Friday, June 21, 2013

Study says hours-of-service changes will cost much more than FMCSA anticipates

Study says hours-of-service changes will cost much more than FMCSA anticipates

Is the Agency Changing Course on CSA? Not Likely

Is the Agency Changing Course on CSA?  Not Likely
Report on MCSAC Meeting - June 18, 2013

In earlier emails, we have called your attention to a series of articles published in CCJ which are critical of SMS methodology and one which recently acknowledged our lawsuit and the importance of the publication of SMS percentile rankings in the vicarious liability/negligent selection debate.  We posed for discussion the question of whether the agency was changing its policies in anticipation of oral argument, by suggesting that its future rulemaking on safety fitness determinations would be based upon objective rather than relative percentile rankings.  We also took note of recent FMCSA announcements indicating that it would change its CSA website this summer, supposedly to clarify that SMS scores are not safety ratings and should not be viewed as such.