who have reported being trained regarding CSA has increased over the past three years. Tere’s also an increase in the number of drivers offered monetary incentives for safe driving behaviors. In 2013, 27.6 percent of drivers were given such inducements. According to Rebecca Brewster, ATRI president and COO, “CSA is creating a general industry focus on safe driving behaviors, and carriers view those behaviors as so important now because of the added scrutiny of CSA that they are offering monetary incentives for their drivers.” Te surveys have shown that drivers don’t


understand other aspects of CSA. Just 3.3 percent could say exactly who has access to official driver CSA scores – only FMCSA. Another often-missed question pertained to the Driver Fitness BASIC. In 2013, 54 percent of drivers believed that BASIC involved their body mass index, which indicates that they mistakenly believe that “driver fitness” refers to their health. It’s mostly about having the correct documentation.. Correct responses are improving on


another question: Whether or not FMCSA has the authority to revoke a commercial driver’s license. In 2011 and 2012, only 27 percent of drivers correctly answered that it does not. By 2013, that number had risen to 47 percent. A big concern of motor carriers has been


whether or not CSA accurately measures carrier safety performance. ATRI’s analysis has shown the record to be mixed. ATRI analyzed the five publicly available BASICs. Te Unsafe Driving BASIC most strongly correlated with having accidents, while the Hours of Service Compliance and Vehicle Maintenance BASICs also showed a correlation. Bad scores did not correlate to unsafe


driving in the two other publicly available BASICs. Te Controlled Substances/Alcohol BASIC identified 642 carriers with above threshold scores, but nearly 80 percent of them had zero crashes. In that BASIC, severe violations, not a high percentage score, are more associated with receiving an alert. Bad scores in Driver Fitness, a check-the-boxes


BASIC based largely on a driver having the right paperwork, did not correlate with unsafe performance at all. Clearly, CSA scores are important.


According to ATRI, 100 percent of shippers are using CSA scores to evaluate carriers they are considering hiring, and 96 percent are using them to evaluate carriers with whom they currently do business. And it’s not just shippers. Brokers and insurance companies also are looking at CSA scores. Because CSA has become a tool for


third parties to make business decisions, those decisions must be based on accurate, complete data. Unfortunately, many shippers, particularly small ones, have not been inspected enough to have percentile scores. Tat puts them at a disadvantage, because many shippers have been reluctant to hire carriers that do not have scores. Small carriers also are disadvantaged because they aren’t inspected often enough to overcome one bad inspection. ATRI is planning future studies to address Continues


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