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1 Idealease Safety Bulletin - Six most Common CSA ViolationsIn This Issue:Six most Common CSA ViolationsIdealease / NPTC Safety Seminar Registration - New Date Added!Are you Safe For Life?New rule requires passengers in large commercial trucks to wear seat beltsDrug & Alcohol clearinghouse final rule sent to OMBATRI releases results of truck driver sleep apnea studyNew York chiropractors no longer authorized to perform driver physical examsIs this email not displaying correctly?View it in your most Common CSA ViolationsTHE TRUCKV iolation: Lighting28% of all roadside vehicle Violations last year, out of million inspections, dealtwith lights or reflective Violations are a severity point assessment of 6 CSA points and a conspicuityof reflective tape Violations are 3 CSA : Pre and Post trip inspections and reporting of lighting defects on the dailyvehicle inspection : Brakes25% of vehicle Violations are for brakes, with over 1 million brake Violations lastyear, each with four CSA : Training is key.

2 Make sure drivers know what to look for and when to getassistance with their brakes. The only way to find a brake adjustment problem is tocarefully measure the stroke, and adjusting a brake that has an automatic adjuster won tfix the problem (and may make it worse).June 10, 2016 Brought to you by new Seminar has been added tothe schedule!An Idealease Safety Seminar will beheld in Columbia, South Carolinaon October 5th!Register Now for the 2016 Idealease / NPTC Safety SeminarIdealease and the National PrivateIdealease Safety Bulletin - Six most Common CSA ViolationsViolation: Tires11% of vehicle Violations are for tires (half for tread depth), with a CSA severity ofeight tires must have 4/32 inch of tread depth; other tires must have 2/32 : Pre and Post Trip inspections that identify tires that are getting close toregulation requirements being reported on the daily vehicle inspection report. Driversneed to know how and when to check inflation (with a gauge!) and when it s time for DRIVERV iolation: Logs Form & Manner and Log Not Current Violations make up 25% of all driverviolations at the roadside, far and above any other violation.

3 A form/mannerviolation carries just one CSA point, but a log that isn t current is worth : Review hours of service regulations with all drivers upon orientation andthroughout the year during driver meetings. Monitor hours of service documentation forviolations. Implement a progressive disciplinary policy for violators with termination asthe ultimate action taken. Consider implementing electronic logging : Medical issues12% of driver Violations are related to medical issues, often a failure to have avalid medical certificate. These carry a low CSA point value of one or two,although driving while physically ill is a 10-point : Track the expiration of your drivers medical cards and make sure they getupdated, placed in drivers files, carried in the vehicle and turned in to the state licensingagency. Make sure drivers know exactly what s required of them, and haveconsequences in place for those who fail to of these Violations may go away once we have the National Registry of MedicalExaminers, and once interstate CDL drivers no longer have to carry their medical cards(in Feb.)

4 2015).Violation: English abilityThis violation has been surging in recent years, currently at 9% of all driverviolations and carrying four CSA is complicated because there is no yes/no standard. Key for aroadside inspection is being able to fill out paperwork, speak with officers andanswer their questions, all in : Your hiring practices should filter out drivers who simply cannot meet thestandard. Use training and practice to help drivers know how to respond to typicalquestions about their logs, their trips and cargo, their insurance, registration, license andtheir Council NPTC will again behosting safety seminars in 2016. Theone day seminar this year will focus onthe new Electronic Logging Device(ELD) regulation, basic safety andcompliance, regulation changes andCSA. In addition, this year attendeeswill receive the mandatory two hourDrug and Alcohol supervisor trainingas part of the seminar. The seminarsand will be provided to all Idealeasecustomers, potential customers andNPTC members at no charge.

5 Theseminar provides importantinformation applicable for both thenovice and experienced Here to register2016 Idealease SafetySeminar Schedule:June 23 San Leandro, CASeptember 20 Lafayette, INSeptember 21 Santa Fe Springs,CASeptember 22 Santa Barbara, CAOctober 4 Green Bay, WIOctober 4 Erie, PAOctober 5 Butler, PAOctober 5 Columbia, SCOctober 6 Cleveland, OHIdealease Safety Bulletin - Six most Common CSA Violations "RED FLAG" DRIVER VIOLATIONSWhen investigating a motor carrier, a Safety Investigator (SI) looks at driver history foregregious Violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Theseviolations are sometimes referred to as Red Flag Violations and are always investigatedas part of a carrier investigation. The SI conducting the investigation looks to see if theviolation has been corrected. At present, there are 12 such Violations , though this listmay be updated periodically. These Violations are outlined in the table below, along withthe Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) to which PARTVIOLATION DESCRIPTIOND river a commercial motorvehicle (CMV) with more than onedriver's licenseDriver (a)(2)Operating a CMV without a validcommercial driver's license (CDL)Driver (a)Driving a CMV (CDL) whiledisqualifiedDriver (a)Operating a CMV with improperCDL groupDriver DriverDriver (b)(5)Driver lacking valid license for typeof vehicle being operatedDriver (b)(7)Driver disqualified from operating aCMVD river (a)Driving a CMV while disqualifiedControlled (a)Driver uses or is in possession ofdrugsControlled (a)Possession/use/under influence ofalcohol less than 4 hours prior todutyFatigued Driving (HOS) (d)Driving after being declared out-of-service (OOS)Vehicle (c)(2)

