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‘Top-tier’ most effective states ranked in ATRI crash/inspections analysis
The state of Indiana leads the way in the American Transportation Research Institute’s ranking of state enforcement departments on the effectiveness of their truck-enforcement units, based principally on an assumed relationship between crashes and traffic-enforcement activities.
August 6, 2018
Business
Audit of FMCSA shows agency needs to make improvements to CSA, carrier intervention
The DOT’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is out of sync with real-word crash risk and needs to be realigned to better predict carrier safety, says a report made public this week.
June 30, 2015
Business
CSA works and is not biased against small carriers, FMCSA report concludes
Coming on the heels of a government-issued report saying CSA’s scoring method is faulty and unfair, FMCSA has released a study concluding the opposite: The system does work to identify carriers who pose the greatest crash risk, the agency says.
February 5, 2014
Voices
Should time away from home be systematically limited?
Owner-operator Cary Goodman asks this question in a letter to the editor.
October 24, 2013
Business
CSA system update: New hours violations encoded
New violations added to the CSA Safety Measurement System include codification of the hours of service break requirement at a 7-point severity weight value.
August 12, 2013
Business
Crashes and interventions: The fault handicap
FMCSA may be a long way from accounting for crash fault in the CSA Safety Measurement System. In the meantime, questions about the system’s effectiveness loom large with analysis of crash rates.
May 1, 2013
Voices
Poll: What is CSA’s biggest problem?
January 16, 2013
Business
LogBook
Apnea proposals could disqualify drivers, cell phone ban begins, Senate bill would mandate EOBRs, third Mexican carrier completes audit and more industry news items are featured.
January 1, 2012
Channel 19
MCSAC / MRB meeting webcast underway on sleep apnea
If you haven’t been able to tune into the meeting today of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee with the Medical Review Board, keep an eye on my Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/channel19todd, where I’m posting various items from the presentations ongoing. Benjamin Hoffman, director of the Medical Review Board and GE Chief Medical Officer, […]
December 7, 2011
Business
Pulse
Safety restrictions that are prudent for professional drivers should also be prudent for amateurs.
March 1, 2010
Business
Pulse: Eye catching
Texting made the crash risk 23.2 times as high as non-distracted driving for truckers. One irritant for professional drivers is being treated like some air-headed teenager with a new driver’s license. After all, you’ve been trained to drive a vehicle whose operation is far more complex than anything riding on two axles. As an owner-operator, […]
September 1, 2009
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