CSA (Compliance, Safety and Accountability)
The FMCSA imposed new regulations in December 2010 and ongoing. These have had a significant impact on the industry. CSA was a major FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) initiative to improve the effectiveness of compliance and enforcement programs. The ultimate goal was to achieve a greater reduction in large truck and bus crashes, minimizing the potential for fatalities, injuries and property damage. Through CSA, a measurement system was created to monitor and measure carriers, as well as individual drivers.
CSA is a new, efficient way to carry out compliance and enforcement programs with its purpose being a comprehensive measurement system, a safety fitness model that is based on performance data and also includes a broader array of innovative initiatives.
BASICS (Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories)
The BASICS are the foundation to the regulations and consist of seven categories of data available through the SMS (Safety Measurement System). These behavior categories review data that can lead to crashes and is integral to the measurement system. Each is summarized below:
All violations weighed differently based on a point system under the SMS (Safety Management System). The data is collected from on-road safety performance activities that include roadside, weight station, traffic enforcement and crashes.
CSA Includes both Motor Carrier and Driver Safety Performance
This is the major change from Safestat. FMCSA designed two safety measurement systems – one for the carrier and one for the driver. The carrier data is compiled and analyzed over 24 months, but the driver data is compiled and analyzed over 36 months.
Motor Carrier Compliance Review (CR) vs CSA Intervention
Under Safestat these were referred to as compliance audits. The process was very defined and specific. CSA Interventions are now much different in the following ways:
Summary
Compliance is becoming more defined and adaptable to reach more carriers and drivers, and focused on both compliance and safety. Both the Motor Carrier and the driver must maintain an active role in the process, as both are measured collectively and individually. History of the violations is tracked and both the Motor Carrier and the drivers are monitored closely under the FMCSA Scope.
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