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June 2015 | Overdrive | 41 Todd Dills "I think there's a lot of legitimacy to the movement until these scores are fi xed," said Dan Murray, American Transportation Research Institute vice president. Speaking in April at the Truckload Carriers Association's Safety & Security Division meeting, Murray said that as a result of industry pressure, he believes a "sea change" is coming in two to three years so that CSA "some- how becomes useful to industry." Chief among the program's prob- lems today are the percentile-ranking, nationally comparative nature of the CSA SMS' categories of measurement and the fact that the rankings/scores are available publicly. The problems are due in part to the widely diverging tactics and approaches to inspection selection and other enforcement at the state and local levels. As Murray noted, results of ATRI's relatively recent shipper survey on CSA showed that 96 percent of ship- pers "were checking existing carrier accounts' scores, and 100 percent were checking prospective accounts." Since its introduction in March, not much seems to have happened with H.R. 1371, the House bill that would require a concerted study and revamp The CSA series will continue next month with an examina- tion of California, the first of our standout state reports. For further detail on state rankings regarding inspec- tions and violations, visit OverdriveOnline.com/CSA.