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Business

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

Business

Kryptonite and snakes

“Let’s talk about fear. Have you ever been so scared that things around you grayed out a little, and you heard a rush of water going the speed of light through your head? … Some days, the road is scary.”

June 27, 2016

Business

How to dodge the ambulance chasers

Since the advent of CSA, high-dollar jury awards for truck accident victims have been growing. This means higher risk and insurance costs, especially for independents.

June 20, 2016

Voices

POLL: Post-crash litigation — has it reached into your business?

Trends show awards/activity in the courts have been on the rise: Have you been involved as a defendant in post-crash civil litigation, whether you were at fault in the accident or not?

April 28, 2016

Business

Truck crash data collection: Action items for new advisory committee

Report from the first meeting of the MCSAC Post Accident Report Subcommittee, tasked by Congress with identifying areas for improvement in accident data collection, including primary causation factors.

April 28, 2016

Channel 19

An upward trend in truck-occupant crash deaths

In the years following FMCSA’s 2003 publication of the hours of service rule that first included the 14-hour on-duty window, the percentage of truck-occupant crash deaths among all truck-involved fatalities is on an upward trend.

April 21, 2016

Channel 19

The parking shortage and North Carolina’s ‘data-driven’ enforcement

How counting disabled vehicles as “parked” vehicles contributed to the expansion of N.C.’s truck parking enforcement effort last year. High time more states attracted tax revenue by encouraging parking facility development rather than going after $25 fines and court costs.

March 8, 2016

Business

Things that would make me leave the truck for 400, Alex

Wendy on accident aftermath: “I’m just amazed by people who get back on the horse and ride.” If that applies to you, why did you jump back in the saddle?

February 5, 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

Voices

Merge gone bad — into the front right of Preston Lindsay’s daycab

Running down the list of extenuating factors in Lindsay’s review of the accident takes quite a while longer than the second or two it took to happen, illustrating the well-developed instincts of the professional driver that can avoid making things worse in such circumstances.

November 23, 2015

Business

An open letter to one-horse news

Holiday sweeps: when every one-horse news rag in America promises to show viewers something they "absolutely will not believe" is happening on their highways.

November 20, 2015

Business

New private system aims at CSA’s problems

As Congress considers halting CSA scoring, Vigillo touts new "Just" program as providing a "true picture"' of fleet compliance, safety, and accountability.

October 26, 2015