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Infographic: Small Fleets loom large on inspectors’ radar

Crackdown: FMCSA’s putting extra muscle into shutting down truck fleets

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been on a tear over the last year with the issuance of imminent-hazard out-of-service orders. FMCSA statistics show a nearly fivefold increase – 10 to 48 – in ...

Risk & Reward, Part 1: How CSA’s data shows discrimination toward small carriers

EDITOR’S NOTE: Working with CCJ and Overdrive publisher Randall-Reilly Business Media’s RigDig Business Intelligence unit, we analyzed inspection and scoring data at the end of the Compliance Safety Accountability program’s second year since going live in December 2010. Here we ...

Tied down: Cargo securement tips to lower CSA scores

A freshly-minted driver who recently had graduated from a CDL school came by to chat with his instructors and let them know how things were going. He’d just gotten hired by a big fleet, and ...

80 percent of car-truck crashes caused by car drivers, ATA report says

A report released this week by the American Trucking Associations concludes that many  more times than not, car drivers are at fault when cars and trucks crash with one another. ATA's report rounded up reports ...

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CSA Subcommittee identifies 3 main issues with program

Suspect data quality, crash accountability and the public nature of carriers' Safety Measurement Scores were concluded to be the top three concerns of motor carriers, enforcement officers, brokers/shippers and others involved with CSA at a Federal ...

ATA still calling for agency to account for crash faults

The American Trucking Associations wants all crashes that were not the fault of the motor carrier removed from its records and, more importantly, do not want them reflected on carriers' Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores.  The ATA ...

Carriers, enforcement officers harp on CSA data quality as main concern

Fleets, enforcement officers, trade associations and others impacted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative spoke up this week at public meetings held in Washington, D.C., regarding CSA and its problems.  The ...

Special report: Regulations’ impact, surviving tight environment in 2013

As part of CCJ's ongoing "On Thin Ice?" series, Part 2 delves into the impact changing regulations from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could have on trucking — and fleets, specifically — in 2013, as ...

Inspection detection: CSA score-lowering technology, Part 2

Technology can help your fleet find issues during pre- and post-trip inspections before an officer does. As part of the ongoing "All Hands on Deck" series, this section details how modern tools can be used ...

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Risk & Reward, Part 2: CSA data shows independents at risk

Independent wner-operators have a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than owner-operators and company drivers at large ...

Infographic: Small Fleets loom large on inspectors’ radar

Crackdown: FMCSA’s putting extra muscle into shutting down truck fleets

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