FMCSA 2010 - The Basics

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Federal Motor-Carrier COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS

This system was implemented in 2010 across all 50 States.  The program was created to replace the old Carrier Safety Measurement System.  The main objective is to allow the Federal Department of Transportation to intervene earlier, with more carriers, to better prevent unsafe driving behaviors and practices.  The goal is to lower the amount of truck and bus accidents across the Nation. 

The Main Principles:

  1.  A More Comprehensive Safety Measurement System
  2. A Broader Array of Progressive Interventions, i.e. Nationwide Warning Letters
  3. New Safety Fitness Determination Methodology

What Data is Included?

  1. Violations Found During Roadside Inspections by State D.O.T.
  2. Traffic Enforcement (Citations by non-DOT officers)
  3. Other Types of Intervention - On site inspection, random inspections
  4. All Safety-based inspection violations are now included - old system only counted out-of-service violations.

The B.A.S.I.C.'s
Behavioral Analysis Safety Improvement Categories
(What the FED's Are Looking At)

  1. Unsafe Driving (accidents)
  2. Fatigued Driving (logbook viols)
  3. Driver Fitness (Med Card certification)
  4. Controlled Substances and Alcohol
  5. Vehicle Maintenance
  6. Cargo Related (type of cargo)
  7. Crash History (how the company performed in the past)
This New system includes 7 categories, were the old system only had 4 categories.

Disputing FMCSA 2010 Violations

Under the Federal Regulations, Texas DOT has 15 days to report ALL found violations to the FMCSA system.  This includes warnings and citations!

To dispute these citations and warnings an appeal must be filed within the DAQ's System.  This is the system created by the Federal Department of Transportation for appealing said offenses.  With that said the the odds of a successful appeal are stacked against the driver and company.  But it CAN be done! 
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