POLL: Are you working during DOT blitz?

@Starboyjim
Those points aren't assigned to your psp for a dirty inspection for warnings like the ones you mentioned.
Inspections like that produce CSA points for inspections with violations~when only a warning is given, those points are tacked on to your carriers CSA score & the carrier cannot dispute it as there was no official penalty (ie ticket/fine/repair order).

When leased to a company those penalty-free violations won't affect you directly (aside from not getting a "clean inspection bonus" where applicable). However as a motor carrier that directly impacts the CSA score, shows on record for the next couple years when anyone runs a check on your safety rating, can affect the way insurance companies and customers will deal with you, and the way you get regarded during future inspections ("you/your company have a history of safety violations") and therefore the likelihood of a future inspection having more investigatory procedures than would otherwise be likely as you may well be a "serial offender".

 

And for a large carrier with hundreds or even thousands of trucks a handful of drivers racking up CSA points is not such a big deal. However for a small carrier of say 50 trucks or less it is a huge problem. For the one truck operation even worse. Another prime example of anti-competitive rules and regulations dreamed up by megas and implimented by the crooked political system that works only for their interests.

 

Here's my own little caveat. I witnessed first hand a few years back what bad CSA scores can do to my own settlements. We were about 25 trucks at the time. Granted the drivers that racked up violations did some stupid things, some of them, and deserved what they got. However there were several of us who never got bad inspections and are/were meticulous about all things maintenance. And so those bad apples pulled all of us down.

We lost real business because of our CSA scores over a 6 months time frame. Landstar was an important broker for some of us but they stopped using us. As did several other brokers. That was difficult. In the abstract this is all seems pretty clear cut. But when it actually affects your income you might think much differently about these things.

 

The blitz is not why I am taking next week off . I worked 3 days this month already is why I am taking next week off .

 

Why would they pay more for a level 2 than a level 1 inspection?

Seems backwards to me.

 

Yea my bad! Lol! Your right its the other way around! Thanks

 

Just jerk their chain..EVERYONE run at night,for a few days.

 

Its a bs money game..end of story.

 

Because a level 1 is paperwork only
Level 2 is paperwork and walk around
and Level 3 is a full inspection....

We had the feds come in and give us a level 5. Inspected 50% of our trucks and audited paperwork.

 

How many years of trucking experience do you need to be an inspection officer?