how C.S.A. points can cost money

https://www.bostonglobe.com/busines...ing-for-now/SoYkZjyLytucaxHAFwOHHJ/story.html

 

I would bet this company already knows who their good operators are. And who the dead beats are. Why put out a long winded memo like that lumping everyone into the dead beat category?

 

They do bus inspections at the destination. Learned this a couple weeks ago coming out of a hotel and seeing a bus getting an inspection. Talked to the driver and said his company and all that he worked for gets inspected on regular basis.

 

If they company is having CSA issues it's because they have a higher rate of violations than other companies in their peer group. This can be because of a couple drivers getting big hits or a lot of drivers just being stupid.

When people talk about it being about money they are talking about the DOT. Sadly, they are ignorant of the fact that the DOT doesn't get a penny for writing a warning and since CSA has come out they have written less tickets. So revenue is down.

Before the CSA system was launched there was a very good report by AIG that inspected logs of 1000 drivers from 200 companies. Only requirement for getting picked was that the driver need to have 2 continues year driving and over 100,000 miles a year over the past 2 years.

The study was to review the losses of each driver and compare them to log violations.

From this an interesting trend was spotted. Drivers with the highest level of what we now call Form and Manor violations (I forget what they called them) had the highest accident loss levels.

An occupational psychologist explained that people that don't pay attention to minor details are far more likely to ignore major details and get in more work place accidents.

While a tail light during the day may not have any impact in the moment on safety. It shouldn't be hard for any of us that have driven a truck to see how someone that can't be bothered to conduct and pre and post trip so that they catch these items isn't going to see a bad tire, look at breaks, check an air system.

And because the way the CSA system works, a light that goes out while driving that you get caught for isn't going to have an impact on your ranking if you are doing what is required of you to be a professional driver.

No one is perfect. But the system is designed to allow for mistakes and punish those that are lazy or don't care.

 

Thank you Bill. You just clearly stated what I've been trying to unsuccessfully communicate for years.

 

I don't see an issue with this company's stance. Its their authority that's getting hit. I worked percentage for a company that had the safety rating tank. I'm guessing it cost me personally an average of $200 a week. 90% of the issue was some drivers just plain not doing their job and getting popped for it.