FMCSA ANNOUNCES CDL DRIVER FACT SHEET
Posted on Fri, Jan 29, 2010
The FMCSA's website on CSA 2010 has just announced a new Driver Fact Sheet designed to inform CMV drivers about what CSA 2010 means to them.
Early in December 2009, the FMCSA put on 2 listening sessions on their upcoming program, CSA 2010. A total of 1,150 questions were submitted. The following question represents one of the most frequently asked questions regarding CSA 2010:
Will CSA 2010 assign safety ratings to individual commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers? I heard that CSA 2010 is designed to rate CMV drivers and to put many of them out of work this summer.
No. Under CSA 2010, individual CMV drivers will not be assigned safety ratings or safety fitness determinations. Consistent with the current safety rating regulations (49 CFR part 385), individual drivers will continue to be rated, as they are today, following an onsite investigation at their place of business when they operate independently as a "motor carrier" (i.e. have their own USDOT number, operating authority, and insurance). CSA 2010 will provide enhanced tools for Safety Investigators to identify and address drivers with poor safety records as part of motor carrier investigations in order to increase driver accountability for safe driving behavior. CSA 2010 is designed to meet one overriding objective: to increase safety on the Nation's roads. Therefore, it is, by design, a positive program for drivers and carriers with strong safety performance records. Also, it will send a strong message that drivers and carriers with poor safety performance histories need to improve.
Stay tuned for more questions and answers from the FMCSA's CSA 2010 website over the coming weeks!