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AASHTO/SCOHT Subcommittee on Highway Transport 94 th Annual Meeting

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. AASHTO/SCOHT Subcommittee on Highway Transport 94 th Annual Meeting. Presented by: Chuck Horan, Director Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration July 2013. Overview. Bridge Hits

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AASHTO/SCOHT Subcommittee on Highway Transport 94 th Annual Meeting

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  1. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration AASHTO/SCOHTSubcommittee on Highway Transport94th Annual Meeting Presented by: Chuck Horan, Director Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety StandardsFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration July 2013

  2. Overview Bridge Hits Heavy Truck Safety Work Zone Safety

  3. Bridge Hits (PPPPP) Bridge hits are preventable GPS for CMV Design Use Visor Card Outreach and Education Crash Trucks

  4. CSA CSA is an important initiative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of FMCSA’s enforcement and compliance program to achieve the agency’s mission to reduce commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes, fatalities, and injuries.

  5. Previous System (SafeStat) vs. SMS CSMS: Behavior Analysis Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) SafeStat: Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs) Controlled Substance / Alcohol Driver Fitness Vehicle Cargo- Related Vehicle Maintenance Fatigued Driving (HOS) Crash Indicator Driver Accident Unsafe Driving • Out-of-Service Violations • Certain Moving Violations • Crash Reports • All Safety-based Violations with Risk-based Severity Weights • Crash Reports National Training Center

  6. New CSA 2010 Safety Measurement System (SMS) began including roadside inspection Size and Weight violations (392.2W) SafeStat did NOT In CSA 2010 Operational Model Test Carriers with a pattern of S/W violations were being identified for an investigation S/W one of the most frequently cited violations uploaded to FMCSA (~440k/ 2 years) CSA BASIC and Weight Violations (circa 2010)

  7. Federal and State Work Group (FSWG) and Field Enforcement expressed frustration SIs influence change and address safety issues through Compliance Review (CR) CR is not designed to address something that is exclusively state law No FMCSA federal equivalent regulations for S/W Lack authority to address and pursue S/W issues State Enforcement Issue S&W Background, Cont.

  8. Recommended Option: Short term Remove S/W violations from SMS Cargo Related BASIC assessment Recommended Option: Long term Partner with FHWA Perform analytical study in cooperation with FHWA to more formally establish the relationship of S/W and safety Recommended Option

  9. American Standard Inspection Levels Level 1 - Driver and Vehicle Level 2 – Driver and Vehicle Walk Around Level 3 – Driver & Credential Inspection

  10. Weight citations with inspections (2009)

  11. 2009 CMV Inspections with Weight Violations For comparison 2009 Truck OOS Rate 21.6%

  12. 2010 Louisiana Overweight Study • 357 vehicle combinations inspected (Level 1) • 684 weight violations (over axle/over gross/bridge) • 569 brakes over adjustment limits • 175 inspections with a Vehicle OOS (49%) • 156 tire weight rating OOS violations

  13. Why so few overweight trucks inspected? • Different State Agencies weigh trucks and inspect trucks • State Policies on performing Level 2,3 inspections on overweight trucks • Inspector safety considerations?

  14. LTCCS

  15. Heavy Vehicle Data Collection EffortCVSA/FMCSA/FHWA Purpose:To gather data to determine, impact heavier weights have on a vehicle’s structural components, motor carrier safety violations, and safety. Duration:January 15th, 2012 – January 15th, 2014 Vehicle Selection: a heavy vehicle should be included: 1.) When it is weighed and found to be over the allowable: (a) axle weight; and/or (b) axle group weight; and/or (c) gross vehicle weight for the roadway on which it is operating. OR 2.) When operating under a special permit for weight.

  16. 2012 Data (1 year)4684 Inspections27 StatesIllinois – 1732 inspections1025 Vehicle Inspections with Weight Citations

  17. General Inspection Information

  18. Combination CMV Distribution

  19. Permitted CMV Distribution

  20. OOS Violations (All CMVs)

  21. Distribution of Weight Violations

  22. What does it mean?

  23. Heavy and Overweight Stopping Distance Testing2012 5 axle tractor semitrailer

  24. Max Weight 5 Axles Florida, Wyoming, & Michigan – Allowed up to 122,000 on 5 axles. NY & NJ – Allowed up to 126,000 on 5 axles. Massachusetts & Connecticut – Allowed up to 128,000 on 5 axles. Mississippi – Allows more weight depending on axle spacing's & routes. Wisconsin – Allowed up to 142,000 on 5 axles. Legend 92,000 102,000 112,000 116,000+ 96,000 104,000 98,000 106,000 100,000 108,000

  25. Heavy Overweight Brake Testing • Impact on brake performance with increasing load • Impact on brake performance with brake degradation on tractor and trailer (20%)

  26. FY 2012 Testing • Reduced Stopping Distance Tractor • New brakes/drums/tires • Performed complete - FMVSS 121 burnish • 20 mph, 60 mph stopping distance tests 1. Best Effectiveness 2. 20% brakes out trailer 3. 20% brakes out tractor.

  27. Future Plans… Testing • 2013 6 axle combination vehicle testing • 2013 heavy straight truck testing • Continue heavy vehicle inspection data gathering

  28. Work Zone Safety Fatal Crashes Declined 2005-2010 233-117 Increased 2011 144 27% of work zone crashes involve Large Trucks

  29. Work Zone Safety Fatal Crashes More common than all large fatal crashes

  30. FMCSA Contact Chuck Horan Office Director - Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards charles.horan@dot.gov Luke Loy Sr. Engineer Vehicle & Roadside Operations Division Luke.Loy@dot.gov

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