Safety as a professional driver is a full-time responsibility. Attention to driving safely in order to protect your own well-being and the general public is at the heart of a strong personal safety culture. This focus is hard to maintain with all the information and issues pending from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in addition to your daily activities and responsibilities. Some of the issues and distractions you must deal with include:
• New regulations and enforcement emphasis on texting and use of telephones and other in-cab communication devices
• Drivers we share the road with not giving full attention to the process of driving safely
• CSA (formerly known as CSA 2010) activating in December and our need to be in compliance and avoid violations on scale and roadside inspections
• Life – Family, money, health, projects, etc.
• New Log Book regulations and Electronic Logs

As a professional driver, once you pre-trip your truck and yourself and climb in the cab it is VERY important to place all these distractions in the background and make driving safely your primary and ONLY task. We all know that taking your attention away from the road is very dangerous. We must keep our attention on the highway and the driving environment clear and active to keep everyone safe.
CSA (formerly known as CSA 2010) will be activated for public view in December of this year. Most all of you know by now that CSA is the replacement for SafeStat.

CSA will monitor and score violations on scale and roadside inspections to determine the overall safety performance of trucking companies and drivers.
An easy way to think about CSA and be successful is this:
most of the rules and regulations trucking companies and drivers must follow have not changed. The roadside inspection process has not changed. If you continue to do detailed pre-trip inspections and comply with all Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations with the goal of No Violation inspections, CSA will not be an issue for you and thus a minor distraction! If you approach driving as a serious responsibility with the intent of coming home safely after delivering your load, you will be successful. It is MUCH less stressful to do the right things as a professional driver and in the process enjoy your chosen career.
Remember, our nation would grind to a halt if not for you, the professional driver doing your job safely every day.

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