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Reader on CSA: ‘I have to tell drivers that cops are wrong,’ along with other scoring frustrations
CCJ Reader I used to be able to say to a driver, “Well, we all have bad days, and cops can’t know everything. Just be respectful and get back on the road.” That’s no longer the case,
November 13, 2013
Business
CSA: unfair enforcement ‘disparity’ or appropriate safety choices?
Vigillo founder and CEO Steve Bryan is quite the slide-showman, and his PowerPoint performances – in which he reshuffles CSA data in amusing and sometimes startling ways – are typically well received by trucking audiences. A gathering of carrier execs for the recent ATA MC&E was no different – except for the presence the government’s point man on CSA.
November 13, 2013
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ATA questions validity of CSA as a measure of safety risk for individual carriers
Playing the percentages is fine for setting enforcement priorities, but should the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration be able to publicly label carriers as unsafe based on statistical probabilities?
November 11, 2013
Business
CARB cutting carriers a break, upping low-use exemption mileage
Fleets who only occasionally in California may be able to benefit from a California Air Resources Board rule change for 2014, as the state is reportedly upping its low-use mileage exemption from 1,000 miles to somewhere in the neighborhood of 5,000 to 7,500 miles.
November 8, 2013
Business
NTSB questions FMCSA’s oversight of motor carriers, calls for audit of agency
In light of four deadly crashes that it has investigated within the past year, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended to DOT head Anthony Foxx that FMCSA be audited on its oversight capabilities of motor carriers and trucking companies.
November 7, 2013
Business
Improved usability or lipstick on a pig? FMCSA explains website changes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is redesigning its portal to trucking company safety data, and wants carrier input before the changes go live next spring. So whether you’re a fan of the Compliance Safety Accountability program and posting SMS data on the internet, or whether you think any changes will just be layering a new shade of lipstick on the regulatory pig you have to kiss, you’ve got about 60 days to pass along your concerns.
November 6, 2013
Business
New CSA site available for previewing, agency accepting public comment
A redesigned version of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Measurement System website with an updated interface and new features was unveiled this week and is currently in a preview mode for 60 days.
November 6, 2013
Business
OOIDA wants to take cross-border trucking case to Supreme court
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has petitioned to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the group’s case against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico.
November 5, 2013
Business
FMCSA shuts down 11th fleet in 2013
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has shut down the five-truck fleet Moonlight Express, based in Cherryville, N.C., by issuing the fleet an imminent hazard out-of-service order for severe violations related to driver drug testing, hours-of-service and equipment upkeep, FMCSA says.
November 5, 2013
Business
CSA is a ‘whim,’ ‘abandonment of duty’ by regulator, transport law expert says
Almost three years since its launch, Compliance, Safety, Accountability remains a source of confusion and for the American trucking industry. CSA is “an abandonment of FMCSA’s duty to regulate safety,” transportation law expert Rob Moseley says. “CSA is just the whim of FMCSA.” He briefed carriers on how to defend their reputations at the recent ATA MC&E.
November 5, 2013
Business
Enforcement blitz places 2,700 out of service, has all-time OOS low
Of the 20,067 commercial vehicles inspected in the September-held Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Week, 2,714 were placed out of service to produce a 13.5 percent out-of-service rate.
November 4, 2013
Business
Carrier alliance wants hair testing OK’d for DOT driver screen; bills introduced
Prompted by trucking interests, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., introduced federal legislation this week designed to enable trucking companies to more effectively prevent lifestyle drug users from gaining employment as commercial truck drivers.
November 1, 2013
Business
House introduces bill to reinstate prior hours-of-service rule, delay July 1 provisions
A bill has been introduced in the House that would reinstate the hours-of-service rules in effect prior to July 1, 2013, by delaying the current rules until a Congressional investigation on the current hours rule is conducted.
October 31, 2013
Business
Freight panel ‘kicks the can’ on funding decisions
A House panel that spent six months assessing the nation’s freight transportation needs has unanimously decided the U.S. should spend more, but made no specific recommendations as to where any funding increase should come from.
October 30, 2013
Business
FMCSA shuts down three drivers with imminent hazard orders
Three long-haul drivers — licensed in the states of Michigan, Texas and Illinois, respectively — have been ordered to cease interstate operations after investigations uncovered serious violations of federal safety regulations, FMCSA said.
October 29, 2013
Business
Agency makes hours rule exemption for short haulers final
The exemption for short-haul drivers of the 30-minute break mandated by the current hours-of-service rule became a official this week, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published its final rule on the subject in the Federal Register.
October 29, 2013
Business
Calif.’s reefer unit compliance extension deadline is Thursday
Just a few days are left for owners of 2006 transport refrigeration units to apply for a compliance extension of California TRU regulation.
October 28, 2013
Business
Are harmful HOS changes a sign of things to come?
In just three short months, the latest changes to the hours-of-service rule demonstrate all too clearly that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration understands neither the industry it regulates nor trucking’s important place in American life. What happened? Was there a breakdown in the rulemaking process? Did trucking not do enough to explain the problems these changes would cause? Or is this a hint of overreach to come?
October 25, 2013
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