CSA 2010: The data

If a driver told me a trailer was missing a mud flap & I told him to drive to the next T/S to get it repaired, I would absolutely pay the fine.

Your "score" does not follow you to your next carrier. A carrier may choose not to hire you fearing that you will not be safe, but violations at a previous employer will not effect their CSA score.

 

You have no clue on what my score does.

IT FOLLOWS ME.

It can stop me from getting a job. Your mud flap is not worth it.

You are in the office. You do not understand the problem.

I have a few friends who have done like you want and got tickets and inspections and points.

The company they are at is thinking about a 70 point level.

The look back period has one at 60 points.

Still think a mudflap is a simple problem?

I got 12 points against me for a low tire when they put me OOS to get it fixed.

 

Your score does not follow you. Your score does not follow the next carrier you work at. It may add an extra question to the interview, but that's about it. Tell them I told you to run it.

 

You better check on that.

When a driver is going to be hired, the company and their insurance are running the prospective driver file for it.


You think an insurance company is going to insure a guy with a 66 point score before one with a zero?

Like I said. I have read the CSA2010. I would not pull the trailer.

I did it in Ohio back in 2000. The company said run to the truckstop. It was a pilot. Found out no mudflaps at those places. Had to go 40 miles down the road to another truck stop to get one so I could put it on.

In today's money hungry society, it is a flag for inspection and points.

Yes, they do follow the driver.

Just a quick google search and found this on JJ Keller

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Both carriers and drivers will be held more accountable than ever before, and a
driver's safety record will follow him/her from employer to employer.​

http://www.fwaa.org/accounts/fwaa/data_documents/123/files/j.j.%20keller%20-%20csa2010%20overview.pdf
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The points do not follow the driver. Once you change companies, the points are gone.

 

See the link I added to my post.

http://www.fwaa.org/accounts/fwaa/data_documents/123/files/j.j.%20keller%20-%20csa2010%20overview.pdf

Both carriers and drivers will be held more accountable than ever before, and a
driver's safety record will follow him/her from employer to employer.​

You are incorrect.

 

He's right, read up on the csa. The driver gets the points and so does the company. Any driver you hire will bring their points with them. And you'll be stuck with them for three years even if that driver leaves.

As for the mudflap thing, if you can't even install a new mudflap, what are doing driving? It's four little bolts unless the whole bracket is torn off. And yes, I carry a couple spares so I don't have to drive an unknown distance to find one.

 

I can install a mudflap.

If I do not have one to put on, how can I install it?

Same with the lights. Most companies will not reimburse you for the cost of anything you have unless you have a receipt.

My point on this is just to show what a company desk jockey thinks compared to what a truck driver must face.

 

Yes the points follow you where ever you go (driving career) til they fall off after 3 years. The purpose of that was to curtail the practice of drivers wrecking up and moving on to other companies or having multiple licenses from several states to 'hide' their poor driving records.

As far as splash guards and lights, simple things like that, I recommend the driver should try to fix it first otherwise contact the company's breakdown service for the fix before moving the equipment. I had a brake/turn/flasher light go out on the tractor, went in to the truckstop and paid $6.99 for new one, put it on and turned in the receipt-- company paid it back to me no questions. Splash guards, wipers, lights, tire air pressure all of these things and more are very simple. You can get a 50' air hose that hooks to your emergency brake air line and fill your own tires all the way around your rig. I heard about a driver who was 3 gallons low on oil, messaged his DM, was told to purchase the oil and turn in a receipt, he refused to spend his own money and blew up the engine.

 

That's why I carry spares. Lights too, and wiring. Why buy one at a time only when you need it, meaning you have to drive with something broken, when you can just as easily grab 2 or 3 off the rack? Just turn the receipt in normally. The company won't even notice.