Agency makes motor carrier safety performance data available to shippers, public
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Dec 13, 2010: ... Trucking company safety scores in five performance categories are available online following the Dec. 12 launch of the Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, or CSA... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration threw the switch on its program Sunday, after a federal appeals court denied a petition to block or delay CSA... The National Association of Small Trucking Companies claimed the public release of carrier data could jeopardize the business of many small motor carriers... But the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said Friday a group representing small truckers had "not satisfied the stringent standards required for a stay" ... The data available includes scores in five of seven safety performance categories that eventually will be used to determine motor carrier safety fitness ratings... The data is available through FMCSA's online Safety Management System. Visitors to the Web site may search by carrier name, DOT number or MC number... The FMCSA stressed the CSA data is not a safety fitness determination or rating and does not represent the agency's final determination about a carrier's safety... NASTC is concerned shippers and brokers will reject truckers whose the scores in any of CSA's performance categories exceed thresholds for "alerts"...* CSA IN CANADA?
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Truck News/Hooked Up, by James Menzies -14 Dec 2010: -- Speaking of CSA, there's been little word on whether Canada will follow suit with some variation of the program north of the border. I sure hope they do. And it can't come fast enough. I've noticed some pretty ratty equipment on the road recently. Just the other day, I followed a tractor-trailer in complete darkness, in heavy rain on the 401, with no trailer lights and only one tail light. The very next morning I saw a truck headed in the opposite direction with no – that's right, no – headlights... My big fear is that there will be two tiers of drivers: safety-conscious, compliant drivers who will run north-south and then the compliance-challenged, sloppy seconds who will be left to ply Canadian roads because they won't measure up to CSA scrutiny. In my personal opinion, Canada should move to harmonize with CSA as soon as possible...
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