CSA 2010: What Drivers Need to Know

Select a Topic 3 Key Points to Remember Same Feel But Different Outcome How it Worked Before Violations That Count: Old Vs. New New Safety Measurement System SMS BASICs History Will Follow You Driver Safety Measurement System (DSMS) How Does This Impact Me? Other Driver Data to Be Public Very Soon Changes to Safety Rating Process Behavior Today = Score Tomorrow BASIC – Unsafe Driving BASIC – Fatigued Driving BASIC – Driver Fitness BASIC – Controlled Substances & Alcohol BASIC – Controlled Substances & Alcohol BASIC – Vehicle Maintenance BASIC –Improper Loading/Cargo Securement Fatigued Driving Evaluation Checklist

3 Key Points to Remember

• The FMCSA is changing the way it does business and it will affect YOU
• Drivers will be scored, tracked, and penalized just like motor carriers
• Everything counts now, not just out-of-service violations (OOS), crashes, and in some cases, moving violations

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Same Feel But Different Outcome

• You will still go through scales, but now overweight tickets will count
• You will still apply to drive for a motor carrier, but now your roadside data will follow you and be publicly available
• Roadside enforcement will still be able to put you out of service, but the FMCSA will more easily get into your wallet

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How it Worked Before

• Roadside performance drove the data for Safestat
• Based on Out-of-Service (OOS) violations as a percent or in relation to all inspections
• Performance was based on the past 30 months of:
  • Crashes
  • OOS violations
  • In some cases, Moving Violations
• Under SafeStat drivers could be "nicked" by roadside enforcement but were functionally shielded from FMCSA direct intervention
• Under SafeStat motor carriers took the brunt of FMCSA enforcement action for bad performance
  • Generally in the form of Compliance Reviews, which could result in fines and change in the Safety Fitness Determination (Safety Rating)

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Violations That Count: Old Vs. New

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New Safety Measurement System

CSA 2010

Introduces a new safety measurement system (SMS) that...

• Uses Crash records and ALL roadside inspection safety-based violations to determine carrier/driver safety
• Weights time and serverity of violations based on relationship to crash risk
• Triggers the intervention process (eventually will feed the proposed Safety Fitness Determination)
• Calculates safety performance based on 7 Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Caterories (BASICs)

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SMS BASICs

SMS BASICs focus on behaviors linked to crash risk

1. Unsafe Driving (Parts 392 & 397)
2. Fatigued Driving (Hours-of-Service)
   (Parts 392 & 395)
3. Driver Fitness (Parts 383 & 391)
4. Controlled Substances/Alcohol (Parts 382 & 392)
5. Vehicle Maintenance (Parts 393 & 396)
6. Cargo Related (Parts 392, 393, 397 & HM)
7. Crash Indicator

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History Will Follow You

All of the captured data will be tracked and assigned to two broad databases:

• Carrier Safety Measurement System (CSMS)
  • Will Include 24 months of carrier on road safety performance
• Driver Safety Measurement System (DSMS)
  • Will include 36 months of driver on road performance
  • Will follow you even if you move to another motor carrier

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Driver Safety Measurement System (DSMS)

DSMS quantifies commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver performance in terms of BASICs, using available roadside performance date

• Allows Safety Investigators (SI) and law enforcement to see an individual CMV driver's safety record across employers
• Allows SIs to examine drivers who have been cited for severe driver violations, in conjunction with carrier interventions

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How Does This Impact Me?

• State sanctions will remain largely the same:
  • Citations, fines, be put out of service, suspend or revoke your license, and prosecute for criminal violations
• FMCSA will apply to specific drivers the tools they are already using for motor carriers, including:
  • Written warnings
  • Additional reporting requirements
  • Fines

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Other Driver Data to Be Public Very Soon

Carriers will have access to other driver data for employment decisions within just a few months

• FMSCA's Driver Information Resource (DIR) attributes roadside inspection and crash data to individual CMV drivers
• "Driver Profiles" from DIR that contain inspection and crash histories for individual drivers will be made available through FMCSA's Commercial Driver Pre-employment Screeing Program (PSP) later in 2009; drivers would authorize release of profiles

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Changes to Safety Rating Process

The FMCSA intends to propose a rule that would change the safety rating process (Safety Fitness Determination)

Proposed change would:

• Incorporate on-road safety performance via new SMS on a monthly basis
• Continue to include major safety violations found as part of CSA 2010 Investigations
• Produce a Safety Fitness Determination of
  • Unfit or
  • Marginal or
  • Continue Operation

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Behavior Today = Score Tomorrow

• On-road driver behavior will not be filtered or masked, but have a real-time impact on motor carriers
• Negative safety ratings would directly impact drivers
  • Available loads for drivers
  • Future employability
• And Carriers
  • Customer willingness to do business with motor carrier
  • Cost of insurance
  • Even put the company out of business

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BASIC – Unsafe Driving

Most Common Violations

• Follow too closely
• Speed
• Disobey sign/traffic control device
• Unsafe lane usage
• Mandatory citation for
  • Seatbelt
  • Reckless driving
  • Rada detector
  • Driving CMV while OOS

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BASIC – Fatigued Driving

Most Common Violations

• Mandatory citations
  • 10/11 hour rule
  • 15/14 hour rule
  • 60/70 hour rule
  • Record of Duty Status (logbook) not current
  • No logbook
  • False logbook
  • Enforcement saturation details

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BASIC – Driver Fitness

Most Common Violations

• Mandatory citations
  • Wrong class CDL
  • Violation of endorsement
  • Violation of restriction
  • Operate while disqualified
  • No medical examiner certificate
  • No medical waiter (when required)

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BASIC – Controlled Substances & Alcohol

Most Common Violations

• Mandatory citations
  • Use of possess drugs/alcohol
  • Detectable presence of alcohol
  • DWI

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BASIC – Vehicle Maintenance

• Mandatory citations
  • Multiple brakes out of adjustment
  • Multiple OOS defects
  • No/expired annual inspection
  • Operate OOS vehicle

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BASIC – Improper Loading/Cargo Securement

Most Common Violations

• Uniform application of load securement requirements
  • Proper tiedowns
  • Proper securement methods
  • Special provisons
    • Automobiles
    • Paper rolls
    • Metal coils, etc.

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Fatigued Driving Evaluation Checklist

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