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Point-Counterpoint: Surviving in
today’s regulatory environment
David Heller, CDS
Director of Safety & Policy
Truckload Carriers Association

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ATRI Top Ten Issues - 2014
1. HOS
2. Driver Shortage
3. CSA
4. Driver Retention
5. ELDs
6. Truck Parking
7. Highway Funding/Infrastructure
8. Driver Health and Wellness
9. Economy
10.Driver Distraction
Has anything changed?

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ATRI Critical Issues: 2010-2014
• Hours of Service–Appeared five times
• CSA–Appeared five times
• Driver Shortage–Appeared five times
• ELDs–Appeared three times (5 in general)
• Highway Funding–Every year
• Truck Parking–The past three years

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Hours of Service

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Entry Level Driver Training
• ELDTAC
− Laws and sausage theory
• TCA is taking part in discussions along with others
− PTDI, ATA, CRASH, Advocates, 26 total members
• Competency vs. hours-based
• Certification questions
• Younger drivers?

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CSA
• January 2015–FMCSA concluded to not factor
“crash accountability” into CSA
− Too difficult, complicated, costly
• Paints inaccurate picture
• Rankings are public
• Biased reports ruin reputations
– GAO found that scores derived from SMS are unreliable

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CSA
• “FMCSA lacks sufficient safety performance
information to reliably compare them with other
carriers…[this] creates the likelihood that many
SMS scores do not represent an accurate
or precise safety assessment for a carrier.”
- U.S. Government Accountability Office

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CSA
• Who is viewing the inaccurate information?
– Shippers
– Plaintiff Attorneys
– Press

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Safety Fitness Determination
• FMCSA proposes to adopt a safety fitness
determination (SFD)–Fiscal 2015
• Determines whether or not a carrier is fit to operate
based on:
– “BASICs” score
– an investigation
– a combination of on-road safety data and investigation
information

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Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)
• The playing field needs leveling
• Final Rule expected September 2015 in Federal
Register
− Two-year implementation (is that enough?)
− Grandfather clause?
• TCA supports this issue

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Hair Testing for Drugs and Alcohol
• The Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015
− Bipartisan
− House and Senate
• Allows for hair testing as an alternative method for
drug testing
• Between 2.35 and 10.4 percent more offenders
caught with hair testing
• TCA supports this issue

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Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
• Scheduled for December publication
• Repository for positive results or refusals
• Questions remain
− Fee vs. prescription
− Observed use
− Hair testing?
• TCA supports this issue

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Speed Limiters
• Finally movement
• NHTSA and tires
− High speeds and damaged tires can be catastrophic
• TCA supports limiting speeds at 65 mph