As anyone who searches my post can tell I have NO love at all for
CSA 2010 and any of the minions who try and torture us with it.
I have given great thought and did some studies and even a little field
testing with my what I think will slow down the pace with which they bombard US with this useless system. Before I post any of my findings and results from actual use of said findings, I was testing the waters to see if there is any real interest by members here? The methods and practices I use won't help you any at all if you don't know how to keep a logbook or run a junky truck.
But they have helped me when confronted by some officer that thinks he can run all over me and write violations just to make it appear he's working.
You do have rights no matter what they tell you and they have to follow the rules or suffer the consequences.
Your job to remove unfair violations starts at the momment the officer signs his name to the report and yes it can be changed right then. Thats the best time to do it before it gets caught in the eloctronic sewer of the FMSCA.
After that it becomes harder but can still be removed, I have done it before.
Let me know if you are interested in more info by replying to my poll?
CSA 2010 disassemble it 1 inspection at a time
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by revelation1911, Mar 5, 2012.
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I filed a challenge one time via DataQ and DOT reviewed the inspection, realized the officer was wrong in his assessment and faxed me a "clean" inspection to replace the "dirty" one. Then, I had to spend days calling FMCSA for months, to make sure they had removed the points.... and although FMCSA guy on the phone told me the points were removed, I am still struggling with myself to pay $10.00 to find out if they really removed the points. This is another way for them to make money. They create this ridiculous, unrealistic, damaging rating system and them charge us to get our records.
End of last year, got a Roadside inspection because one of my headlights was out... It happened in transit while going west, at noon, on a bright sunny day, there was no way I could see one of the lights had gone out.... I had a spare bulb and asked the officer to let me replace it. Also told him I was going to stop at my destination within one hr and was going to do another inspection and would be able to detect the problem and fix it before dark. So, that wasn't in any way a hazard and would never put public in danger. But officer didn't reason with me, just gave me a warning/violation code 393.9H... I showed him my CSA guide book, and explained that would give me 18 points on my CSA card for the first year, then 12 on the second and 6 on the third.... and that was a too high of a penalty for something that wasn't affecting safety at all. He didn't care, not his problem.... I don't think I can win this. I used that DataQ again and asked FMCSA to reconsider the points. But all they do is to forward the challenge to DOT... but this time, there's nothing DOT could do because according to the code, the lights must be working at all times. What I really wanted would be for FMCSA to lower the points or dismiss any warnings. But, for that to happen, the whole rating system has to be changed. And how do we change that?? I am willing to participate in any joint effort, if there's any.
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I understand each case is different. In my case, I knew what the code says about lights not been working, they must be working at all times (even wires, connections, etc).... So, it would be useless for me to say otherwise. Yes, officer did not perform level I, it was a level II as it shows on the Roadside inspection but even then, he didn't inspect much, did the air brake system inspection, papers, lights, overall condition, a few other things and then told me to meet him at his vehicle... I think the only way to change this one is to have FMCSA to change their rating score system which is totally unrealistic. And how do we do that? By pressuring legislators, representatives... But with these truck drivers nowadays, I don't feel very optimistic...
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