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Top 10 state truck enforcement departments ranked by performance
Access Overdrive analysis of data on the top 10 high-performance states when it comes to truck enforcement, as ranked in the brand-new report from the American Transportation Research Institute, out today.
October 21, 2014
Access interactive maps charting a raft of enforcement data via Overdrive’s CSA’s Data Trail site: OverdriveOnline.com/csa.
Business
Safety Fitness Determination rule under review by FMCSA’s top brass, agency leader says
The long-awaited Safety Fitness Determination rule has hit the “front office” of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said FMCSA Chief Safety Officer Jack Van Steenburg, which is one of the last stops before moving to the White House for approval.
October 13, 2014
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Voices
POLL: Which of these industry concerns is most important?
Following the release of the American Transportation Research Institute’s critical issues report, this poll probes Overdrive readers’ own prioritization of ATRI’s top ten carrier concerns.
October 8, 2014
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Business
Finding fault: Where inspections are toughest
This month in the Standout States series we look at Connecticut, which might get the most proverbial “bang” for its inspection buck with the highest number of violations per inspection on average – and the lowest percentage of clean inspections.
October 7, 2014
For this and the next four months, we’ll profile states that stand out for their enforcement intensity, violation propensity or other reasons. For more detail by state, you can access interactive maps charting a raft of enforcement data via Overdrive’s CSA’s Data Trail site: OverdriveOnline.com/csa.
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Big data blowback: Trucking goes to Congress over CSA
Behind the CSA bill — H.R. 5532 would require FMCSA to revamp the CSA program, pulling scores and non-crash-associated data from public view in the meantime. Prognosis for the bill in the short term: Not good with a Democrat Party-controlled Senate, one watcher notes.
September 23, 2014
Access all of our past special coverage of CSA via this link.
Business
House introduces bill directing FMCSA to fix CSA, remove scores from public view
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House to require FMCSA to remove from public view the carrier rankings and scores produced in the agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program from public view.
September 22, 2014
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Business
More trucking groups call on FMCSA to remove CSA scores from public view
Several more trucking groups have called on DOT head Anthony Foxx to remove carriers’ safety data and Compliance, Safety, Accountability rankings from public view, saying the agency uses data that has “statistical flaws” to produce the Safety Measurement System rankings within CSA.
September 18, 2014
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Business
Close scrutiny: Pennsylvania rises up the inspection-intensity ranks
Pennsylvania’s enforcement program might be the most mobile in the nation — the No. 2 state for inspection intensity in 2013, the state conducts the large majority of its inspections away from any scale.
September 12, 2014
For this and the next several months, we’ll profile states that stand out for their enforcement intensity, violation propensity or other reasons. For more detail by state, you can access interactive maps charting a raft of enforcement data via Overdrive’s CSA’s Data Trail site at this link.
Business
Close scrutiny: Where are you most likely to be inspected?
That distinction goes to Maryland, followed by Pennsylvania — while both are heavy on inspections, their rate of issuing violations falls below the national average. Find a look at Maryland’s program here.
September 10, 2014
For this and the next several months, we’ll profile states that stand out for their enforcement intensity, violation propensity or other reasons. For more detail by state, you can access interactive maps charting a raft of enforcement data via Overdrive’s CSA’s Data Trail site at this link.
Channel 19
Everybody’s favorite truck-enforcement outfit hauls in drunk park ranger
Herein, a California State Parks ranger is called in drunk on the job, and the CHP comes to the rescue… With California’s high percentage of clean inspections, could the CHP be your friend?
September 3, 2014
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Will FMCSA ‘un-ring’ the CSA alarm?
Reader Thomas Little may best have paraphrased the thoughts of many: With CSA, “FMCSA fully intended” to “let the industry do their policing for them. Spoon-feed the detailed data into the marketplace to drive consumer choice of motor carrier … and then stand back and pretend that wasn’t how CSA was supposed to be used… They won’t be able to unring that bell.”
August 27, 2014
Public scrutiny of safety ratings in the CSA SMS is live with the recent update to the public display. Placed front and center of a carrier’s front page in the CSA SMS now is carrier’s current safety rating, often at odds with what percentile rankings in the SMS seem to say about the carrier’s safety.
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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