CSA question

Good question. I'm a little confused right now. OOIDA told me drivers did not have a CSA score only carriers. I would assume that there is another system they can view the drivers data in that isn't public. if I remember right you can pull your own PSP or DAC for like $8 or so. I'm sure carriers have a subscription to view that for new applicants that would be my though anyway.

 

Seems sort of goofy doesn't it? So am I to understand that a carrier can know their score is crap, and that they obviously have a bunch of problem drivers causing them concerns, but they can not know who the problem drivers are? I guess that's why carriers want applicants to show up with their own CSA score printout.

But anytime a driver get's an inspection (good, bad, or otherwise), is there a way the driver can ignore it and not submit it to the carrier? And is the occurrence of an onsite DOT/CMV inspection of by the state in question going to be the only way such an event can be discovered? (driver not submitting inspection report)

 

A carrier can't pull a PSP on a current driver, only prospective drivers. If they already work for you(a few years) you can add up their score yourself.(or if you pull a PSP on a new hire) Or you can ask them to pull one.

 

You can.pull your own DAC once a year for free. It falls under the ftc rules for fair credit reporting. Just loke you can.pull your credit report.from the big three once a year for free.

Your carroer has to sign and return a copy of an inspection. So your current carrier knows your score because yhey have seen your inspections. I'm not sure how a new employer does it.

 

I know the driver is SUPPOSED to turn in all inspection reports so the carrier can sign off on them and send them back to the state in question. But my question is what happens if a driver gets a bad inspection that would reflect poorly on him/her (and the carrier) AND DOES NOT SUBMIT IT to the carrier so as to keep the carrier in the dark as to his/her score? How can these inspections be insured that the carrier is getting them? Because the way it seems to be set up, the driver may be better off to "lose" the inspection report and forget to log the inspection if it doesn't bode well for him/her. Yes, the driver's score will be affected and the carriers score will be affected but if the 2 are insulated from each other, it would seem the carrier would need to request ALL drivers get a current score yearly and submit to the carrier's safety department to insure against this possibility.

 

If the carrier doesn't sign and send it back they will contact the carrier.(most states)

And most carriers will monitor their inspections through safer.

 

Until the state calls the company asking why they have not.returnes the imspection. The company has 15 days to return it. I'm looking at my last one right now.

 

I guess that would make sense if the states have a computer system in place to monitor for this non-activity.

 

the CSA points a driver get at 1 co. stay with co. after he or she is fired. the vol. still show on drivers PCP