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The power of video evidence in fighting tickets, DataQs challenges
Courtroom crash dissembling and drama can be cut as with a sharp knife by good video evidence that proves your case, as this example from a Virginia bulk hauler shows clearly. It helps a speedy DataQs challenge, too.
April 1, 2021
Business
FMCSA clarifies how to submit crash preventability review requests for pilot program
For the crash preventability program, carriers need to select âCrash could not be preventedâ in DataQs, ensure that the crash occurred after June 1, 2017, and select an eligible crash type. If a preventable crash ruling is changed to non-preventable, the crash is removed from a carriersâ CSA score.
February 7, 2018
Business
Owner-operators can dispute certain crash rulings in CSA beginning next week
Crashes deemed to be non-preventable during the pilot program will still appear in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Safety Measurement System, but will have a note stating FMCSA reviewed the crash and determined it was non-preventable.
July 26, 2017
Business
FMCSA proposes raising CSA crash threshold to three crashes before score is calculated
Under the agencyâs proposed change carriers would need to record three crashes in the rolling 24-month period before crashes would enter into their CSA scores.
July 14, 2016
Business
FMCSA wants to hear from owner-ops about CSA crash dispute plan
FMCSA hopes to hear from industry stakeholders about its two-year plan to allow carriers to file review requests for non-preventable crashes used against them in the CSA Crash Indicator BASIC and have the crashes scrubbed from their scores.
July 12, 2016
Business
Stoking the log fires: Hours violations, fleet size and ELDs
The smallest carriers are feeling the heat of hours enforcement in select states, even as violations declined nationally in 2015.
July 11, 2016
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âThe most important safety feature in any truck? The professional driverâ
Jeff Clarkâs video message to the next president of the United States: Think outside of the box and reward companies that keep their drivers by treating them like the professionals they are.
July 7, 2016
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