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Senate introduces bill to reform FMCSA, review existing trucking regulations

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) last week filed a bill aimed at reforming the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration including making its rule-making process more open to industry stakeholders and Congress and more transparent to the public.

June 29, 2015

trucks on highway

CSA scores to start playing a role in hazmat permitting

FMCSA announced last week it will begin using carrier percentile rankings in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Measurement System to monitor hazmat haulers and for renewal of federally issued hazmat permits.

June 26, 2015

Continuation of hours-of-service suspension, CSA disclaimers, e-log deadlines and more included in Senate bill

The Senate bill sets deadlines for rules mandating e-logs and speed limiters, allows 33-foot double trailers, continues the suspension of certain hours-of-service rules and requires a disclaimer next to CSA scores.

June 25, 2015

FMCSA sends carrier scoring rule to White House for approval, last stop before publication

FMCSA has — after eight years — sent to the White House for its stamp of approval a proposed rule to implement an absolute scoring system for carriers.

June 23, 2015

FMCSA will use roadside inspection data, among other sources, to produce absolute scores for carriers once the final version of the Safety Fitness Determination rule is implemented.

Georgia ramping up truck enforcement with 60 new officers

Following a few high-profile crashes, Georgia announced last week plans to hire 60 new officers for truck inspections and enforcement.

June 17, 2015

Overdrive’s Todd Dills detailed earlier this year Georgia’s broader initiative to increase its number of enforcers in recent years and ongoing, which as resulted in fewer inspections statewide. Click here to read that story.

Where inspections are rising: Illinois nearly doubles activity in wake of high-profile crashes

Following high-profile truck crashes that killed two of its officers between 2012 and 2014, Illinois bucked recent downward inspection trends with a doubling of intensity over those years.

June 3, 2015

Decreasing inspections: Georgia’s numbers fall

The state dialed back on overall inspections from 81,183 in 2013 to 69,188 in 2014, a 15 percent decline. According to state officials, such a level may not hold as it focuses on doing more with less.

June 2, 2015

Decreasing inspections, enforcement variability as movement against CSA gains steam

With Roadcheck ramping up Tuesday, June 2, Overdrive’s annual update to the winding CSA’s Data Trail shows a downward national inspection intensity trend, though some key states move in the opposite direction.

June 1, 2015

inspection barn

How to: Influence enforcement actions at roadside

Some things are obvious — “take pride in your stuff,” says one officer — others not so, when it comes to managing encounters with officers, whether at roadside or in a weigh station inspection barn.

May 29, 2015

Owner-operator Gary Buchs is based near Bloomington-Normal, Ill.

Broker group gets CSA-related carrier hiring standards bill introduced in Senate

Introduced last week in the Senate is a bill aimed at mitigating CSA’s role in brokers’ and shippers’ carrier hiring decisions. The bill was introduced in the House earlier this year.

May 26, 2015

Crash treatment in CSA ‘not fair,’ says FMCSA’s safety head, says agency wants to fix

FMCSA’s Jack Van Steenburg, while admitting the agency’s CSA program’s lack of crash weighting is unfair, did not give specifics as how the agency could fix it. He spoke Tuesday with TCA’s David Heller about a wide range of trucking regulations.

May 20, 2015

Analyst: CSA ‘sea change’ coming

Following broad movement among motor carrier groups and individual interactions at the Congressional level and throughout government, more than 80 percent of readers say yes to pulling back the reins on the CSA program.

May 13, 2015

inspection barn

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