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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJune 7, 2024

Safety Fitness Determination Changes: FMCSA to Hold Listening Sessions

Should the way motor carrier safety fitness determinations are made be updated? The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is continuing to gather input on ideas for improvement.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 25, 2023

FMCSA Looking to Change How it Determines Motor Carrier Safety Fitness

More than a decade after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented its CSA program to use data to identify potentially unsafe motor carriers, it's again looking at ways to use that data to determine if carriers are fit to operate.

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Newsby StaffApril 12, 2023

FMCSA Wants to Broaden Crash Preventability Determination Program

Proposed changes would bring the number of types of crashes eligible for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Crash Preventability Determination Program from 16 to 21.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeMarch 17, 2023

CSA, IRT, and a Culture of Safety [Commentary]

HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge asks: How do you measure safety? It’s a question the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has struggled with for more than a decade. 

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PodcastsMarch 1, 2023

How FMCSA Scores Carrier Safety is Changing [Podcast]

The FMCSA has proposed some significant changes to its Safety Measurement System, which is how it prioritizes motor carriers for enforcement. What will those changes mean to trucking companies?

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Videosby Deborah LockridgeMarch 1, 2023

How FMCSA Scores Carrier Safety is Changing [Video]

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed some significant changes to its Safety Measurement System, which is how it prioritizes motor carriers for enforcement. What will those potential changes mean to trucking companies?

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 14, 2023

FMCSA Nixes IRT in Proposed Changes in Identifying Unsafe Motor Carriers

Why did the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reject National Academy of Science recommendations in its proposal to change the data at the heart of its CSA program?

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NewsJanuary 12, 2018

FMCSA Updates SMS Website with December Results

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has updated its CSA Safety Measurement System website with the Dec. 29, 2017 crash preventability results.

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NewsDecember 8, 2017

FMCSA Updates SMS Website with November Results

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has updated the CSA SMS website with the Nov. 17, 2017, results.

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Newsby David CullenOctober 8, 2015

FMCSA Defends Crash Data as ‘Clearly Sufficient’

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released a report on Oct 8 that finds that “the amount of data used in the agency’s Safety Measurement System (SMS) is clearly sufficient to allow FMCSA to identify high-risk truck and bus companies.”

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