Oh the FMCSA OIG goes after some companies .
http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2553
http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1766
http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1754
There are others but note the size of the carriers . A company owner will be prosecuted for a few drivers violating HOS but if a company like U.S. Xpress with thousands of drivers is found allowing drivers to violate HOS they are only fined an insignificant amount ($7,500 in a 2006 audit ) .
Small carrier owners get prosecuted due to 1 fatality . Why was there no prosecution of Crete management when the driver provided documentation proving they forced him to commit serious HOS violations before an accident resulting in 7 fatalities ?
The biggest reason for accidents related to HOS violations is FMCSA OIG lack of enforcement involving the most serious offenders .
CSA2010 and log book form and manner violations
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Mike_MD, Nov 10, 2009.
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Isn't this a play right out of the liberals playbook? Create or exagarrate a problem then tell everyone how you solved it with more laws and gov't involvment!!! Now you have to keep them in power or things will get worse for everyone. Or so they would have all of us believe!Gearjammin' Penguin, kajidono, Yatista and 1 other person Thank this. -
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I think youre missing the point. Carriers inherit drivers scores and retain them for three years. Not only do carriers retain the points of drivers they currently employ, they inherit the points of any driver they hire. If the carriers fire the driver the next day, they inherited the points.
If carriers hire too many bad drivers they may move from Fit to marginal. Carriers have just as much to loose as drivers do as they can be shut down and/or be penalized by the FMCSA for failing to manage their drivers qualifications and HOS. Carriers are also subject to equipment safety violations.
Carriers have always been and always will be evaluated on Driver, Vehicle, and Accidents Safety Evaluation Areas (SEA) Scores. Currently carriers characterized and Category A or B for two consecutive moths will receive a mandatory compliance review from the FMCSA. The carriers listed below have high driver and/or vehicleSEA Scores:
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=391140
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=838362
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=843640
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=640137
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=530164
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=1021793
Ill try and keep from insulting your intelligence. However, your statement could not be further from the truth:
The carrier below has been penalized severely four times, Im sure they disagree with your philosophy:
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=322235
Click on the Safety tab and closed enforcement tab for more information.
http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/SafeStat/CarrierOverview.asp?DOT=1242485
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When the speaker of the house can lie to the American people and breach national security, with no concequences whatsoever and Obamma can let Khadffi into this country, with no concequences whatsoever,... but a carrier can be fined thou$and$ of dollar$ over a chickenshitt paperwork draconian infraction, you know ###### well this country has reached lows never imagined by logical people.
After 2010 there will be a few truckers out of work, much like democrats...
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Mike proved my point . The largest carrier in his link had under 300 power units and the rest had well under 100 . Meanwhile we see drivers from the megacarriers still driving like maniacs passing in construction zones and in states where the speed limit for trucks is below the governed speed of their trucks . U.S. Xpress is the worst except for Canadian carriers that are constantly speeding in MI .
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I would like to see some equavilant fines per occurance on carriers with 5,000 trucks or more. The big boys seem to have lower fines per incident. I can link to several cases where dispatchers, and even owners, have gone to jail and paid hundreds of thousands in fines. I have never seen this at large companies with the same violations.
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Now there's way too much control and it looks like it's going to get worse....
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As I understand it back then the DOT fuzz were solar powered in the extreme. At times only working slightly more hours per day than a banker.
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