EXPERIENCE ALONE WILL NO LONGER LAND YOU THAT GREAT JOB YOUR LOOKING FOR. !!!
Drivers are stilloperating under the assumption that their years of driving experience will land that next job that they may be looking for.
WRONG !!!
While driving experience will help you in your job search it is NO LONGER the single most defined aspect that companies are looking for in the search for a qualified driver. Its a three (3) letter abbreviation called PSP
PSP SCORE ...
You may ask what is a PSP SCORE ?
PSP stands for PRE EMPLOYEMENT - SCREENING - PROGRAM (PSP) and the program is used by MOST CARRIERS as a condition for hiring a prospective driver.
WHY ? You may ask
Because they use your scoring to determine the risk associated with hiring you onto their fleet.
Under CSA you see the carriers are also GRADED. If a carrier takes on a new drver with a bad record or PSP score it is likely in the eyes of the DATA that they will eventually be hiring on added points onto their own fleets score under CSA-2010 guidelines.
WHATS CONTAINED IN YOUR PSP SCORE
PSP only contains MCMIS inspection and crash information that is uploaded into MCMIS by FMCSA Federal staff and State partners data bases.
LIST OF THE CSA SERIOUS VIOLATIONS
When investigating a motor carrier, a Safety Investigator (SI) looks at driver history for egregious violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). These violations are sometimes referred to as Red Flag Violations, and are always investigated as part of a carrier investigation. The SI conducting the investigation looks to see if the violation has been corrected. At present, there are 12 such violations, though this list may be updated periodically. These violations are outlined in the table below, along with the Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) to which they correspond.
BASICFMCSR PartViolation DescriptionDriver Fitness383.21Operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) with more than one driver's licenseDriver Fitness383.23(a)(2)Operating a CMV without a valid commercial driver's license (CDL)Driver Fitness383.51(a)Driving a CMV (CDL) while disqualifiedDriver Fitness383.91(a)Operating a CMV with improper CDL groupDriver Fitness391.11Unqualified driverDriver Fitness391.11(b)(5)Driver lacking valid license for type vehicle being operated Driver Fitness391.11(b)(7)Driver disqualified from operating CMVDriver Fitness391.15(a)Driving a CMV while disqualifiedControlled Substances/Alcohol392.4(a)Driver uses or is in possession of drugsControlled Substances/Alcohol392.5(a)Possession/use/under influence of alcohol less than 4 hours prior to dutyFatigued Driving (HOS)395.13(d)Driving after being declared out-of-service (OOS)Vehicle Maintenance396.9(c)(2)Operating an OOS vehicle
Any driver violations identified and addressed during carrier investigations that are not corrected may result in a driver Notice of Violation (NOV) or Notice of Claim (NOC).
WHAT IF I GET ALLOT OF ROADSIDE INSPECTION WRITE UPS SUCH AS ; LIGHTS OUT, TRAILER, BRAKES, PAPER WORK ETC ?
If you are a driver that pushes the limits and tend to get allot of write ups during inspections you may be in for what they are calling a INTERVENTION .
WHAT IS AN INTERVENTION ?
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and State Partners use measurement results to identify carriers for Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) interventions. These interventions offer an expanded suite of tools ranging from warning letters to onsite comprehensive investigations. These tools supplement the former labor-intensive compliance review (CR) to better address the specific safety problems identified.
CSA investigators are equipped to systematically evaluate why safety problems are occurring, recommend remedies, encourage corrective action(s), and, where corrective action is inadequate, invoke strong penalties. Interventions provide carriers with the information necessary to understand their safety problems and to change unsafe behavior early on. Interventions under CSA are categorized into early contact, investigation, and follow-on, which are described in detail below:
Early Contact
- Warning Letter — Correspondence sent to a carrier's place of business that specifically identifies an alerted Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category (BASIC) and outlines possible consequences of continued safety problems. The warning letter provides instructions for accessing carrier safety data and measurement as well as a point-of-contact.
- Carrier Access to Safety Data and Measurement — Carriers have access to their measurement results (BASICs scores) as well as the inspection reports and violations that went into those results. With this information, carriers can chart a course of self-improvement. Carriers can also monitor this data for accuracy and request a data correction review as necessary through FMCSA's DataQs system.
- Targeted Roadside Inspection — CSA provides roadside inspectors with data that identifies a carrier's specific safety problems by BASIC, based on the new measurement system. Targeted roadside inspections occur at permanent and temporary roadside inspection locations where connectivity to the Safety Measurement System (SMS) information is available. As Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) technologies evolve, they will be incorporated into the roadside inspections.
Investigation
- Offsite Investigation — A carrier is required to submit documents to FMCSA or a State Partner. These documents are used to evaluate the safety problems identified through the SMS and to determine their root causes. Types of documents requested may include third-party documents such as toll receipts, border crossing records, or drug testing records. The goal is to identify issues responsible for poor safety performance. If the carrier does not submit requested documents, it may be subject to an onsite investigation or to subpoena records (see below).
