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Business

Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent

In the two years since CSA’s advent, the smallest carriers have had a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than drivers and trucks of the largest carriers.

March 14, 2013

Voices

POLL: Do you have a crash on your record?

February 12, 2013

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

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

Voices

Reasons for the rise in truck-occupant crash deaths

Readers weigh in on root causes after NHTSA’s examination of crash statistics showed a sharp rise in truck occupant crash fatalities (20 percent) between 2010 and 2011.

December 18, 2012

Business

PSP 2.0 expands access to driver records, introduces iPhone app

Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program crash/inspection violation history reports are now available to companies involved in hiring decisions beyond just interstate motor carriers.

November 29, 2012

Voices

Poll: Have you seen your Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) crash/violation report?

November 27, 2012

Channel 19

Navistar holding steady in commitment to health, comfort

An interview with David Allendorph, the company’s director of innovation in design, overseeing a focus on comfort and health in the company’s truck design.

September 25, 2012

Channel 19

Hours debacle covered at news site Politico

**(Overdrive editor Max Heine is posting updates from the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting via the OD Twitter feed and Facebook page today. Expected to be included among the news are company driver and owner-operator of the year awards. Stay tuned.)** Click through the thumbnail of the graph here for Politico writer Adam Snider’s brief […]

March 6, 2012