CHICAGO TRUCK ACCIDENT ATTORNEY SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS PROGRAM
In the past two years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has developed a new system to improve the safety of trucks and their drivers. The system, Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA), is being touted as a replacement for the old system, SafeStat.
CSA differs from SafeStat in three distinctive ways:
- It increases the opportunity for safety specialists to contact carriers and truck drivers.
- CSA seeks to use more and better data to identify high-risk carriers and truck drivers.
- CSA applies a wide range of interventions intended to correct high-risk behaviors before these behaviors become chronic or habitual.
Since February of 2008, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri and New Jersey have served as test states for CSA and this year, Minnesota and Montana have implemented the program. The FMCSA hopes to spread the CSA program nationwide in July of 2010. This is good news for the motoring public and hopefully the roads will become safer if the CSA program is adopted nationally.
The Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll has extensive experience representing victims of trucking accidents. The firm is a member of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (APITLA). Our firm and the association are committed to eliminating unsafe and illegal interstate trucking practices. If you have been involved in a truck or automobile accident and have questions, please contact us at (312)676-7222.
