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Business

Industry, safety advocates split on CSA ‘work in progress’

The Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee’s 10-member CSA subcommittee issued recommendations with no small amount of dissent on the issues of crash fault and CSA scores’ public display.

February 7, 2013

Channel 19

CSA’s batting average: MCSAC snapshot

The program has hit one out of the park in getting carriers’ attention, but MCSAC CSA Subcommittee members point to more strikeouts than base hits.

February 6, 2013

Business

Panel highlights CSA data-quality issues

The Feb.5, 2013, meeting of the FMCSA’s CSA Subcommitte to the MCSAC advisory board revealed data quality is a top stakeholder concern with the enforcement regime.

February 5, 2013

Channel 19

CSA subcommittee meeting this week

The MCSAC’s CSA subcommittee meets Feb. 5-6 in Alexandria, Va. — we’ll be there covering results and discussion.

February 4, 2013

Channel 19

Treadle valve corrosion a growing problem?

Adjustment isn’t the only brake problem going — observer and longtime former driver Allan Powell suggests treadle valve corrosion is a growing issue.

January 24, 2013

Voices

Poll: What is CSA’s biggest problem?

January 16, 2013

Channel 19

Manage MCS-150 data for CSA scoring

It’s important for those with carrier authority to keep tabs on their annual self-reported vehicle-miles-traveled and power-unit information for CSA scoring purposes.

January 3, 2013

Channel 19

‘We’re the highway patrol and we’re here to help’

Why were you pulled in for your last inspection? If you don’t know, ask. The answer could prove useful in your long-term CSA management.

December 13, 2012

Voices

Poll: How many inspections do you receive in a year?

December 13, 2012

Channel 19

Don’t pay for the privilege to haul

Second Wind Transport independent owner-operator Greg Trott was offered a load recently he would have paid out of pocket to haul — had he made the wrong decision and taken it.

December 11, 2012

Voices

Poll: Do you use weigh-station bypassing technology?

December 7, 2012

Business

Ferro: Safety Fitness Determination proposal coming in 2013

A proposed rule that would allow FMCSA to use a carrier’s CSA rankings to produce an overall safety rating will come in the first half of 2013, said FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro.

December 3, 2012