CSA 2010

Avery Vise

What’s in a name? FMCSA no longer calls CSA comprehensive Given that Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 has been a hot topic for only a couple of years, you might be surprised to learn that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration began talking about the program publicly more ...

By Avery Vise Published January 1, 2011

Law

FMCSA should delay CSA 2010 release Vicarious liability, misused data are a bad mix By Henry Seaton Q We heard that on behalf of some small trade associations you have opposed implementation of Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010. If so, why? A Neither I nor the parties I represent oppose ...

By CCJ Staff Published December 3, 2010

Journal

FMCSA makes further CSA changes Agency softens terminology, withholds cargo BASIC scores The term “deficient” is no longer in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s vocabulary when it comes to the Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) – at least not in public. On Nov. 18, the agency announced ...

By CCJ Staff Published December 3, 2010

Journal

5 trucking companies back EOBR bill Industry coalition asks all haulers to support effort Five trucking companies announced their support for legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) that would require trucking companies engaged in interstate commerce to install electronic onboard recorders ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 8, 2010

Avery Vise

Settling for electronic logs Some carriers surely face mandatory EOBRs earlier than expected As should be clear by now, government regulators can accomplish many things without actually regulating. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative has consumed the industry for about a year, ...

By Avery Vise Published October 1, 2010

Combating Fatigue

Trust – but verify Electronic logs are fast replacing paper as the standard for compliance. But do they improve safety? EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part series on combating driver fatigue. Other stories in this series address technologies for managing driver fatigue and driver-load ...

By Aaron Huff Published September 1, 2010

Jeff Crissey

Driving driver behavior In reality, CSA 2010 is already in effect If you’ve been paying any attention at all, you know that the live date for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 is less than three months out, unless it’s pushed back a ...

By Jeff Crissey Published September 1, 2010

Aaron Huff

Low-cost compliance Tech vendors offer new solutions for e-logs, CSA 2010 The well of reasons for not using electronic onboard recorders for paperless driver logs is running dry. In the past, fleet executives and owners cited hardware and software costs, the dynamics of driver schedules or the ...

By Aaron Huff Published July 1, 2010

Jeff Crissey

Something’s gotta give Marrying safety and productivity in the driver’s seat At CCJ’s 2010 Spring Symposium in May, much of the discussion focused on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s upcoming Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative for monitoring carrier safety. Increasingly, fleet executives are acutely aware of ...

By Jeff Crissey Published July 1, 2010

Technology

Scores of inspections CSA 2010 could fuel demand for maintenance technology By Aaron Huff For the past year, Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 has been a popular discussion topic in boardrooms and at industry events. The highly anticipated safety regime is scheduled to go live in December, and when ...

By CCJ Staff Published July 1, 2010