The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that explores the status of the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new compliance, safety, and accountability (CSA) program and the program’s potential to improve highway safety.
According to the GAO, the CSA program is intended to identify and evaluate carriers and drivers posing high safety risks. The FMCSA has focused on the three following key CSA oversight activities to evaluate carriers: a new Safety Measurement System (SMS) using more roadside inspection and other data to identify at-risk carriers; a wider range of “interventions” to reach more at-risk carriers; and using SMS data to suspend unfit carriers.
