CSA may save your future/job.

http://csa2010.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/JustTheFacts.pdf

Granted, companies will be using the CSA "scores" to weed out poor drivers, but CSA isn't introducing any new laws or rules. It's just a more comprehensive way to measure the drivers and companies for what is already in place.

I see this as a good thing. Get all those idiots off my roads and create a higher demand for good drivers. If 175,000 drivers will loose their jobs after November, they shouldn't have had it in the first place. They're a hazard and are the number one reason our industry has a 120% turnover rate.

ps. I actually hope that 175,000# is under estimated.

 

totally agree with the forcement of the LO and OO. Actually I expect the companies to push for LO then right b4 CSA rolls out they will require them to get their own authority. That will get them away from the CSA2010. Of course that will put them from running trucks to brokering freight but their liability reduction will be worth it.

CSA2010 will come out this year and really is just now getting started. The Pre employment database is in operation. You can get your CSA2010 score now, by december it will be in full swing. Warning letters to carriers are due to roll out in September.

 

In my opinion, Removing bad drivers off the road is a VERY GOOD thing.
They have,I believe, taught companies what they can and cannot ask a driver to do.

Now it's time for bad drivers to be taught what they cannot do without being penalized.

In the past 2 weeks , I've seen more truck driving aggressively than 4-wheelers. It has to change and it has to change soon or we are going to see a lot more accident from trucks and get everybody penalized for those few bad drivers.

Safety starts with your own choices and as with all the decisions we make in life, we better be prepared with the consequences.

My choice is to always put safety and laws first, So I am not concerned with it as long as it doesn't affect me in the choice I personally make.

It is sad to see this has to be regulated into stricter laws and that drivers are complaining about changes that will ensure their safety.

America's freedom will be lost because of the few that keep making bad decisions.

 

We run legal all the time but I'll be curious to see how some maintenance issues are addressed once drivers start refusing to run equipment that could cost them points. From what I can see, the health issues could be interesting here with a lot of the older drivers that are in less than stellar shape..

 

How is this going to affect us local tri-axle drivers? Do you guys think these companys will be under the same scrutiny that the OTR companies will be under?

 

Logan, CSA2010 will affect ALL COMMERCIAL DRIVER, as I understand it.
That means you who drive tri-axle dumps, and I who drive single axle flat bed boom trucks to deliver building supplies. As well as any body above and below us.

 

I'm hoping it will make drivers with a good safesat a valuable commodity....more money. :smt023