When will CSA 2010 start using the driver component of the new Safety Measurement System (SMS)?
The driver assessment tool is already being used in the Operational Model Test States and it will roll out with the rest of CSA 2010 in the summer of 2010. FMCSA uses the driver assessment tool only to assist investigative staff in focusing on poor performing drivers during carrier investigations. Motor carriers who hire drivers will not have access to the driver assessment tool in the SMS. These motor carriers will, however, have access to driver data through the Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) with driver permission. PSP will provide a list of crash and inspection activity associated with the driver over the previous 3 years of inspections and 5 years of crashes.
The driver assessment tool is being used in the States where the Operational Model Test was (CO, DE, GA, KS, MD, MN, MO MT, & NJ) and it will roll out in the other states with the rest of the new CSA 2010 interventions in 2011. FMCSA uses the driver assessment tool only to assist investigative staff in focusing on poor performing drivers during carrier investigations. Motor carriers who hire drivers will not have access to the driver assessment tool in the SMS. These motor carriers will, however, have access to driver data through the Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) with driver permission. PSP will provide a list of crash and inspection activity associated with the driver over the previous 3 years of inspections and 5 years of crashes.
