Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
SCR&A Transportation Symposium
Best Practices for Compliance in O/O
Movement
March 20, 2014
Tom Fuller
President
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About CVSA
 A non-profit 501(c)(3) trade association
– 70 Members, 450 Associate Members
– Began at industry’s urging in 1982 with several western States and
Canadian provinces
 Why was it initiated?
– Safety was a concern ------ deregulation
– Need for uniformity and reciprocity in regulation,
standards, and enforcement
 How does it work?
– Support from public and private sectors critical
– All CMV disciplines at the table and involved in setting and
maintaining the standards
– Focused agenda, clear expectations and results
– Open the doors from the get-go
– Processes and procedures for input and output are explicit and
inclusive
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CVSA Core Activities
 Roadside CMV Inspector Certification
 The North American Standard (NAS) Inspection
Procedures
– 7 inspection types
 NAS Out of Service Criteria
 NAS Training Program
 CVSA Decal Program
8 Technical Committees and 6 Programs that do
the work
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Special Committees
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Driver/Traffic Enforcement
Hazardous Materials
Information Systems
Passenger Carrier
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Program Initiatives
Size and Weight
Training
Vehicle
Programs
 COHMED
 NAIC
 Level VI
 Operation Safe Driver
 Operation Air Brake
 Roadcheck
2013 “Top 10” Driver Violations
2013 “Top 10” Vehicle Violations
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Policy Development and Advocacy
 Principal North America federal agencies are
engaged in the dialogue
– FMCSA, FHWA, PHMSA, NHTSA, RITA, TSA, DOE (United
States)
– Transport Canada, CCMTA (Canada)
– SCT, Federal Police (Mexico)
 US Congress
– Government Affairs
– Legislative activity
– Testify at hearings
 Industry has a seat at the table.
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Current Policy Issues
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Regulations
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12 Outstanding Petitions for rulemaking
Bus Safety
Hours of Service
ELDs/Supporting Documents
ELD Training
MedCert
GCWR/GVWR
Drug & Alcohol Testing
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CDLIS/NLETS Integration
Disqualified Drivers
Distracted Driving
Speed limiters
Speed and Traffic Enforcement
Fatigue
Non-CMV Traffic Enforcement
Language Proficiency
Vehicle Issues
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Cargo Securement
Brakes, Lights and Tires
Size & Weight
Reauthorization
CSA
MCSAP (RIs, CRs, SAs, TE)
Grant Administration
CVSP Best Practices
Data Quality/Uniformity and Safety Data
Improvement
Technology
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Driver Issues
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MCSAC
OOSO Enforcement
Canada
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CVISN, WRI, Smart Roadside, Onboard Safety
Systems Tax Incentives, Universal ID
Safety Rating Reciprocity
EOBRs
Cargo Securement
PMVI
Mexico
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NAFTA
NOM-068
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MAP-22(?)
 MAP-21 has a bunch of good stuff in it, but FMCSA
has a heavy lift
– B+ is our grade, implementation is key. Lack of movement
on enroute bus inspections and expansions of exemptions in
Bill are problematic for enforcement
 MAP-22 CVSA Task Force
– CVSA Policy positions developed
– Enforcement and industry
– Outreach ongoing
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CVSA Policies for MAP-22
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Importance of Funding/Training
Improving and Streamlining the Grant Programs
Regulatory Effectiveness
Exemptions
En Route Inspections
Crashworthiness Standards
Preventing & Mitigating CMV Crashes With Technology
Hazmat positions
CMV Size & Weight
Miscellaneous 2nd Tier Positions
Data Quality (still under development)
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Size & Weight
 CVSA Heavy Vehicle Data Collection Study
– 35 states from 2012-2015
– Look at nexus between overweight vehicles (permitted and
illegal) and safety performance
 Uniformity in permitting
– Working with AASHTO, WASHTO, SASHTO and FHWA to
harmonize
 MAP-21 Study
– Collaboration with a number of groups and FHWA project team
– Sent letter to DOT Sec’y with several key CVSA priorities
 National Freight Advisory Committee
 Reauthorization policy
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Reauthorization policy
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Heavy Vehicle Data Collection Effort
Purpose: To gather data to help determine what, if any,
impact heavier weights have on a vehicle’s structural
components, motor carrier safety violations, and safety.
Duration: January 15th, 2012 – January 15th, 2015
Vehicle Selection: a heavy vehicle should be included:
1.) When it is weighed and found to be over the allowable:
(a) axle weight; and/or
(b) axle group weight; and/or
(c) gross vehicle weight for the roadway on which it is operating.
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2.) When operating under a special permit for weight.
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HVDC Study
HVDC Study
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HVDC Study
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HVDC Sudy
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Electronic Logging Devices
 CVSA supports industry-wide mandate
 Have been working through the regulatory, policy and
legislative processes to make it happen
 SNPRM published last week
– CVSA is evaluating, will be discussed at Driver-Traffic Enforcement
Committee’s upcoming meeting April 9-10 in Los Angeles.
 MCSAC Subcommittee, CVSA had input
 Coordinating with Canada on their standards
development
 Webinars, education and outreach
– Engaged with vendors
– Existing AOBRDs and what is on the way
– New video training developed for enforcement
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Data Quality/Improvement
 Contrary to some, the data is good
– In 2012, 1.1 Million of 3.5 Million inspections were clean
– Less than 1% of inspections were challenged
 States are being measured
 Information Systems and Data Quality AdHoc Committees
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Provide updates and recommendations to FMCSA for IT changes
Software rewrite
Adjudications of citations
Training for inspectors and data analysts
 Constant interaction with FMCSA IT on issues
 DataQs
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Using it for trends and training needs
Best practices discussion/implementation
Has created a significant increase in resources on states
Many RDRs not substantiated or legitimate
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Education and Outreach
 NAS Inspection
Program
 Cargo Securement
 Brakes
 Driving Behaviors
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Enforcement Works!
 The Roadside Inspections conducted in 2007:
– Helped to avoid 10,210 total crashes, 6,581 injuries and saved 387
lives.
 The Traffic Enforcement conducted in 2007:
– Helped to avoid 9,761 total crashes, 6,292 injuries and saved 370
lives.
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The Compliance Reviews conducted in 2007:
– Helped to avoid 2,860 total crashes, helped to avoid 1,866 injuries and
saved 109 lives.
 Based only on the benefits of the lives saved in 2007 (866) from
these three programs, the benefit accrued in 2007 was $5.2 Billion
– MCSAP funding…….less than $250 Million
 Each roadside inspection is worth $2,414.26 in safety benefits
– Benefit to cost ratio is 18:1!
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Thanks!
Come join us!
 CVSA Workshop
– April 6-10, 2014
– Los Angeles, CA
 Contact info
– www.cvsa.org
– 301-830-6143
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