- Onsite Focused Investigation — The purpose of this intervention is to evaluate the safety problems identified through the SMS and their root causes. An onsite focused investigation may be selected when deficiencies in one or two BASICs exist. Onsite focused investigations target specific problem areas (for example, maintenance records), while onsite comprehensive investigations address all aspects of the carrier's operation.
- Onsite Comprehensive Investigation — This intervention is similar to a CR and takes place at the carrier's place of business. It is used when the carrier exhibits broad and complex safety problems through continually alerted BASICs, worsening multiple BASICs (three or more), or a fatal crash or complaint.
Follow-on
- Cooperative Safety Plan (CSP) — Implemented by the carrier, this safety improvement plan is voluntary. The carrier and FMCSA collaboratively create a plan based on a standard template to address the underlying problems resulting from the carrier's substandard safety performance.
- Notice of Violation (NOV) — The NOV is a formal notice of safety alerts that requires a response from the carrier. It is used when the regulatory violations discovered are severe enough to warrant formal action but not a civil penalty (i.e., a fine). It is also used in cases where the violation is immediately correctable and the level of, or desire for, cooperation is high. To avoid further intervention, including fines, the carrier must provide evidence of corrective action or initiate a successful challenge to the violation.
- Notice of Claim (NOC) — An NOC is issued in cases where the regulatory violations are severe enough to warrant assessment and issuance of civil penalties.
- Operations Out-of-Service Order (OOS) — An OOS order is an order requiring the carrier to cease all motor vehicle operations
WHAT TRIGGERS AN INTERVENTION ?
Interventions are selected based on the following factors: Number of Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) percentiles above the threshold (Note: a high BASIC percentile indicates high noncompliance), BASICs alerted due to serious violations, commodity hauled (e.g., passengers, hazardous material), intervention history, and time since last intervention. A complaint or fatal crash could also trigger an investigation.
The Intervention Thresholds for carriers are organized by BASIC and are set based on the BASIC's relationship to crash risk. Analysis conducted by FMCSA has shown that the strongest relationship to crash risk is found with high percentiles in the Unsafe Driving, Fatigued Driving, and Crash Indicator BASICs. Therefore, these higher risk BASICs have a lower percentile threshold for interventions than the other BASICs. Currently, the Intervention Thresholds are as follows:
BASICIntervention ThresholdsGeneralHazardous Materials
CarrierPassenger
CarrierUnsafe Driving, Fatigued Driving (Hours-of-Service ), Crash Indicator65%
60%
50%
Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances/Alcohol, Vehicle Maintenance, Cargo-Related80%
75%
65%
WHAT CHANGES DOES CSA-2010 BRING ?
For the most part, Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) does not change Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs); rather, CSA changes how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) operates in enforcing the current FMCSRs. In the future, FMCSA will consider a new methodology for determining the safety fitness of motor carriers, what is currently accomplished through the safety rating process described in Appendix B of 49 CFR Part 385. Such potential changes will be carried out through formal notice and comment rulemaking. In the future, FMCSA will consider a new methodology for determining safety fitness. Such potential changes will be carried out through notice and comment rulemaking procedures
I THOUGHT CARRIERS WERE SCORED UNDER THE SAFE-STAT SCORE.
NOT ANYMORE ITS BEEN REPLACED WITH SMS .
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMS & SAFE-STAT ?
Here is what I found for you to compare the 2 standards.
The SMS quantifies the on-road safety performance of motor carriers to identify candidates for interventions and to monitor whether compliance problems are improving or worsening. The SMS also uses investigation findings and provides alerts within each of seven Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) where a serious violation has been discovered. The SMS has replaced the SafeStat measurement system as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's tool to prioritize motor carriers for potential intervention.
The differences between the two systems are shown in the table below:
SMSSafeStatOrganized by seven Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs)Organized in four broad categories known as Safety Evaluation Areas (SEA)Identifies safety problems to determine whom to investigate and where to focus the investigationIdentified motor carriers for a compliance reviewEmphasizes on-road safety performance using all safety-based inspection violationsOriginated from roadside inspections and used only out-of-service and moving violationsViolations are weighted based on relationship to crash riskViolations not weighted based on relationship to crash riskSMS will eventually be used to propose adverse safety fitness determination based on a carrier's own dataSafeStat has no impact on an entity's safety fitness ratingSMS provides a tool that allows investigators to identify drivers with safety problems during carrier investigations.SafeStat does not provide a tool that allows investigators to identify drivers with safety problems during carrier investigations.
In short ... You are now being held to more than just your experience and passing a drug test in order to obtain a new job or even your current one.
The PSP is a weighted scoring system in which depending on the severity of the violation and the weight it hold is the amount of points that you are issued . The weighted scale drops as time goes on to a time of 3 yrs for drivers and 2 yrs for carriers until the points go away.
The next time you get in an roadside inspection be sure you have your things in order so you can get that
NO VIOLATIONS INSPECTION !!!
Thanks for reading
As always Please feel free to comment. On a up coming Blogg post I will cover the steps to a NO VIOLATION INSPECTION and how you can achieve one.
Jason Poat
unit 6270
Miller Transporters (the experience)
2011
Source : Csa2010.com
mtiexperience.bloggspot.com
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