CSA Driver Training

CSA Driver Training

Who is subject?

Carriers and their drivers are subject if the carrier: has a U.S. DOT Number; and operates commercial motor vehicles as defined in 49

CFR 390.5 in interstate commerce; or Transports placarded hazmat in intrastate commerce

Who is subject?

A commercial motor vehicle is defined in §390.5 as: having a gross vehicle weight rating or gross

combination weight rating of 10,001 pounds (4,537 kilograms) or more;

designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver; or

transporting hazardous materials in a type and quantity which require placarding

Who is subject?

Intrastate commerce carriers and drivers are not subject to CSA’s enforcement model unless hauling placarded hazmat

Intrastate commerce enforcement models are determined by the state

Safety Measurement System

Safety Measurement System (SMS) replaced SafeStat and its methodology

Information originates from the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) as it did under SafeStat


MCMIS: State and federal enforcement personnel

enter results of roadside inspections, crashes, and investigations

All violations appearing in the CSA severity tables and noted on a roadside inspection report are included in the CSA system

MCMIS contains Motor Carrier Census data appearing on the carrier’s MCS-150


SMS includes two systems: Carrier Safety Measurement System

(CSMS) scores the previous 24 months of carrier data in MCMIS

Driver Safety Measurement System (DSMS) scores the previous 36 months of driver data in MCMIS


Information on the driver’s MVR is not included

This is a completely different database and reporting system


CSMS: has both a public and private view categorizes violations and scores them using

a set of algorithms


DSMS: Employers and insurers do not have access —

only enforcement personnel, and only during the course of a carrier audit


Violations and crashes: remain in the DSMS even when the driver

switches employers are only removed from the driver’s record with

the passage of time


New employers do not inherit a driver’s safety history from another employer in the CSMS

Only those safety-related events occurring under their U.S. DOT number are calculated into the carrier’s CSMS scores

BASICs

Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs): replaced SafeStat’s Safety Evaluation Areas

(SEAs) categorize and weight violations by severity

and how old they are

BASICs

BASICs include: Unsafe Driving (Part 392, 397, and traffic

laws) Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance

(Parts 392 and 395) Driver Fitness (Parts 383 and 391) Controlled Substances/Alcohol

(Parts 382 and 392)

BASICs

BASICs include (continued): Vehicle Maintenance (Parts 393 and 396) Hazardous Materials (HM) Compliance

(HM regulations & Part 397) Crash Indicator (accidents appearing on the

accident register, §390.15)

CSA Scoring of Violations

Roadside inspection violations are placed into one of six BASICs

Each violation is given a severity weight: a point value of 1-10 based on relationship to

crash causation, and 2 additional points added if it resulted in an

out-of-service order (just for some BASICs, not all)


Severity weighting is capped at 30 for one single BASIC for one single roadside inspection

Multiple violations of the same regulation during a single roadside inspection are only counted as one violation, instead of being stacked (e.g., tire tread low on all tires)


Carriers: all inspections, violations, and crashes are “time-weighted” using the following weighting: 0 to 6 months = 3 7 to 12 months = 2 13-24 months = 1


Drivers: all inspections, violations, and crashes are “time-weighted” using the following weighting: 0 to 12 months = 3 13 to 24 months = 2 25-36 months = 1


Each BASIC is totaled The BASIC “measure” is determined by dividing

total of event scores by a “normalizing factor”


Normalizing factors for carriers include: Number of power units and vehicle

miles traveled: Unsafe Driving, and Crash BASICs

Total of all time-weighted relevant inspections: HOS Compliance, Driver Fitness, HM Compliance, Vehicle Maintenance, and Controlled Substances/Alcohol BASICs


Normalizing factors for drivers: Total of all time-weighted driver

inspections: HOS Compliance and Driver Fitness BASICs

Total of all time-weighted vehicle inspections: Vehicle Maintenance and HM Compliance BASICs

The Unsafe Driving, Drugs/Alcohol, and Crash BASICs do not have a normalizing factor


BASIC Score for carriers Carriers divided into Safety Event Groups

(peer groups) Percentile Ranking (0%-100%) assigned

inside each Safety Event Group Percentile Ranking is the “BASIC Score”

CSA Scoring for Violations

BASIC Score for drivers Drivers compared to driver peer groups

based on Normalizing Factor used earlier For Unsafe Driving, Drugs/Alcohol, and

Crash BASICs, they are compared against all drivers with at least one violation in that BASIC

Percentile Ranking assigned; this is the “BASIC Score”

CSA Scoring of Crashes

Severity weight for both CSMS and DSMS: Tow-away, but no injury or fatality: 1 Injury or fatality: 2 Hazmat release: Add 1 point to applicable

severity weight above


Time weight for crashes for CSMS: 0 to 6 months = 3 7 to 12 months = 2 13 -24 months = 1


Time weight for crashes for DSMS: 0 to 12 months = 3 13 to 24 months = 2 25 -36 months = 1


Carriers are normalized using Average Power Units and Vehicle Miles Traveled and compared against those with the same range of power units and assigned a percentile ranking

Drivers are ranked amongst all drivers that have had at least one crash and are assigned a percentile ranking

Challenging Inaccurate Data

Review the information within MCMIS that the FMCSA has on you: DSMS: Drivers must use the Freedom of

Information Act or purchase a Pre-employment Screening Program Report (BASIC Scoring not included in either)

CSMS: Motor carriers can use the public and private views online

Challenging Inaccurate Data

Challenges to MCMIS data can be done through FMCSA’s DataQs portal at: https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/login.asp

FMCSA acts as mediator with state, but the state’s final determination stands

https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/login.asp

Interventions

Based on a carrier’s BASIC Scores, it may become a candidate for an intervention

Thresholds vary depending on type of carrier and the BASIC

Interventions

Interventions include: Warning letter Targeted roadside enforcement (ISS) Focused off-site investigation Focused on-site investigation Comprehensive review (compliance review) Cooperative (corrective) safety plan Notice of Violation Notice of Claim/Consent Agreement

Interventions

Any intervention may be used at any time for carriers

Not necessarily used “in order”

Interventions

Drivers are currently only subject to a Notice of Violation and Notice of Claim issued in conjunction with an investigation of a current or former employer

Documents

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