ATA: Truck crash measurement unfair

Regulatory

Friday, February 08, 2013

When truck drivers aren’t at fault for vehicle crashes, the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Administration shouldn’t record those accidents in its database, according to the American Trucking Associations. The ATA is trying to get crashes that the driver didn’t cause or couldn’t have prevented erased from the FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety and Accountability monitoring system. ATA officials argue it's unfair for trucking companies to be penalized in the CSA rankings for crashes that are cl...

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