* DC - Fischer-Blunt bill follows House version introduced in February
-- Legislation introduced in the Senate would establish a national hiring standard for motor carriers, a move supporters said would clarify industry practices for hiring trucking companies and would no longer force shippers, freight brokers, and third-party logistics providers to make hiring decisions based on faulty and imprecise data... The legislation would deem a motor carrier to be safe to operate if it is properly licensed, has adequate insurance, and has a better than "unsatisfactory" rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the subagency of the Department of Transportation that oversees truck safety. Supporters say the language sets clear guidelines for shippers and intermediaries to follow when selecting a motor carrier. Those guidelines don't exist today, they maintain. Instead, users said they are often asked to determine on their own which carriers are safe and which are not, even though it is the FMCSA's role to make that assessment... FMCSA oversees about 530,000 registered truck drivers with only 330 inspectors, Jack Van Steenburg, the agency's chief safety officer and assistant administrator... CSA and other tools have enabled FMCSA to concentrate its enforcement efforts on about 8,000 high-risk carriers responsible for about 90 percent of all reportable accidents involving a truck, Van Steenburg said...
(Photo from Arizona Daily Star: A U.S. Department of Transportation inspector uses a creeper to examine a Mexican semi-trailer undergoing a level 1 inspection at the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Carrier Inspection Station) -- Washington, DC, USA - DC Velocity - May 22, 2015Labels: trucking industry news USA
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