Shop talk—the best kind, anyway—has always revolved as much around safe operations as vehicle uptime and cost control. But since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rolled ...

FMCSA reps at the agency’s subcommittee on CSA said its Safety Fitness Determination rule, a proposal for which is expected in September, will replace the agency’s current safety rating system ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remains “absolutely” committed to the current timeline for rolling out CSA 2010, Administrator Anne Ferro said.

Point No. 2: In the study, FMCSA now applies new weightings to certain crashes (single vehicle) and comes to the conclusion that the statistical model does not improve significantly.

To that point, only three of the seven CSA BASICs (behavior analysis and safety improvement categories) reflect a carrier’s future crash risk. Also, referencing a chart referenced during his ...

The agency revealed changes it has made to the in-the-works CSA Safety Measurement System revamp, based on feedback it received from the industry since the revamp was announced last year.

FMCSA has issued a reporting detailing how it plans to proceed in reforming its CSA program. Chief among the changes is replacing the existing CSA Safety Measurement System with a new scoring ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has scheduled a public meeting for Sept. 8 to solicit comments on recommendations on reforming the agency’s Carrier, Safety, Accountability ...

FMCSA puts unfair burdens on truck drivers and carriers in accident reporting, the agency is told. The post Trucking tells FMCSA crash reporting presumes drivers guilty appeared first on FreightWaves.

EBE Technologies has added new workflow capabilities to its Web-based CSA 2010 carrier and driver dashboard. The dashboard, launched earlier this year, now includes carrier percentiles based on ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is calling on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to be more candid and transparent in its evaluations of the strengths ...

Despite FMCSA’s efforts and our prior recommendations, we found continued weaknesses in carrier-reported census data.” “FMCSA faces challenges in fully implementing CSA enforcement interventions.” ...