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Apr 1, 2015

TRUCKING REGULATIONS * USA - The raw data can lead to inaccurate conclusions about carriers' safety

* DC - Truckers, GAO take exception to DoT mobile data app

  --  A Transportation Department mobile app that allows convenient access to online safety performance data for interstate truck and bus companies has raised the ire of trucking associations and the attention of government watchdogs who say some of the data could mislead the general public... Law enforcement, insurance companies and third-party logistics industries are the primary target for the app, but it can be used by the public as well, and that wider use has some in the trucking industry and at the Government Accountability Office concerned... Critics argue that the raw data can lead to inaccurate conclusions about carriers' safety if used to compare safety records for carriers such as bus lines and trucking companies... DOT says the app will aid both transparency and safety... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said QCMobile retrieves data from a number of agency sources and provides a clear summary of the results for law enforcement officers and safety inspectors, who can then can retrieve more detailed information on carriers covering seven categories that are a part of the agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program... 
(Shutterstock image, by Henryk Sadura: Semi truck on a highway in Utah)  --  Washington, DC, USA - The Business of Federal Technologies, by Mark Rockwell - Mar 30, 2015


* DC - FMCSA denies brokers request for exemption from bond

  --  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Monday in a Federal Register notice to be published Tuesday that the agency had denied an application from the Association of Independent Property Brokers and Agents (AIPBA) for an exemption for all property brokers and freight forwarders from the $75,000 bond provision included in MAP 21... The FMCSA said commenters writing in opposition to AIPBA’s application argued that the previous $10,000 bond requirement was originally set in 1979 and that small trucking companies, especially owner operators, will be better protected and have better business opportunities with the $75,000 bond... 
(Photo) -- Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker News Services - 30 March 2015

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