ARLINGTON, Va. – Today, American Trucking Associations called on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to make important changes to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability system following criticisms from a key Senator and the Government Accountability Office.
In a hearing yesterday before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, the GAO chided FMCSA for ignoring its criticisms about the quality and quantity of data used to generate CSA scores, and recommended “FMCSA revise the SMS methodology to better account for limitations in available information when drawing comparisons of safety performance across carriers.”
During the hearing, FMCSA was also criticized by Chairman Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) for disregarding “the views of Congress, stakeholders and several independent agencies with its current agenda-driven approach to regulating our nation’s truckers.”
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In a hearing yesterday before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, the GAO chided FMCSA for ignoring its criticisms about the quality and quantity of data used to generate CSA scores, and recommended “FMCSA revise the SMS methodology to better account for limitations in available information when drawing comparisons of safety performance across carriers.”
During the hearing, FMCSA was also criticized by Chairman Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) for disregarding “the views of Congress, stakeholders and several independent agencies with its current agenda-driven approach to regulating our nation’s truckers.”
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