The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Friday it has ordered Reliable Transportation Services to stop operating, declaring the Utah-based trucking company an “imminent hazard to public safety.”

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has let the trucking industry down by failing to modify the way it assigns fault in truck-related crashes.

The item in your Feb. 27 issue titled “CSA Scores Help Shippers Avoid Potential Lawsuits” fell regrettably short of your usual standards for objective, well-informed and fact-based reporting on the trucking industry.

While Compliance, Safety, Accountability program scores now play an important role in helping shippers choose the proper carrier for hauling their freight, a recent court ruling has raised new potential problems within the supply chain.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared U&D Service Inc. an “imminent hazard to public safety” and ordered the Indianapolis-based trucking company to cease operations.

Trucking industry adoption of onboard anti-collision systems appears to be gaining steam after years of resistance, according to industry officials.

Meritor WABCO said truckload carrier Schneider National has ordered more than 2,500 units of its OnGuard Collision Safety System as standard equipment for new Class 8 trucks it plans to purchase this year.

Brokers and carriers said that the federal Safety Management System, or SMS, that is used to score carrier performance is causing them to lose business by unfairly tainting fleet safety records.

Claiming that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s safety scoring system is unfair, a prominent freight broker and a transport attorney are pursuing multiple steps to stifle the agency’s Safety Management System.

An advisory committee to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is recommending the agency collect more data to ensure its safety measurement system is based on science and not on the intuition or opinions of experts.