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The Latest Headlines:
- ATA Petitions FMCSA for Crash-Rate Modifications
- CVSA Votes Down Performance-Brake Testing
- Iowa Making More Tamper-Proof CDLs
- TSA Names Three Regional Security Directors
- CVSA Votes Down Performance-Brake Testing
ATA Petitions FMCSA for Crash-Rate Modifications
American Trucking Associations said it has petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to consider the “preventability” of certain accidents when calculating a motor carrier’s crash rate in connection with federal hazmat safety permits.ATA said that presently, FMCSA uses only the number of crashes and number of power units to derive a motor carrier’s crash rate.
ATA argued that FMCSA’s current methodology biases carriers that employ team drivers or have a higher-than-average tractor utilization rate. Transport Topics
CVSA Votes Down Performance-Brake Testing
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s general membership voted last week against allowing the use of performance-based brake testing for out-of-service enforcement.Much of the outcome of the 25-24 vote was a result of American Trucking Associations’ state affiliates contacting the lead agencies in their states to oppose it, ATA said Tuesday.
The industry supports the use of PBBT for screening purposes, but does not support it for out-of-service enforcement due to a number of unresolved technical and liability issues that would result from procedures currently proposed, ATA said. Transport Topics
Iowa Making More Tamper-Proof CDLs
Lawbreakers will have a harder time trying to counterfeit new commercial driver licenses in Iowa, the Associated Press reported, citing state transportation officials.Officials have instituted multiple layers of security as part of the design, which was unveiled last month in Cedar Rapids, AP said. A driver license station there will serve as a pilot for the new driver license system.
The new CDL is thinner and has a tamper-resistant covering that cannot be removed without destroying the card, said Kim Snook, a field manager for Iowa’s Office of Driver Services.
The design is an important new tool to combat license counterfeiting, which has long been a serious problem, AP reported.
The state began offering the new licenses Oct. 25 and the licenses will be available statewide by Dec. 6, transportation officials said. Transport Topics
TSA Names Three Regional Security Directors
The Transportation Security Administration has named three people to oversee transportation security at airports and in other modes of transportation for the three regions.TSA Thursday named Maggie Rhodes, Leo Vasquez and Dennis Clark as its three area directors to oversee transportation security at airports and in other modes of transportation for its East Coast, Central and Western regions, respectively.
Rhodes was previously security director for Fairbanks (Alaska) International Airport. Vasquez was security director at San Antonio International Airport since May 2002.
Clark joined TSA as security director at El Paso (Texas) International Airport in 2002. Transport Topics
