Useful Facts from ATRI Survey

 Useful Facts from ATRI Survey

ATRI will soon release its survey of the status of SMS methodology.  From its presentation on the Nemo show the following useful conclusions could be gleaned.

Guest Commentary: FMCSA Data on CSA/SMS Proves the Scores Cannot be Used by the Shipping Public

See the article by: Tom Sanderson on LogisticsMgmt.com

"The CSA/SMS methodology and measurement system is fatally flawed. Only a small fraction of carriers are measured, and of those that are, an astonishing 56 percent are deemed to warrant further intervention because of high scores. With highway accidents at an all-time low and improving steadily, how can more than half of all carriers measured require further scrutiny?"

http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/guest_commentary_fmcsa_data_on_csa_sms_proves_the_scores_cannot_be_used_by/

FMCSA refuses ATA request to scrub clearly non-preventable accidents from SMS scores

Considering the agency's reluctances to simply scrub data which charges carriers with accidents which aren't their faults, is this further proof that SMS methodology is fundamentally flawed?
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=76326&news_category_id=3