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Overdrive
| September 2014
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INFO
to
205-289-3555
or
visit
www.ovdinfo.com
CSA violations now account for due process
Violations against drivers or carriers that
are dismissed or result in a "not guilty"
ruling no longer will count in Compliance,
Safety, Accountability scoring nor on driver
Pre-Employment Screening Reports. The
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-
tion announced Aug. 25 that the changes
made final in June have gone into effect.
The changes account for due process
and any legal processes that come after
roadside citations are issued and will allow
the agency's Motor Carrier Management
Information System to remove
adjudicated violations from its
system.
The MCMIS data well feeds
FMCSA's Safety Measurement
System, the key element of the
CSA program. MCMIS data also
feeds drivers' PSP reports.
Violations that are dismissed
with a fine or punitive court costs
will remain, while violations that
result in convictions of a lesser
charge will be noted as such, with
the severity weight changed.
Challenges to the agency's
MCMIS will continue to be made
through the DataQs system via
Roadside Data Review requests.
Drivers and carriers will not
have their data changed for cita-
tions issued prior to Aug. 23.
– James Jaillet
Sept. 26-27: Guilty By Associa-
tion Truck Show & Customer
Expo; 4 State Trucks/Chrome
Shop Mafia, Joplin, Mo.; Fri.-
Sat.; chromeshopmafia.com.
Oct. 17-18:
Overdrive's Pride &
Polish; St. George, Utah; Fri.-
Sat.; pdidiesel.com.
Feb. 6-7, 2015: 2015 Mid-West
Truck & Trailer Show; Peoria
Civic Center, Peoria, Ill.; Fri.,
9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., 9 a.m.-4
p.m.; midwesttruckshow.com.
CALENDAR
VOLVO RECALLED 2011-15 VNL and
2014-15 VNM trucks built between
Nov. 17, 2010, and Feb. 5, 2014, that
are equipped with an enhanced
cruise control system, but no side
fairings. The active braking compo-
nent that is part of the system can
become disabled and the brakes
may not engage automatically when
cruise control is activated.