The Ferderal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced that it plans to implement its new Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 program during the summer of next year. The new program Safety Management System (SMS) will replace SafeStat. Each month SMS will measure the previous two years of roadside violations and crash data and calculate a score in seven safety areas. These on road areas or basics will be Unsafe driving, Fatigue, Driver Finess, drugs and Alcohol, Vehicle Maintenance, Loading/Cargo Securement, and Crash History. SMS will then rank carriers' scores relative to their peers to determine which companies have specific safety problems. A data base of driver violations will also be kept and will be available to determine which drivers are unsafe or in need of additional training. |
