Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023:
As reported last week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the early stages of a potential revamp of its motor carrier safety rating system and is asking for public input on what potential changes may look like.
The agency on Tuesday opened the comment period for its information-seeking advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), which is open here for 60 days through Oct. 30.
Specifically, FMCSA is asking for public feedback on:
FMCSA said the current Safety Fitness Determination system is “resource-intensive and reaches only a small percentage of carriers,” adding that in 2019, FMCSA and its partners conducted 11,671 compliance reviews out of a population of more than 567,000 interstate carriers.
One key factor of potential changes to the rating system would be integrating the agency’s CSA Safety Measurement System scores into a carrier’s safety rating.
The SMS, of course, is yet another system FMCSA is in the process of potentially updating. The agency published a notice in February that, if finalized, would reorganize the current Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs), simplify violation severity weights, alter intervention thresholds, and more.
