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Attention Drivers * USA - Get ready for CSA 2010
Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010
Washington,DC,USA -Truckers' Forum, by Bullwinkle -23 Aug 2009: -- Love it, hate it, doesn't matter. CSA 2010 is a reality, and all of you will be effected. If you plan on continuing your career as a truck driver, whether company driver or owner operator, get to know CSA 2010, and get to know it well. As a driver, you will now have your own score, which will effect your ability to work in this industry... Purpose and key features (taken from FMCSA website): "The purpose of the CSA 2010 initiative is to develop more effective and efficient methods for FMCSA, together with industry and state partners, to achieve its mission of reducing commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes, fatalities, and injuries.
Key Features of CSA 2010
* Increase contact with carriers and drivers.
* Improve performance measurements for identifying high risk motor carrier and driver behaviors.
* Correct high risk behaviors before they become chronic and habitual."
Safestat is being replaced with a Safety Management System (SMS):
"CSA 2010 replaces SafeStat with a new Safety Measurement System (SMS) that measures the previous two years of roadside violations and crash data. With SMS, every inspection counts, not just out-of-service violations, and both driver and carrier safety performance are monitored."
A few States are already testing this system, and with in the next month or two, more states will be added to the testing phase. In August 2010, full implementation goes into place... DOT inspection will become much more important to you. Inspection results, good or bad, will be part of your record. Violations that are found now count against you, not just the carrier. This is going to change the attitude of many drivers regarding checking our their vehicles before driving, or ultimately they can find their license suspended...
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