Full implementation of the CSA 2010 program, originally expected to start in July, is likely to be delayed until 2011, according to
American Trucking Associations, citing the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
“It now appears that although certain phases of CSA 2010 will begin this fall, full implementation will not be completed until spring or perhaps summer of 2011,” ATA said Thursday in a membership newsletter.
Asked about ATA’s statement, FMCSA spokeswoman Candice Tolliver said that the agency will not delay the launch of CSA 2010 until next year and that the agency will issue a Federal Register notice addressing the implementation timeline “in the coming weeks.”
Until then, the full implementation schedule isn’t yet available, Tolliver said.
Rob Abbott, ATA vice president of safety policy, told Transport Topics that the agency will take “a bifurcated approach,” pushing back some implementation steps to address truckers’ concerns.
ATA has asked FMCSA to alter some enforcement procedures and methods for calculating truckers’ safety scores.
FMCSA officials said as recently as March 18 that the program, intended to further improve truck safety, would begin this summer and be functional in all states by winter.
