What you might not realize is the damage outdated data about your fleet in the DOT system can do to those scores, even if you’re doing everything else right. John Seidl, a former commercial vehicle ...
A single burnt-out taillight can cost a carrier tens of thousands of dollars in higher insurance, lost freight and extra DOT inspections. For many fleets that pain starts long before the roadside stop ...
The reforms required by Congress to the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability carrier ranking system will take about two years to complete, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a Senate ...
In a letter to US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, an American Trucking Associations-led coalition of transportation trade groups urged that the scores produced by the Federal Motor Carrier ...
This story appears in the Aug. 23 print edition of Transport Topics. Changes that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made to its CSA safety-monitoring program are causing the ratings ...
Since February, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been fielding public comments on proposed changes to its CSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) carrier scoring system. That comment ...
Owner-operators and fleets still have two months to comment on proposed changes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA carrier Safety Measurement System, which ranks carriers with a ...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said it will not publish scores for the cargo-related behavior analysis and safety improvement category (BASIC) of the new Comprehensive Safety ...
A DOT audit can result in significant fines, a downgraded safety rating, and even a company-wide out-of-service order, depending on the nature and extent of regulatory violations uncovered. It’s no ...
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