There appears to be an ongoing “enforcement disparity” by state, and even counties, when it comes to Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) inspections, according to a report by software engineering and data mining firm Vigillo LLC.
In an article by Fleet Owner magazine, Steven Bryan, Vigilloโs CEO, noted that the study โ entitled Comprehensive State Enforcement Statistics โ found that carriers experienced an โinconsistent level of enforcement across the states they operate in.โ
โFor example, we found that state-level data indicated Arizona wrote up the most violations for โnon-English speakingโ drivers,โ Bryan told Fleet Owner. โBut in drilling down into the data, we found 99% of those violation write-ups occurred in just Pima County, which sits right on the border with Mexico.โ
Vigilloโs data analysis determined several other findings, inclduing, for example,Cecil County, Maryland, was home to the most tire tread violation write-ups in the U.S.
โThis is the kind of information fleets should make all their operations personnel โ drivers, dispatchers, and load planners โ aware of if they operate in those areas,โ said Bryan. โItโs just important for every carrier to understand what theyโre facing in the area in which they operate.
He said in a federal program like CSA enforcement ideally should be uniform across the states, โbut the report will reveal that unfortunately that is not necessarily the case.โ
