Will FMCSA use CSA to remove CMV drivers from their jobs?

No. CSA does not give FMCSA new authority to remove drivers from their jobs and cannot be used to publicly rate or assess drivers’ safety performance in the way carriers are rated or assessed today. Other important facts related to driver employment are outlined below.

• Carriers will not inherit any of a newly hired driver’s past violations. Only those inspections and crashes that a driver is involved in while operating under a carrier’s authority can be applied to a carrier’s SMS.
• Similar to SafeStat, tickets or warnings that drivers receive while operating their personal vehicles do not count in the new SMS.
• Neither FMCSA nor CSA restricts drivers based on body mass BMI, weight or neck size.
• Drivers should ask current and potential motor carrier employers about their safety performance as measured under CSA. Drivers and carriers with strong safety performance histories stand to benefit from the new compliance and enforcement program.