The reason for CSA

Bull, a fine is and can be issued in the drivers name. If the comapny is nice they could offer to pay the fine but it is still on the drivers record.

If the driver put it in the PTI, why was the issue not corrected before leaving on the trip? It's the simple question the DOT officers will ask.

 

Put it this way....Two perfect BIT's From CHP in the last four years...
A perfect inspection in NM thee years ago....

I got nailed in WA for dumping bags to round a corner to get on the scales and forgot to turn the switch off....My screw up...they did an L1 on me and still passed....I still had to pay the good people of WA $130 fine...But it's not on my CSA score.....Since I corrected it on the spot....

Last inspection I had was at Grapevine and that's because the DOT there was lonely and she needed someone to talk to....And all she did was an L3 on me......Wow....5 minutes of my life....How inconvenient.....

 

Really.....I had a defective kingpin on a company dump about 9 years ago....DOT gave me a "fix it" ticket and my name wasn't on the ticket as the responsible party....
Tell me...When you have a flat...Does your company expect you to pay to fix or replace the tire?

 

A burnt out head lamp doesn't prevent you from moving a rig down the road.....Hell...I have seen NAFTA rigs run through the ST. Geo coop with busted headlamps and they don't get pulled....

 

Mich. is big on burned out lights. and many get tickets. So NAFTA better watch it in MI.

 

You must not haul containers then.

 

9 years ago huh? You do know what would happen currently don't you? Your name, your license, your PTI, your responsibility... period.

Is it fair? Certainly not, but it is what it is.

 

Would argue that. I went two years without one inspection & have a clean record. This year in January got two back to back Level 2's in N.M & KS. Literally 24-26 hours apart. No violations found either day.

Asked the guy in KS about it & he said "when your number is up, it is up."

CSA is garbage & does nothing safestat would not have done if enforced properly. They simply do not have the manpower nor the funding to go directly after the problem areas. Nor do they seem to know the problem areas.

For five years now they have been making a big deal about chameleon carriers. But again, no funding is granted, just print.

Funny how no one ever mentions to go after the big carriers hiring virtually any idiot that walks through their door. Oh wait, Big Rig Trucking school cleared that issue right up, right? Or was it donations via ATA that silenced it? Hmmmm.

FWIW, anyone ever think about this... Would HOS & safe stat been left alone entirely w/o being nudged by Unions, ATA big fleet lobbies? The crash/safety stats are already on a level when snake Lahood & Ferrero could grandstand safe stat & 11 years of FMCSA works.