21 CSA Flashcards
Safety Regulations: CSA
What program is the FMCSA safety monitoring and enforcement program
CSA
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What Act, Law or program is this?
(1) identify and prioritize unsafe motor carriers for enforcement intervention
Compliance, Safety, Accountability
(CSA)
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Safety Regulations: CSA
____ uses roadside inspection data, accident records and traffic violations to prioritize carriers for FMCSA enforcement or intervention
CSA
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Safety Regulations: CSA
The _____ ___ into which the safety data is divided are: Hours of Service Compliance;
Driver Fitness; Vehicle Maintenance;
Controlled Substance/Alcohol;
Hazardous Materials Compliance;
Unsafe Driving; and, Crash Indicator
BASIC categories
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What Act, Law or program does this
1) Collecting data from safety events such as roadside inspections, traffic enforcement events and accidents
CSA
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What Act, Law or program does this
Scoring carriers based on their performance relative to other carriers in their safety event (peer) group which is roughly based on size of the carrier; and,
CSA
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Safety Regulations: CSA
The BASIC categories into which the safety data is divided are: Hours of Service Compliance;
Driver Fitness; Vehicle Maintenance;
Controlled Substance/Alcohol;
Hazardous Materials Compliance;
Unsafe Driving; and, ______
crash Indicator
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Safety Regulations: CSA
The BASIC categories into which the safety data is divided are: Hours of Service Compliance;
Driver Fitness;
Vehicle Maintenance;
_________________
Hazardous Materials Compliance;
Unsafe Driving; and, Crash Indicator
Controlled Substance/Alcohol;
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What program allows motor carriers to contest crashes that meet certain conditions and have them removed from the calculation of their Crash indicator BASIC score.
The Crash Preventability Demonstration Program
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Safety Regulations: CSA
Carrier’s alerts and percentile scores have been removed from public display pursuant to the _____,
FAST ACT
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What Act, Law or program does this
3) placing the data into group called Behavioral Analysis Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) and using statistical formulas to create BASIC Measures
CSA
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What Act, Law or program does this
Weighing the violations and crashes based on time and severity (more recent and more severe events bear more weight)
CSA
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As of ____ ____ ____ (m)(D)(Y), however, carrier’s alerts and percentile scores have been removed from public display pursuant to the FAST ACT of 2015
December 4, 2015
Safety Regulations: CSA
What Act, Law or program does this
Identifying carriers with relatively poor scores and prioritizing them for an “ intervention “, such as a warning letter, an off-site streamlined investigation, or a comprehensive on-site investigation
CSA
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What Act, Law or program is this?
(2) provide data to third parties (shippers, brokers, insurers, etc) to make safety-based business decisions
Compliance, Safety, Accountability
(CSA)
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How long has the CSA evolved based on input from the industry and other stakeholders
since its inception
3/11/24 PT
The CSA program is the FMCSA’s safety monitoring and enforcement program designed to: pg. 26
(5 Points)
Select all the Apply
- Identify and prioritize unsafe motor carriers for enforcement intervention.
- Improve fuel efficiency in commercial vehicles
- Improve safety and reduce crashes involving commercial vehicles.
- provide data to third parties to make safety-based business decisions.
Identify and prioritize unsafe motor carriers for enforcement intervention.
provide data to third parties to make safety-based business decisions.
5/6/24 Practice Test
The CSA program is the FMCSA’s safety monitoring and enforcement program designed to:
Identify and prioritize unsafe motor carriers for enforcement intervention.
Improve fuel efficiency in commercial vehicles
Improve safety and reduce crashes involving commercial vehicles.
provide data to third parties to make safety-based business decisions.
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Identify and prioritize unsafe motor carriers for enforcement intervention.
provide data to third parties to make safety-based business decisions.
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AI
Who can access CSA data?
CSA data can be accessed by third parties such as shippers, brokers, and insurers to make safety-based business decisions
AI
How does CSA identify carriers with relatively poor scores?
CSA identifies carriers with relatively poor scores and prioritizes them for an intervention
AI
How are carriers scored in CSA?
Carriers are scored based on their BASIC measures relative to other carriers in their safety event (peer) group
AI
How does CSA weigh violations and crashes?
CSA weighs violations and crashes based on time and severity, with more recent and more severe events bearing more weight
Safety Regulations: CSA
How many times can you file an RDR on the same data?
Twice
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Safety Regulations: CSA
It is the responsibility of each ___ to be sure the information on driving record is correct and free of discrepancies
Driver
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Safety Regulations: CSA
What is Data Q?
A way to contest an error on a driving record
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what is the web site for the DataQs system
http://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/login.asp
What has been a serious impact on a truck driver’s career
Data inaccuracies
Once a dataq dispute is filed online where is it send to?
The state law enforcement agency that originally reported the data
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What regulation group is Unsafe Driving
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392
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What regulation group is Hours of Service Compliance (2)
20
392
395
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What regulation group is Vehicle Maintenance (2)
20
393
396
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What regulation group is Controlled Substance (2)
20
382
392
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C4 Practice Test 2024
The Crash Preventability Determination Program allows motor carriers to contest crashes that meet certain conditions and have them removed from the calculation of their Crash Indicator BASIC score. Which of the following does not meet those criteria?
A. A truck struck by a vehicle whose driver was experiencing a medical issue.
B. A truck struck by a vehicle whose driver was under the influence.
C. A truck struck by a skydiver.
D. None of the above
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D. None of the above
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4/8/24 Practice Test
The FMCSR prohibits smoking within ______Feet of a vehicle transporting explosives, flammable materials (liquids, solids, gases), or oxidizers?
50 Feet
15 Feet
25 Feet
75 Feet
45
25 Feet
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