Husband and I have noted the importance of reviewing the CSA's of trucking companies as he narrows down his company preferences. So we head over to the online safety measurement site, and are comparing carriers. http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Data/carrier.aspx?enc=m7kMnBcoEvj4mKzOC/UINA== It seems to me we should be looking at all the results as a whole, is that correct? For those of you that are used to looking at these reports, is there one area we should focus in on as we look at one carrier to the next? much thanks (again!)
If he's going to be a company driver I'd be looking at the maintenance part. That would indicate how well they maintain their equipment.
I agree with Sublime...maintenance, first and foremost. Then you want to look at their HOS compliance. Click and look at where most of those violations are. If you see a lot of issues r/t over hours, and then look at the Safety category and see where the drivers are speeding, this may translate into a company that is NOT safety minded. They may be pushing their drivers and that is a company you want to avoid.
Maverick doesn't look too bad. That unsafe driving seems worse than it is -- most of the points came from speeding 6-10 over and most of those tickets came from IN. So they were probably going 62-65 in a 65-70zone where the truck speed limit is 55 but where you'll never see any truck driving 55...
thanks double yellow, I'll remember that when looking at those violations. It makes sense to consider the "whole" picture rather than just a straight number Indeed they are, Chinatown.. off to peak around some more
you want to look at the score in a whole since. maitenance can be an issue. 9 times out of 10. d.o.t stop trucks over a high hos score. that is where they make the most money. so if the h.o.s score is low. or you see in the trucking company website were the are using e-logs. then the trucking company has either taken action to end the hos tickets. or the fmcsa has stepped in an told them either go to e-logs. or go out of business. once the d.o.t / cop sees the electronic drivers logs in use sticker on the side of the truck. they tend to leave those trucks alone. the only time you see an e-log truck stopped is either the driver was doing something wrong. a light was burnt out. or the cop is play catch up on inspections. before the cops bosses yell at him. to give you some idea on what a good csa score looks like. here's a company I have been looking at... http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Data/carrier.aspx?enc=uM7/Tjb0WAXfUgy73hCLUA==
