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FMCSA adds phone use violations to CSA
Five texting and cell phone use violations will now contribute the highest (10 points) weighted severity to carriersā numerical rankings.
February 3, 2012
Channel 19
What you may not know about the EOBR bill
Since I reported on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationās attempts to gain new regulatory authority over interstate drivers relative to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) programās now-internal Driver Safety Measurement System last summer, new wrinkles have emerged in Senate bill S.1950. This bill caused an uproar over the fact that it would, among other [ā¦]
January 31, 2012
Business
Pulse
These stats were gathered by Overdriveās sister magazine Commercial Carrier Journal from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
January 1, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Be ready for second year of CSA
CSAās first year might have seemed benign to you, but itās still warming up. Be prepared for a closer acquaintance in 2012.
December 22, 2011
Business
CSA and Tire Basics
Stay out of trouble with the DOT through careful inspections and diligent routine maintenance.
December 1, 2011
Business
MCSAC to meet on EOBRs, sleep apnea and other topics
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationās Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committeeās next meeting, Dec. 5-8, will include a joint meeting with the agencyās Medical Review Board on the issue of sleep apnea.
November 24, 2011
Channel 19
Driver action on sleep apnea, CSA, EOBRs, cross-border trucking
Regular readers will recall my post from last month following the first annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention, which spurred on driver advocate Frederick Schaffner to be a presence in D.C. at the November meeting of the FMCSAās Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committtee. There, a large part of the discussion was devoted to standards for [ā¦]
November 23, 2011
Channel 19
Heads-up on new partnership that could change the leasing game
This month in Overdrive, I examined a couple different alternatives to traditional leasing models carriers and their advisers are exploring for ways to avoid what some see as long-term growing challenges to the independent contractor business model. Two models in particular stand a chance to take hold in the future, one being the conversion of [ā¦]
November 17, 2011
Overdrive Extra
When burned-out lights glare
The top equipment-related violation is lighting, according to a āCSA: One Year Laterā panel discussion at the Commercial Carrier Journal Fall Symposium in Phoenix.
November 11, 2011
Business
CSA system needs improvement, panel says
The driver safety fitness rating has been on the backburner but is coming back through the upcoming highway bill.
November 9, 2011
Channel 19
Friday Channel 19 news round-up: Cross-border trucking; ādriver shortageā; and the 1 on the 53 and the 99
Separate but not equal That separation could be diminishing when it comes to U.S. and Mexican tucking, now that a new pilot program for cross-border long haul is under way. Ā In the wake of the Oct. 21 border ceremony at Laredo, when the first Mexican truck crossed as part of the new cross-border pilot program, [ā¦]
October 28, 2011
Business
GAO recommends more transparency for CSA
The Government Accountability Office advised the FMCSA it should develop a reasonable timeframe to put driver fitness ratings into effect.
October 4, 2011
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