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Publication Date

2024

Abstract

Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 was launched in the third quarter of 2010 by the FMCSA despite the extreme trepidation of the motor carrier industry. The main focus of the new rules was to track seven metrics and make some of them publicly available to encourage carriers to hire safer drivers. This article examines the impact of CSA 2010 metrics on the profitability of motor carriers. In other words, is it more beneficial to adhere to all rules or break some of the rules and pay the fines when you are caught? The costs of poor CSA 2010 metrics could include other costs such as lost sales because the data is publicly available for most of the metrics calculated. Results of the analysis reveal that worse numbers on several metrics are related to worse performance on some aspect of financial performance, and vehicle maintenance violations are related to worse financial performance

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