point counterpoint heller ccj spring 2015
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Point-Counterpoint: Surviving in today’s regulatory environment
David Heller, CDSDirector of Safety & Policy
Truckload Carriers Association
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ATRI Top Ten Issues - 2014
1. HOS2. Driver Shortage
3. CSA4. Driver Retention
5. ELDs
6. Truck Parking7. Highway
Funding/Infrastructure8. Driver Health and Wellness9. Economy10.Driver Distraction
Has anything changed?
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ATRI Critical Issues: 2010-2014
• Hours of Service–Appeared five times• CSA–Appeared five times• Driver Shortage–Appeared five times• ELDs–Appeared three times (5 in general)• Highway Funding–Every year• Truck Parking–The past three years
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Hours of Service
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Entry Level Driver Training
• ELDTAC − Laws and sausage theory
• TCA is taking part in discussions along with others− PTDI, ATA, CRASH, Advocates, 26 total members
• Competency vs. hours-based• Certification questions• Younger drivers?
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CSA
• January 2015–FMCSA concluded to not factor “crash accountability” into CSA− Too difficult, complicated, costly
• Paints inaccurate picture• Rankings are public• Biased reports ruin reputations
– GAO found that scores derived from SMS are unreliable
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CSA
• “FMCSA lacks sufficient safety performance information to reliably compare them with other carriers…[this] creates the likelihood that manySMS scores do not represent an accurateor precise safety assessment for a carrier.”
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
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CSA
• Who is viewing the inaccurate information?– Shippers– Plaintiff Attorneys– Press
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Safety Fitness Determination
• FMCSA proposes to adopt a safety fitness determination (SFD)–Fiscal 2015
• Determines whether or not a carrier is fit to operate based on:– “BASICs” score – an investigation– a combination of on-road safety data and investigation
information
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Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)
• The playing field needs leveling• Final Rule expected September 2015 in Federal
Register− Two-year implementation (is that enough?)− Grandfather clause?
• TCA supports this issue
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Hair Testing for Drugs and Alcohol
• The Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015− Bipartisan− House and Senate
• Allows for hair testing as an alternative method for drug testing
• Between 2.35 and 10.4 percent more offenders caught with hair testing
• TCA supports this issue
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Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
• Scheduled for December publication• Repository for positive results or refusals• Questions remain
− Fee vs. prescription− Observed use− Hair testing?
• TCA supports this issue