Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Who's keeping score Driver rating services have become commonplace in CSA's first two years. Know who the scorekeepers are and how their data crunching can help — or kill — your career. By Todd Dills I ndependent owner-operator Martin Jez, anticipating a slow period for flatbed, considered leasing to a carrier last year. Recruiters repeatedly told him that his Pre-Employment Screening Program report was problematic. One carrier told him his Compliance Safety Accountability score was about 300, and he was denied a lease because of it. His business partner – and wife – subsequently obtained a copy of his PSP report and had "no idea how they got the (score) number," she says. Jez didn't either. Their one-unit A.M. Jez Trucking, based in Galt, Calif., had suffered only a single out-of-service incident. Its carrier profile in the CSA Safety Measurement System showed no percentile ranking (or "score") in any of the five public Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs). As of press time, it showed only four inspections and no crashes. Where did the score come from? That's an increasingly common question with an often complex answer. It can be explained by seeing how carrier recruiting and qualifying procedures have changed since the advent of CSA and the related PSP program in 2010. CSA's DATA TRAIL PART 1 Todd Dills Screening out drivers February 2013 | Overdrive | 23