ATRI just released a survey on the potential impacts of FMCSA’s changes to the 34-hour restart rule and is asking commercial drivers to participate by providing their input. The confidential survey is available online here.
Under the new Hours-of-Service rules that are scheduled to take effect this July, changes to the 34-hour restart will include: 1) a requirement that a restart include two periods between 1 a.m. – 5 a.m., and 2) a limitation of one restart per 7-day time period.
This survey is part of a larger ATRI study quantifying real-world operational impacts on the trucking industry that may result from these revisions. ATRI’s full HOS study is expected to be released in early 2013.
If you have questions about the FMCSA’s 34-hour restart provision, you can go here to view FMCSA’s question and answer section regarding the ruling.
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As we approach the end of the 2012 calendar year, naturally, our attention turns to the normal December activities. Holiday planning, ho-ho-ho’ing, family and friend get-together’ing, ugly sweatering, caroling, egg nogging, Fiscal Cliff’ing and, of course, CSA’ing. Who among us doesn’t enjoy tracking a few “end of the year” changes to our two-year old safety program?
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) revealed CSA as the #1 critical issue facing the North American trucking industry in its annual survey of more than 4,000 trucking industry executives. Obviously, CSA has our industry’s attention…as do the most recent changes announced last week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). From a big-picture standpoint, collectively, we agree it’s a good thing CSA continues to evolve. As our industry continues to openly share thoughts, experiences and recommendations about the safety program, the evolution of CSA slowly moves toward becoming more equitable and fair product and measurement system for the majority of the nation’s carrier participants. We hope it gets better and better over time.
Last week’s news is the FMCSA has implemented a number of changes to the CSA Safety Management System under which carriers are evaluated and prioritized for regulatory enforcement. The SMS changes are intended to provide the FMCSA more precise information to assess a company’s on-the-road safety performance. The revisions, which go into effect immediately, include:
- Changing the Cargo-Related BASIC (Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category) to the Hazardous Materials (HM) Compliance BASIC to better identify HM-related safety and compliance problems. Motor carriers and law enforcement can view this new BASIC score effective immediately, but the scores will not be made public for the foreseeable future.
- Revising the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC by including cargo and load securement violations that were previously in the Cargo-Related BASIC.
- Counting intermodal equipment violations found during drivers’ pre-trip inspections.
- Aligning speeding violations to be consistent with current speedometer regulations that require speedometers to be accurate within 5 mph. The change applies to the prior 24 months of data used by the SMS and all SMS data moving forward.
- Changing the name of the Fatigued Driving BASIC to the Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance BASIC to more accurately reflect violations contained within the BASIC.
- Aligning the severity weight of paper and electronic logbook violations equally on the SMS for consistency purposes.
Motor carriers are encouraged to check their safety data at http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/sms/ to see how the SMS changes may have affected their SMS results. The FMCSA has also published a factsheet on the SMS revisions at the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) web site at http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/
Happy holidays…happy egg noggin…happy fiscal cliff results…and a sincere Happy New Year!!
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ATRI just released a survey on the potential impacts of FMCSA’s changes to the 34-hour restart rule and is asking motor carriers to participate by providing their input. The confidential survey is available online here.
Under the new Hours-of-Service rules that are scheduled to take effect next year, changes to the 34-hour restart will include: 1) a requirement that a restart include two periods between 1 a.m. – 5 a.m., and 2) a limitation of one restart per 7-day time period.
This survey is part of a larger ATRI study quantifying real-world operational impacts on the trucking industry that may result from these revisions. The aggregated results of this survey will be available later this year and ATRI’s full HOS study will be released in early 2013.
If you have questions about the FMCSA’s 34-hour restart provision, you can go here to view FMCSA’s question and answer section regarding the ruling.
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) revealed its list of the top ten critical issues facing the North American trucking industry in its annual survey of more than 4,000 trucking industry executives.
- CSA: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) tops the list for the first time with its two-year old safety program. Click here to see FMCSA's response to the report.
- Hours of Service: Ongoing concerns with recent as well as potential changes in the federal hours-of-service regulation caused that issue to remain in the number two position for the second consecutive year. Many in the industry are concerned over how changes to the 34-hour restart provision, the addition of a mandatory rest break after 8 hours of driving, and threats to reduce total drive time will impact industry operations.
- Economy: Last year’s top industry issue, the economy, fell two spots this year to third place. That issue topped the list for a record three consecutive years and remains a source of concern for many in the industry.
- Driver Shortage: Worry over the increasing driver shortage put that issue at number four. Economic recovery, CSA and HOS changes may be contributing factors to a shrinking pool of qualified drivers according to some in the industry.
The complete top 10 list includes the economy, HOS, the driver shortage, CSA, fuel prices, congestion, infrastructure funding, tort reform, onboard truck technology and truck size and weight.
"ATRI's annual survey of critical industry issues gives ATA, and all trucking stakeholders, a clearer understanding of the challenges our industry faces," said ATA chairman Dan England, Chairman of the Board, C.R. England, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT.
"As we all know, the trucking industry operates in a complex and evolving environment and we must constantly work to understand how economic and regulatory changes will impact the industry,” ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said. “By improving our understanding of the issues, we can be better stewards of the important job our industry is tasked with. ATRI’s work once again gives ATA the information we need to effectively represent the industry.”
ATRI’s annual survey has been conducted since 2005 and is commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA).
A copy of the survey results is available from ATRI here: Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry 2012.
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Continuing an annual process that began in 2005, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is conducting the 2012 Top Industry Issues Survey to identify the critical issues confronting the industry and to develop strategies for addressing these issues now and in the future.
This year, the survey has been streamlined to allow the industry to give feedback more quickly, while also providing a broader range of issues to consider. Some of these issues include CSA, Hours-of-Service, the driver shortage, onboard recorder technology, the economy, transportation funding, congestion, truck size and weight, and fuel issues.
Industry stakeholders are encouraged to complete the survey online. Alternately, a paper copy is available on ATRI’s website at www.atri-online.org.
The results of the 2012 survey will be released at the ATA Annual Management Conference and Exhibition, to be held Oct. 7-10, 2012 in Las Vegas.
To view the Top Industry Issues Survey results from previous years, click here.
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For the second consecutive year, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is seeking carrier input on CSA, and its impact on their operations.
The brief, confidential online survey asks carriers for information on how their perceptions of CSA have changed or been affected as CSA continues its second full year of measuring motor carrier and CDL driver safety performance. The survey also seeks to capture attitudes toward the program and general understanding of its key components.
Results of the survey - which will be available later this year - will be compared and contrasted with last year’s results, and will be accompanied by findings from ATRI’s surveys of other stakeholder groups impacted by CSA, including CDL drivers, shippers, and the enforcement community.
ATRI is the trucking industry’s 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization. It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation’s essential role in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.
Driving Ambition is a premier CDL truck driver staffing company serving Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Since 2001, we have specialized in matching safe, experienced CDL drivers for our customers and great job opportunities for our professional truck drivers.
Our commitment to safety and building solid working relationships with both customers and CDL drivers has allowed us to earn an unparalleled reputation with our Proven Drivers and Exceptional Service.