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Channel 19
Do more offsite carrier audits translate to more safety ratings for owner-ops?
Find both the short and long answers in this examination of federal safety ratings issued through 2020 so far; what you can expect if audited.
September 14, 2020
Channel 19
Critical med-cert step to avoid one âacute violationâ in audits
Breakdowns in the process for electronically marrying a driverâs updated medical certification with his/her CDL has been a âfertile field for auditorsâ in back-office compliance reviews, yielding acute violations that contribute adversely to safety ratings.
November 1, 2019
Hours of Service
New personal-conveyance FAQs illustrate FMCSAâs round-trip view of âunder dispatchâ
In the agencyâs new FAQ series, Question No. 1 solidifies an interpretation of any dispatch as encompassing a round trip, and also attempts to clarify seeming contradictions between that interpretation and the new personal conveyance guidance. More on PC enforcement during audits, too, muddying waters.
November 9, 2018
Business
Bypass wars in Mo.: State auditor finds conflicts of interest among issues limiting competition in weigh-station bypass
A unique arrangement in the state, where PrePassâ parent nonprofit HELP Inc. wholly owns weigh-in-motion equipment deployed there after a $21 million investment, however, also appears to have played a significant role in the Drivewyze serviceâs delay there, among other issues.
May 2, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Will enforcement use ELD data for purposes beyond hours of service?
Some in the industry have worried ELD data would be used at roadside or by compliance-review auditors to uncover violations other than hours infractions. If it is, it will be a violation of Congressional directive.
December 6, 2017
Overdrive Extra
A shot in the arm for fixing CSA
The added weight of an objective party is welcome, especially knowing it gives Congress a clear vision of CSA problems. FMCSA has made relatively superficial changes â slowly â to CSA. Itâs a shame itâs taken so many voices to repeat the call that change needs to be faster and more substantive.
August 1, 2017
Channel 19
Next steps for CSA â scores behind the curtain or not?
Will the FMCSA press forward with CSA SMS changes to bring scores back to public view or allow the SMS to remain a âhalf-baked solution sitting in the darkâ? For the ASECTT group, there could be a third way forward for the agencyâŚ
July 6, 2017
Channel 19
Update: Safety review continues trend toward the negative, non-ratable
Tom Sanderson of Transplace and the ASECTT group is right in some ways about FMCSA having âdoubled downâ on its post-CSA policy, particularly with respect to how it conducts safety audits in this day and age. Latest ratings-issued numbers here.
June 24, 2017
Business
ASECTT group presses ahead on CSA, safety rating reform and other issues
In addition to its chief concern over reliance on CSA SMS scores in safety assessment, ASECTT now turns attention to reform of the safety-audit system and federal preemption of state wage/hour laws and independent contractor classification, among other issues.
June 23, 2017
Channel 19
FMCSA and some states sharpen audit teeth with âenhanced investigative techniquesâ
âEITâ in the parlance of acronym-happy bureaucratese, Jeff Davis of Fleet Safety Services likened new investigative approaches of auditors to another EIT, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques â or âcompliance-review waterboarding,â so to speak âŚ
December 16, 2016
Business
How the potential gold mine of ELD data could hurt you
The precision and quantity of ELD data available after the mandate could, combined with a new safety-rating scheme, give on-site auditors an extra-effective tool for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis not only of uncovered hours violations, but also moving violations.
July 12, 2016
Channel 19
How ELDs could be the new radar guns
If the SFD process as proposed becomes regulation, and the ELD mandate isnât struck down by the federal courts or otherwise derailed, on-site auditors may garner an extra-effective tool in their arsenal for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis of hours, moving violations.
May 26, 2016
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