No fleet likes to be dinged for a CSA maintenance violation. If the violation is severe enough a truck can be taken out of service, fines can be levied, and a bad CSA score can scare shippers away.

Most fleets don’t have a safety problem—they have a communication problem. Unsafe driving, HOS violations, maintenance issues—those don’t happen in a vacuum. They happen when expectations aren’t clear ...

While the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) initiative of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has seven Behavior Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) that are ...

Because of CSA, it is riskier than ever to delay or defer maintenance and any resulting needed repairs. On top of that, reports from the field indicate that most drivers are fully aware of the ...

Owner-operators and fleets still have two months to comment on proposed changes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA carrier Safety Measurement System, which ranks carriers with a ...

This story appears in the Feb. 28 print edition of Transport Topics. CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The U.S. Transportation Department’s new safety program is putting pressure on intermodal fleets, which say ...

Pack the right parts and inspect your truck diligently to avoid time-consuming, costly inspections. Attitudes about maintenance are changing. For that you can blame – or thank – the Compliance, Safety ...

Vigillo – creators of Daylight, the CSA Platform for Transportation – announced its IQLab division will be offering a “Top Violations By State” Excel Workbook to better assist motor carriers in ...