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Compliance, Safety, Accountability , (CSA) and Drivers

Compliance, Safety, Accountability , (CSA) and Drivers. Spring 2014. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Agenda. Who Is FMCSA? What Is CSA? CSA and Your Company CSA and Your Safety Record.

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Compliance, Safety, Accountability , (CSA) and Drivers

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  1. Compliance, Safety, Accountability, (CSA) and Drivers Spring 2014 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

  2. Agenda • Who Is FMCSA? • What Is CSA? • CSA and Your Company • CSA and Your Safety Record

  3. Over 1,000 Federal employees and 12,000 State Partners across the Nation committed to our safety mission‒preventing crashes, injuries, and fatalities related to large trucks and buses on our highways Who Is FMCSA?

  4. Truck and Bus Companies with Recent Activity*: • Approximately: 530,000 • CMV Drivers Operating in the U.S.*: • Approximately: 5,700,000 *FMCSA’s CMV Facts ‒ March 2013, counts from 2012: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/facts-research/CMV-Facts.pdf Industry Scope

  5. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA)data-driven safety compliance and enforcement program Designed to improve safety and prevent commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes, fatalities, and injuries Helps carriers and drivers improve safety compliance, so everyone gets home safely What Is Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)?

  6. CSA and Your Company

  7. Raising Your Company’s Safety Standard CSA’s Three Elements The Safety Measurement System (SMS) • Improves how FMCSA prioritizes carriers for intervention • Includes more safety data; all safety-based violations found during roadside inspections • Organizes safety behaviors into seven categories: Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) Interventions Process • Creates new, more efficient ways for FMCSA to interact with carriers and help bring them into compliance, e.g., warning letters and Focused Investigations • Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) • Current safety rating is coupled with an investigation • New SFD (via rulemaking) would incorporate roadside inspection data

  8. The Safety Measurement System (SMS) • Helps FMCSA prioritize carriers for interventions • SMS results are updated once per month based on the prior 24 months • Violation and crash information are weighted based on their severity and when these events occurred • Motor carriers DO NOT inherit past violations of newly hired drivers • You can view carrier SMS results on FMCSA’s public website http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/sms

  9. The SMS (cont.) Learn the BASICs The SMS organizes carrier roadside inspection, crash, and investigation information into seven BASICs Your safety performance affects your company’s SMS results‒and your PSP record The BASICs are a good way to remember many of the safety rules you must follow Not Public Not Public

  10. Sample CarrierSMS Results

  11. CSA and Your Safety Record

  12. Your safety performance keeps everyone safe on the road–including you • Your performance is part of your company’s record, so your safety record means a lot • It’s up to you to ensure your safety record is accurate • You have two different records: • State Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) • Federal Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) record Why Your Safety Record Matters

  13. A Closer Look at Your Safety Information • State Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) • Same system as before, not impacted by CSA • Includes State conviction information • States (not the Federal government) may suspend a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) based on conviction information accumulated on your MVR • Employers are required by Federal regulations to check your MVR annually (49 CFR 391.25) • To obtain this record, contact the State Department of Motor Vehicles that issued your CDL

  14. A Closer Look at Your Safety Information (cont.) 2. Federal Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) Record • Screening tool that allows carriers and drivers to purchase a Federal inspection and crash history record, which includes: • Five years of reportable crashes • Three years of inspections – violations recorded on inspections and clean inspections • No Federal or State “score,” rating, or assessment associated with PSP • PSP does not directly impact your CDL • Carrier access to your record requires your consent • Obtain your record for a $10 fee at www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov or for free via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request

  15. Ensure the Accuracy of Your Safety Information • State Information (citation/tickets) State Court • If you are aware of an error, contest citation information in State court; otherwise information goes on your MVR, possibly impacting your CDL • Federal Information (recorded violations) DataQs • Request a review of Federal information on your PSP via DataQs • Visit FMCSA’s DataQsWebsite: https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/(register for free) • File a Request for Data Review (RDR) on an inspection and/or reportable crash • Provide supporting documentation when filing an RDR • RDRs are reviewed by the State where the inspection/crash occurred If you receive a Federal violation and a State citation/ticket for the same infraction: • Handle them separately using the methods listed above

  16. Proposed Adjudicated Citations Policy • Improves the quality and uniformity of violation informationin FMCSAsystems (e.g., MCMIS) • Allows FMCSA to upload the results of State citations associated with violations that the court has adjudicated • Establishes specific procedures for processing RDRs for adjudicated citations • FMCSA invited industry and the public to provide feedback on proposed policy (Federal Register Notice, December 2, 2013)

  17. Proposed Adjudicated Citations Policy (cont.) Process Highlights • Carriers and drivers will be able to submit RDRs along with court documentation via DataQs • States will be able to upload the citation result for a violation to FMCSA’s system • FMCSA will store and acknowledge that result for a violation

  18. Non-Government − Driver Safety Information • Third Parties and Carriers Evaluating Drivers • Carriers and independent third parties combine PSP and other driver information, and call it “CSA score” or “CSA driver scorecard” • This “score” or evaluation is NOT issued by the Federal or State government • There is no universal evaluation method • Ask your carrier how you are being evaluated

  19. Get Road Smart • Follow the safety rules and requirements • Understand the BASICs • Your safety performance affects your company’s SMS results‒and your PSP record • Understand your safety information and why it matters • Know your State and Federal safety records • Learn how to check and update your records • Question potentially incorrect information through DataQshttps://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov

  20. Get Road Smart (cont.) • Stay connected • Sign up for important updates via the CSA Website http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/subscription.aspx • Contact FMCSA if you have questions or feedbackat 877-254-5365 or http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/CSA_Feedback.aspx • Find the phone number for your local FMCSA office http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/contact/offices/displayfieldroster.aspx • Visit us online to Get Road Smart about CSA http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/getroadsmart

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