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Q: What are the two crash preventability notices published in July 2016? One notice provides the Agency’s responses to comments received in response to our January 23, 2015, notice releasing the results of our crash preventability research. That notice explains that FMCSA... Continue Reading

The CSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) Website has been updated with the February 26, 2016 snapshot. Section 5223 (c) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) of 2015 requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to keep property carriers’... Continue Reading

By Dennis McGee – Dennis McGee and Associates An explanation of the term “Absolute Measure” means in the new BASiC status; The numbers circled in red are the percentiles which we were used to seeing.   These percentages will no longer be seen to the public The... Continue Reading

As of December 4, 2015, pursuant to the FAST Act of 2015, much of the information previously available on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) website related to property carrier’s compliance and safety performance will no longer be displayed publicly. While... Continue Reading

FMCSA moves to tie carrier ratings to CSA. Continue Reading

CSA scores do matter. Why? Because significant people think they matter. People who can help you. And, people who can hurt you. While we would like to live in a society based on facts, it’s often perceptions that carry the day. Read the rest of the article here……... Continue Reading

DOT IG faults CSA data quality, interventions Avery Vise Fleet Owner In an audit report that focuses primarily on the limited issue of the timeliness and completeness of state- and carrier-reported data, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (DOT IG) said... Continue Reading

Avery Vise Fleet Owner Safety Measurement System doesn’t capture enough safety-related data on carriers to establish a link between carriers’ SMS scores and their crash risk or to reliably compare carriers to one another, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report... Continue Reading

How Well do you Know CSA? – Article – TruckingInfo.com. Continue Reading

FMCSA Study: Costs of Crash Accountability Outweigh Benefits – News – TruckingInfo.com. Continue Reading