| SafeStat, short for Motor Carrier
Safety Status Measurement System, is the present automated data-driven
system that calculates the safety fitness on motor carriers. |
| CSA 2010 will replace SafeStat with a
new Safety Measurement System (SMS), that will attempt to measure the
previous two years of roadside violations and crash data. Both the
driver and carrier safety performances are set to be monitored under
this program. |
| The following is an excerpt from the
DOT website that defines their mission statement. |
| "Comprehensive
Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) initiative designed to provide motor
carriers and drivers with attention from FMCSA and state
partners about their potential safety problems with an ultimate
goal of achieving a greater reduction in large truck and bus
crashes, injuries, and fatalities." |
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It has been reported that approximately one hundred
fatalities occur each day in America's Interstate and Highway system. How
more or new and improved bureaucracy and regulations will reduce this
number is simply ludicrous. The transportation industry is over regulated
and in dire straights with the sagging economic conditions that exist.
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The present
laws are not being enforced by law enforcement nor being followed by
several transportation
companies. Increased rule making is nothing more than a repeated attempt
at trying to control
the masses in an industry that cannot be controlled with the present
enforcement manpower made available today.
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CSA 2010 is a far
reaching application to attempt to connect the dots and then magically the
roads and by-ways will be accident free. The only good thing I have
seen about CSA 2010 is the professional driver is not having to pay any
increased fees.
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This is another example of our Federal government
expanding rather than contracting and being more invasive in private
industries and private lives. Post your thoughts in the forums. |
| Report Source(s): |
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| http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafeStat/safestatmain.asp |
| http://csa2010.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/ |
