CSA 2010: How will the Driver Rating System affect you?

I just received this notice from JJ Keller and thought I'd share it with you. It's short but should give you something of an idea what is coming at us.

How does CSA 2010 affect you?
As CSA 2010 is implemented in pilot states and is rolled out to all carriers, there is no grace period. How your company is rated in the seven different Behavioral Analysis Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) will be calculated retroactively using the most recent 24 months of violation and crash history.

Because the scoring is retroactive, you need to begin preparations and make changes now. Your most recent six months of history are weighted the heaviest, so you need to make an impact by starting today. Click to view more.
What can you do now to prepare?

First, start tracking your roadside inspection violations (whether you are a carrier or driver). The scoring inside each BASIC will be based on the severity of the violations and crashes, and when the violations and crashes occurred.

Second, start being more active in challenging violations that you feel are not legitimate (whether you are a driver or carrier). State motor carrier safety offices, the CVSA, and the FMCSA DataQs system all provide challenge mechanisms.

Finally, you need to start making sure that you only have good data going into the FMCSA data collection system by reducing the frequency and severity of DOT recordable crashes, and getting more "No Violations Discovered" roadside inspection reports.

As a carrier, how do you accomplish this? By actively training your drivers on roadside inspections, safe driving, staying qualified and in good condition when driving, vehicle inspection, cargo securement, and defensive driving.

 

No way! We must fight until the very end.

 

Does a warning at a canadian scale for not carrying 14 days back of logs make a problem

 

They won't let you work in fast food anymore unless you are mexican.

 

And you have been driving how long???

 

I just read all of these new rules and cannot believe how much trucking has changed in the 17 years I have been driving. Oh please lord when I die take me back to the days of 80 mph and 3-4 mpg with straight pipes.

 

Does a warning at a canadian scale for not carrying 14 days back of logs make a problem

 

It is my understanding that if a driver gets caught in a roadside inspection, for say, a faulty equipment violation, the company's record is adversely affected as well. Therefore, the idea that companies can get away with not fixing their equipment is somewhat flawed. It would be in the companies best interest to keep drivers that are proactive in preventive maintainence. Firing the assets that help keep their rights to haul freight would quickly put themself out of business. Which is essentially what this new law is suppose to do. Good companies stay in business/Bad companies go out of business. Is this really so bad?

 

In theory and on paper, but that never works out in the real world. There are still far to little in the man power department of the DOT.

Mark

 

Heard on the cb that the AR DOT is going to have at least one of their scales open for 3 months straight starting 12am Jan 1. That's 24/7 for 90 days. This might be a trend.