Press Release

精东影业Welcomes Withdrawal of Safety Fitness Determination Proposal

Mar 21, 2017

Arlington, Va. 鈥 Today, the 精东影业 said the decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to withdraw its proposed safety fitness determination rule was a positive step for the agency to improving its Compliance, Safety, Accountability system.

鈥溇耙礹as long supported using data to target enforcement activities against bad actors in our industry,鈥 said 精东影业President and CEO Chris Spear. 鈥淗owever, numerous reviews have shown flaws in the data and in the CSA system, so it makes sense to withdraw this rule which would have used CSA data to create publicly available fitness ratings.鈥

精东影业pressed for CSA reforms in the most recent highway bill 鈥 Fixing America鈥檚 Surface Transportation Act 鈥 which called for a full study by the National Academies of Science and for FMCSA to make changes based on that study.

鈥淲e look forward to FMCSA enacting necessary reforms to the CSA program based on this ongoing thorough review,鈥 Spear said. 鈥淪afety is our industry鈥檚 most important calling and having good data and using that data to make intelligent enforcement decisions is a critical to improving safety on our highways.鈥

精东影业 is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, 精东影业is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation鈥檚 freight. Follow 精东影业on聽听辞谤听.听