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of the smallest carriers have no public score, the average score for all of them together is abnormally low. Of close to 470,000 carriers with U.S. Department of Transportation operating authority, less than half have any data in the CSA Safety Measurement System, according to recent estimates by Dave Kraft of Qualcomm. Just less than a quarter have a few inspections, but no SMS ranking or "score" in any BASIC. In fact, more than two years after its advent, CSA has failed to produce a single public score for 80 percent of carriers with operating authority. About 90,000 carriers, or 20 percent, have at least one BASIC ranking. That's an improvement over the 12 percent – as determined by Commercial Carrier Journal – that was cited widely in the program's early days. Given their higher exposure with so many trucks, the largest carriers are from two to 30 times more likely on average than single-truck independents to have a score above an intervention threshold, depending on the BASIC. While FMCSA believes its system is fair, the Alliance for Safe, Efficient and Competitive Truck Transportation believes otherwise. ASECTT, a coalition of trade associations, carriers, brokers, shippers and other service providers, has March 2013 | Overdrive | 27 CSA2_0313.indd 27 2/28/13 1:47 PM