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SPECIAL REPORT * USA - FMCSA defends CSA 2010 model, schedule
OOIDA's Spencer said "...This program, like any program, gets down to ‘the devil is in the details'"
Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker, by Kevin Jones -23 June 2010: ... Noting that a field test in nine states wraps up this month, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator, Anne Ferro, on Tuesday told a House panel that preliminary findings show a 35 percent increase in investigations under Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, meaning more carriers are being reached, and with greater efficiency... As previously announced, the actual safety measurement system — in which carriers will be compared to industry peers —will be previewed in late August, followed by full public availability at the end of the year. Remaining components — warning letters, the intervention process and the new fitness determination rule — will continue to the end of fiscal year 2011, she added... The American Trucking Associations, however, continues to voice concern about the current design of CSA 2010...The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, however, is “positive” about CSA 2010, said Executive Vice President, Todd Spencer, also said that OOIDA doesn’t share “the sky is falling” view that CSA 2010 is going to pull hundreds of thousands of drivers off the road. The association does agree with concerns over warning tickets and at fault accidents... Interim Executive Director, Steve Keppler, of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, the umbrella organization for state enforcement agencies, suggest that carrier’s should be rewarded under CSA 2010 for getting rid of bad drivers — and not be saddled with their poor records — Ferro replied that carriers are not punished for “isolated incidents,” but that CSA 2010 looks for patterns that warrant intervention and correction... Spencer argued that veteran drivers “have been spurned” since deregulation as companies look to fill seat with a series of less expensive, less experienced drivers... And while OOIDA is similarly concerned with the accuracy of the data, Spencer complained that a large number of accidents are not DOT reportable — and therefore not counted... DeFazio also questioned the states’ ability to meet CSA 2010 program demands, including both legally and technologically... Transportation Committee Chairman, Jim Oberstar, criticized the agency for “watering down” its statistics, measuring improvements by calculating the fatality rate based on vehicle miles traveled. He suggested that the agency needed to make the number of fatalities the bottom line when measuring the success of its mission... Ferro assured him that the agency was very much aware of lives lost and saved... “We don’t think in our daily work about rates. We think about people,” Ferro said. “Our focus is saving lives through a significant reduction in crashes with motor vehicles. CSA 2010 is a core component of ensuring that anyone we credential maintains a high standard”...* Carrier executives remain concerned about CSA 2010, future driver shortage
Atlanta,GA,USA -Logistic Management, by Jeff Berman -June 24, 2010: -- A looming truck driver shortage, driven to a large degree by a piece of unpopular legislation, appears to be a matter of “when” rather than “if,” according to trucking and 3PL executives speaking at this week’s eyefortransport 3PL Summit in Atlanta... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration-backed legislation, dubbed CSA 2010, is being bandied about at a time when trucking capacity continues to tighten and supply and demand ostensibly reaching a tipping point. CSA is a procedure which will dictate how the federal government rates trucking companies and drivers. It will be rolled out in November and continue in phases into 2011. The FMCSA decided to delay it due to concerns from the trucking industry over fairness concerns... Shippers should be concerned about the new safety rating program for one major reason: it could raise their trucking rates. That’s because the program potentially could reduce the available driver pool by as much as 7 percent, thus reducing truck capacity at a time when the economic recovery is expected to stress the already reduced over-the-road capacity of many fleets...
* House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Hearing
Washington,DC,USA -Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX -Jun 25, 2010: -- Keith Klein "I am the Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer of Transport Corporation of America (Transport America), located in Eagan, Minnesota.Today I am testifying on behalf of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) ... In short, any system based on evaluating motor carrier safety comparatively must be grounded in sound data, sound math, and consistent measurements to be both equitable and effective..."
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