“The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), throwing cold water on any agency support to legislate a national hiring standard for motor carriers, said it is FMCSA’s goal to improve its safety scorecard known as “CSA” and let shippers, brokers and third-party logistics providers (3PL) make their own decisions on which truckers they use.” – According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Mark Solomon

“Raymond P. Martinez said that FMCSA, a Department of Transportation sub-agency that regulates truck, bus and freight forwarder safety, will work toward “refining the data” available to truck users under CSA, and then tell stakeholders that “this is what the data says. You make the determination” on selecting the carrier.” Solomon also wrote in his article.

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Source and credits: freightwaves.com / Mark Solomon