Vigillo CEO Calls Public Input in Proposed FMCSA Two-Year Test Inappropriate
Allowing public participation in the data system used to review truck accidents in a proposed two-year federal program would contribute little to regulators’ safety analyses, the head of a prominent provider of data-mining software, said Aug. 2.
“I don’t think it’s appropriate. I don’t think that adds value to studying the outcomes of these crashes to determine preventable, nonpreventable. It simply injects emotion,” said Steve Bryan, CEO of Oregon-based Vigillo.
Bryan was speaking during a webinar about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed two-year demonstration program that would allow certain nonpreventable crashes to be removed from motor carriers’ public and private safety profiles.
Under the agency’s demonstration program, the public would be allowed to seek reviews using the national data correction system known as DataQs. After a comprehensive review, when a crash is determined to not be preventable, it would be removed from a carrier’s profile maintained by the agency.
Last month, FMCSA called on the public to comment through Sept.12 on the proposed demonstration program. A formal date for implementation has not been disclosed, the agency indicated.
Stakeholders largely agreed the program is a first step to do away with the perception of a flaw in the agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability safety performance program.
