So what happens when a companys CSA scores get too high?

I was poking around on the CSA site looking at some companies that I was curious about their rating and saw one with a 72% score for unsafe driving, 85% for HOS, 57% for driver fitness and 40% for vehicle maintenance... at what point do the Feds step in and what do they do?


That's looking like a pretty crappy score to me.

 

I'm not even sure whether those points are measured in percentages or in plain old points. But, basically the same things will happen as what happened under SEA-Scores. A certain threshold will target the carrier for "intervention." That means an on-site inspection to begin with. If too many violations are discovered or if the carrier is a repeat offender with no intention of straightening things out, the carrier will be shut down.

Drivers were being "tracked" but not being specifically targeted. Now that CSA has been in effect, the US guv'mint is getting ready to take the next step: pull CDLs from those deemed by the guv'mint to be the"worst." Whatever that means.

 

They send you a nice little letter, informing you that things need to improve, or

else !

So far, they gave sent out tens of thousands of letters.

 

http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/whats_new.aspx

 

According to the FMCSA website, just the warning letters seem to be working.

I guess it is just human nature to straighten up and do right when you know someone is watching.

 

There are reports that O's crowd is looking to add driver ratings in the new version of the Surface Transportation act. Since this is already available to LEO for roadside inspections; it wouldn't be too hard to add it to the SMS public web site...Double Clutch That!

 

Yes,

won't be long and everything will be public information !!

 

You have to remember also that these are percentile scores.
So just because the percentile score is high, the company is not necessarily bad.
30% of the industry is considered to be in the warning area at all times. No matter how good we all get.
The industry could clean itself up totally. Go 2 full years with 0 log violations, and 30% of the carriers would still be in the warning area. This is hypothetical of course, since nobody can be perfect all the time.

 

JBS got the choice of hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines or fleet wide EOBR's after the on site review following a fatality accident.

Letter's and responses(what we received) about bringing our number down.

In addition brokers and shippers are now monitoring SMS scores and avoiding carriers deficient in BASICS.

 

Or the opposite. We could have a race to the bottom and 70% would still be OK