6 Operating an OOS vehicleAny driver Violations identified and addressed during carrier investigations that are notcorrected may result in a driver Notice of Violation or Notice of 12 Chicago, ILIdealease Safety Bulletin - Six most Common CSA ViolationsAre you Safe for Life?The National Safety Council and thousands of organizationsacross the are raising awareness of what it takes to staySafeForLife. Observed annually in June, National Safety Monthfocuses on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work,on the roads and in our homes and week in June, we will be providing downloadable resources highlighting a differentsafety topic:Week 1 (through June 12): Stand Ready to RespondWeek 2 (June 13-19): Be HealthyWeek 3 (June 20-26): Watch Out for DangersWeek 4 (June 27-30): Share Roads SafelyGet Your Free MaterialsVisit the NSC Safety Month Website at: rule requires passengers in large commercialtrucks to wear seat beltsThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)announced that passengers riding in large commercialtrucks will be required to use seat belts whenever thevehicles are operated on public roads in interstate August 8, 2016, the final rule revises Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulationsand holds motor carriers and drivers responsible for ensuring that passengers riding inlarge commercial trucks are using seat 2014, 37 passengers traveling unrestrained in the cab of a large truck were killed inroadway crashes, according to the most recent data from the National Highway TrafficSafety Administration (NHTSA).

7 Of this number, approximately one-third were ejectedfrom the truck 's most recent Seat Belt Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) DriversSurvey, published in March 2014, found that commercial motor vehicle passengers useseat belts at a lower rate (73 percent) than CMV drivers (84 percent). Federal rules havelong required all commercial drivers to use seat & Alcohol clearinghouse final rule sent to OMBA draft final rule by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on to create anonline clearinghouse for CDL driver drug and alcohol testing results was received by theWhite House Office of Management and Budget for review on May 20, 2016. If there areno complications, OMB approval normally takes about 60 days, so the final rule could bepublished in the Federal Register by the end of July Safety Bulletin - Six most Common CSA ViolationsThis rulemaking would create a central database for verified positive controlledsubstances and alcohol test results for CDL holders and refusals by such drivers tosubmit to testing.

8 The final rule would require employers of CDL holders and serviceagents to report positive test results and refusals to test into the employers, acting on an application for a CDL driver position with theapplicant s written consent to access the clearinghouse, would query the clearinghousedatabase to determine if any specific information about the driver applicant is in theclearinghouse before allowing the applicant to be hired and to drive , once this final rule is implemented for three years, FMCSA is expected to eliminatethe current requirement that motor carrier employers seek information from prioremployers on positive drug and alcohol tests or refusals to test for CDL driver releases results of truck driver sleep apnea studyThe American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released the results of its sleepapnea survey, which highlights a number of issues related to truck driver screening andtreatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).With data from over 800 commercial drivers, ATRI's report is the first to quantify thecosts and other impacts that truck drivers are experiencing as they address diagnosisand potential treatment regimen for from the study include.

9 Among drivers who had been referred to a sleep study, 53 percent paid some orall of the test costs, with an average of $1,220 in out-of-pocket expenses,representing just over weeks of median driver pay at $805 per insurance assistance with sleep study costs impacted driver out-of-pocketcosts significantly 61 percent of drivers with no health care coverage of theirsleep study incurred out-of-pocket costs exceeding $1,000 compared to 32percent of drivers whose health insurance did cover some portion of the sleepstudy with costs exceeding $1, drivers reporting time away from work associated with sleep apneascreening, 41 percent indicated days off ranging from 1 - 30 of a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine was the mostcommonly prescribed treatment regimen for drivers diagnosed with sleep includes drivers in the ATRI sample diagnosed with mild sleep apnea, acondition that does not require treatment for medical number of drivers who report not adhering to a prescribed OSA treatmentwas only percent of the moderate/severe OSA diagnosed treatment efficacy varied by OSA severity.

10 As OSA diagnosisseverity increased, drivers experienced more positive CPAP treatment effects. Forexample, drivers diagnosed with severe OSA and being treated with CPAP reported increased amounts of sleep (84 percent), feeling better when they wakeup (71 percent), and lower blood pressure (75 percent).Conversely, among the 91 percent of drivers being treated with CPAP despitea diagnosis of mild sleep apnea less than a third (32 percent) experiencedimproved sleep as a result of CPAP drivers who have had sleep studies and those who have not, there isIdealease Safety Bulletin - Six most Common CSA Violationsconcern about the use of neck circumference and Body Mass Index (BMI) asmeasures to refer drivers to sleep studies. Additionally, among drivers who havebeen tested, 64 percent believe that the DOT guidelines for referring drivers aretoo broad and that medical examiners do not follow the guidelines for referrals tosleep period for sleep apnea rule extendedThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Federal RailroadAdministration published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) onMarch 10, 2016, requesting certain information regarding the evaluation of safetysensitive personnel for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).