Tag: fairness

Business
Thin the herd without churning the masses
“Driver shortage” explored, again: “There are finally a few brilliant folks out in “mainstream news” land who have begun peeling away skin on the “obvious onion” in trucking and started mentioning the fact that being paid has a lot to do with wanting to stick with a job.”
December 18, 2017
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Business
Geographically undesirable: Q&A with Indiana, S.C. enforcement reps
Efficacy and fairness of the federal CSA program questioned given broad geographical differences in approaches to enforcement. More from this candid talk at TCA’s Safety/Security Division meet.
May 5, 2015
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Business
Coalition of trucking groups calls for removal of public CSA scores
Ten trucking groups sent a letter to the DOT pleading for the public scores in the CSA program to be removed from public view, pointing to research that says the scores are not a reliable predictor of safety.
August 26, 2014
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Business
CSA’s Fallout: ‘Ugly little secret’ — severity weights, peer groups need work
The draft report issued April 30 from the CSA Subcommittee of FMCSA’s MCSAC advisors included a large section on potential methods of improving the scoring system.
June 6, 2014
Keep tuned to OverdriveOnline.com through the summer for more of this yearlong series on real-world fallout from the CSA carrier safety ranking program. Access all of our past special coverage of CSA via this page.
Channel 19
Author: ‘U.S. law in need of simplification, basic human empathy’
“Overhaul and simplify the law to release the energy and passion of Americans so that we can begin to address the challenges of our society.” –Philip K. Howard, from a 2010 talk that rings with messages directly applicable to trucking
March 19, 2014
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Channel 19
GAO CSA report fallout: More small-carrier inspections on the way?
Some watchers feel that “reprioritizing” inspection criteria to grab and tie up more and more of the “little guys” among carriers on the road might be the onerous result of the GAO’s focus on lack of data.
February 13, 2014
Download the GAO’s CSA report via this link.
Channel 19
More off/on-duty discussion
Debate continues over loading/unloading situations and what exactly consitutes “off-duty” time under the new hours rule.
August 1, 2013
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