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May 13, 2015

TRUCKING ISSUES USA * Hours of Service * Highway Fund extension * Trucking audits by OIG

* DC - ATA pushes Congress for tough HOS study

-- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) Tuesday urged members of the House Appropriations Committee to support a stronger version of the bipartisan hours-of-service restart study requirement Congress approved last December... The letter, signed by more than 120 other interested organizations, highlights the need for Congress to prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from skewing results of its study to fit its own conclusions — conclusions that trucking advocates say run counter to the industry’s experience under the agency’s onerous restart restrictions... The letter cited recent findings by the American Transportation Research Institute showing an increase in not only daytime driving by large trucks after the restart restrictions were imposed, but a statistically significant increase in property damage and injury crashes as a result... Without the stronger language, ATA argued that FMCSA could be allowed to re-impose the restrictions once its current study is completed — even if that study shows the restart restrictions were overly constricting and harmful to public safety... 

 * DC -  Highway Fund extension
-- In addition this week, the ATA called on Congress to quickly pass a short extension of the federal highway program while continuing to focus on a long-term bill... The trucking industry already pays $16.5 billion in federal highway user fees, and has repeatedly urged Congress to raise the primary user fee — the fuel tax — in order to fund important projects to reduce congestion, improve capacity and efficiency and create jobs... 
Arlington, VA, USA - Trucking News - May 13, 2015


* DC - DOT OIG initiates audit of FMCSA's review of high-risk carriers 

 -- The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation has initiated an audit of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s efforts to intervene in cases where a motor carrier is identified as high risk for an accident... Those interventions include targeted roadside inspections and compliance reviews... In 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board investigated four carriers involved in crashes that collectively resulted in 25 fatalities and 83 injuries. These investigations revealed that FMCSA conducted safety reviews of the carriers prior to their crashes — one only 5 days before — but did not uncover certain pre-existing safety deficiencies or act on others until after the crashes... The OIG cited a particular case in 2014 where a motor carrier known to FMCSA as high-risk was involved in a fatal crash in Illinois, after which a lawmaker called for an audit. Despite the carrier’s risk status, FMSCA did not conduct an investigation, the OIG’s office said... The OIG’s office said its audit objective is to assess FMCSA’s processes for ensuring that reviews of motor carriers flagged for investigation are timely and adequate...
Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker News Services - 11 May 2015

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