of those years and with some version of for-hire operating authority.

Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking

The FMCSA’s quick-strike sweep through “high-risk” passenger carriers, say officials, will be hitting our industry sooner rather than later. Knowing the agency’s definition of a high-risk carrier is your first step in avoiding involuntary shutdown.

May 3, 2013

In FMCSA’s Safety Measurement System, this symbol indicates a carrier’s ranking in a certain BASIC has exceeded the intervention or “alert” threshold, marking the carrier for investigative action.

New Mexico recognized for its Smart Roadside Inspection tech

The recognition from the Ash Center at the Harvard Kennedy School was awarded as part of the center’s “Top 25 Innovations in Government” program.

May 3, 2013

new mexico Smart roadside camera

Poll: What is the most safety-enhancing enforcement strategy?

As industry conversation heats up around the appropriate national enforcement strategy, this poll probes owner-operators’ views on the most safety-positive efforts on the highways.

May 2, 2013

Delving into CSA data shows enforcement irregularities

Overdrive is excited to launch the expanded CSA’s Data Trail website, which is dedicated to empowering trucking professionals with data and analysis of how CSA affects their businesses.

May 1, 2013

What this year’s MCSAP awards say about national enforcement priorities

MCSAP award winners’ violation priorities profiles suggest the federal government views a high level of on-highway traffic enforcement (versus vehicle inspections) as preferable enforcement behavior.

April 27, 2013

MCSAP award winners’ violation priorities profiles suggest the federal government views a high level of on-highway traffic enforcement (versus a large share of vehicle inspections) as preferable enforcement behavior.

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