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‘Beyond Compliance’ to be CSA’s 8th BASIC?

As FMCSA moves toward decision on using ‘8th BASIC’ approach to the Beyond Compliance credit program required by Congress, carriers and safety consultants speak up on the ideas in Chicago listening session.

April 25, 2016

‘A broken system’: Small fleet owner on CSA, SFD reliance on roadside inspections, violations

Hazmat, securement violations for a two-gallon tote holding spare oil? Check. Bob Delullo’s thoughts on CSA and the proposed SFD rule are a variation on the “garbage in, garbage out” phrase to describe systems doomed by the component parts on which they are based.

April 12, 2016

Bob DeLullo started in trucking as a driver in 1986, he says. Since then, he believes, most aspects of the business of trucking have improved — from equipment to pay and image, however slightly in some cases. “But regulation is going haywire. … The regs side of this business is the single biggest issue we have.”

Trucking groups fire back at FMCSA over carrier rating rule, say it circumvents Congressional intent

An ad-hoc coalition of trucking organizations issued a letter Monday, April 11, to Acting FMCSA Administrator Scott Darling disputing comments made by FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo last week. The groups reiterate their argument that the rule violates federal law, despite FMCSA’s claims otherwise.

April 12, 2016

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Safety Fitness rule not a violation of FAST Act, FMCSA says in media briefing touting rule’s benefits

Joe DeLorenzo, head of enforcement and compliance for FMCSA, spoke briefly in a conference call with trucking industry media Thursday, April 7, touting both the rule’s ability to expand the agency’s ability to target unsafe carriers and addressing concerns about the rule’s relationship to the December-enacted FAST Act highway bill.

April 7, 2016

The Safety Fitness rule would change the way FMCSA determines carriers’ fitness to operate, leaning more heavily on roadside inspection data.

Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills wins three major journalism awards

Overdrive and Senior Editor Todd Dills won Best Series for CSA’s Data Trail, a continuation of the series that received business-to-business media’s highest honor, the Grand Neal, in 2014. He also won Neals for Best Data Journalist and Best Range of Work.

April 4, 2016

Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills’ CSA-related work this year concentrated mostly on the variability in state to state enforcement, one of the major flaws with the CSA system. Click here or the photo above to see all of the articles posted in the CSA’s Data Trail series.

‘CSA-equivalent’ scoring pitched to brokers, shippers

Regarding its “CSA-e” re-engineering of CSA percentiles, SaferWatch raises the specter of negligence lawsuits for brokers not utilizing available information assessing risks when selecting carriers — but if Congress and so many others are right, it’s never been a better time to stop such use altogether.

March 22, 2016

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Trucking pressure to stop FMCSA from working on new carrier rating system gains traction in House

“It is irresponsible and inconceivable that FMCSA would use the same data and analysis Congress said is faulty in a new safety fitness determination,” the lawmakers write in their letter. The letter comes in response to requests by industry groups to halt FMCSA’s Safety Fitness rule pending a CSA revamp.

March 21, 2016

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FMCSA holding ‘beyond compliance’ public listening sessions next month at MATS, CVSA spring meeting

The first session will be held Friday, April 1 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., from 10 a.m. to noon and 1:15-3 p.m. eastern time. The second session will be held Monday, April 25 at the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Spring 2016 Workshop in Chicago from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m.

March 15, 2016

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Another coalition of trucking groups calls on Congress to stop FMCSA’s Safety Fitness rule from proceeding

The groups said their major concern is that the Safety Fitness rule “utilizes flawed CSA/Safety Measurement System data and scores,” which Congress directed FMCSA to fix in the FAST Act highway bill passed in December.

March 10, 2016

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FMCSA updates definition of ‘high risk’ carrier, changes intervention priorities

The new definition will include fewer carriers. But those carriers, once the change is in place, will be at a higher crash risk than the carriers currently deemed high risk, says FMCSA. Here’s how FMCSA will now define “high risk carriers” …

March 8, 2016

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Carrier ‘absolute measure’ scores return to five CSA categories

Each carrier’s CSA SMS profile now includes in its public view each carrier’s “absolute measure” score in five of the seven BASIC categories of analysis.

March 7, 2016

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Owner-operators, public get an extra 60 days to comment on new carrier rating system proposal

FMCSA has extended the comment period for the Safety Fitness Determination rule proposal 60 days, until May 23. The rule would do away with the Satisfactory, Conditional and Unsatisfactory ratings and replace it with a simple fit or unfit rating.

March 7, 2016

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