Compliance Corner

Apr 6, 20232 min read

FMCSA to Improve Intervention Thresholds

Motor carriers may be prioritized for interventions if their percentiles are at or above certain thresholds called Intervention...

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Apr 3, 20232 min read

FMCSA's New Segment for Driver Fitness in SMS

One of the ways the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Safety Measurement System (SMS) accounts for differences in...

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Mar 20, 20233 min read

FMCSA SMS Proposes Changes the BASICs

On February 15th, the FMCSA announced that they would be making changes to the Safety Measurement System (SMS) BASICs organization.

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Mar 16, 20232 min read

Proposed changes to the FMCSA Safety Measurement System

After the Item Response Theory study in 2019, the FMCSA identified changes they could make to identify motor carriers needing interventions.

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Feb 27, 20232 min read

FMCSA Making Changes to Identifying Unsafe Carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) plans to drop Item Response Theory (IRT) because of its complexity.

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Jan 30, 20234 min read

What are the CSA BASICs?

CSA stands for Compliance, Safety, Accountability. It is the safety compliance and enforcement program of the FMCSA.

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