# Presentation: 384553

## Talking Freight Seminar Presenter Chuck HoranDirector of Enforcement and  Compliance 

## Overview:
Who we are
Our Industry
Mission
Programs

- Who we are
- Our Industry
- Mission
- Programs

## Who we are:
OMC part of Federal Highway
MCSIA 1999
January 2000 FMCSA
1000 strong
HQ-Staff
4-Service Centers
Division Offices in Each State
Mexico and Canadian requirement
Force multiplier – MCSAP

- OMC part of Federal Highway
- MCSIA 1999
- January 2000 FMCSA
- 1000 strong
- HQ-Staff
- 4-Service Centers
- Division Offices in Each State
- Mexico and Canadian requirement
- Force multiplier – MCSAP

## Our Industry
Interstate commerce Fed Jurisdiction
662,392 Truck and Bus companies
7,927,280 Large trucks
20,094 Passenger carrier companies
669,780 Commercial busses
43,543 HM companies 
1.1M HM shipments daily
All vehicles 225,684,815 
CDL drivers 11 million

**Interstate commerce Fed Jurisdiction**
**662,392 Truck and Bus companies**
**7,927,280 Large trucks**
**20,094 Passenger carrier companies**
**669,780 Commercial busses**
**43,543 HM companies **
**1.1M HM shipments daily**
**All vehicles 225,684,815 **
**CDL drivers 11 million**

## Mission
Reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. 
Develop and enforce data-driven regulation
Focus efforts on high risk carriers
Education
GOAL: Reduce the large truck fatality rate by 41% from 1996 to 2008. This reduction translates into a rate of 1.65 fatalities in truck crashes per 100 million miles of truck travel. 

- Reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
- Develop and enforce data-driven regulation
- Focus efforts on high risk carriers
- Education
**GOAL: Reduce the large truck fatality rate by 41% from 1996 to 2008. This reduction translates into a rate of 1.65 fatalities in truck crashes per 100 million miles of truck travel.**

## Programs
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
Hazardous Material Regulations
Commercial Drivers License 
Motor Carrier Safety Identification and Information Systems
New Entrant Safety Assurance Process
Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
Performance and Registration Information System Management (PRISM)

**Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations**
**Hazardous Material Regulations**
**Commercial Drivers License **
**Motor Carrier Safety Identification and Information Systems**
**New Entrant Safety Assurance Process**
**Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)**
**Performance and Registration Information System Management (PRISM)**

## Programs continued
Border and International Safety
Safety Education and Outreach
Household Goods program

- Border and International Safety
- Safety Education and Outreach
- Household Goods program

## Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs)
Develop maintain and enforce federal regulations
Promote carrier safety, industry productivity and new technologies
Establish safe operating requirements
Commercial Vehicle Drivers
Carriers
Vehicles
Equipment

**Develop maintain and enforce federal regulations**
**Promote carrier safety, industry productivity and new technologies**
**Establish safe operating requirements**
**Commercial Vehicle Drivers**
**Carriers**
**Vehicles**
**Equipment**

## Hazardous Material Regulations (HMRs)
Partner with RSPA
Ensure safe and secure transportation of HM
Classification of HM
Proper packaging
Employee training
Hazard communication
Operational requirements
FMCSA might be characterized as RSPAs enforcement arm for HM over the road shipments

**Partner with RSPA**
**Ensure safe and secure transportation of HM**
**Classification of HM**
**Proper packaging**
**Employee training**
**Hazard communication**
**Operational requirements**
**FMCSA might be characterized as RSPAs enforcement arm for HM over the road shipments**

## Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
Develop, monitor, ensure compliance with the commercial driver licensing standards for:
Drivers
Carriers
States

**Develop, monitor, ensure compliance with the commercial driver licensing standards for:**
**Drivers**
**Carriers**
**States**

## Motor Carrier Safety Identification and Information Systems
National and State crash statistics
Current analysis
Detailed motor carrier safety performance data to industry and public
Data used by State and Federal enforcement to target inspections and investigations

**National and State crash statistics**
**Current analysis**
**Detailed motor carrier safety performance data to industry and public**
**Data used by State and Federal enforcement to target inspections and investigations**

## New Entrant Safety Assurance Program
Aprox. 4800 per month
Educate new carriers 
18 month monitoring 

**Aprox. 4800 per month**
**Educate new carriers **
**18 month monitoring **

## Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
Federal Grant to State
Hire staff
Implement strategies to enforce FMCSRs and HMRs
Conduct roadside inspection
Review motor carrier FMCSR compliance
Detect and correct 
CMV defects
Driver deficiencies
Unsafe motor carrier practices

**Federal Grant to State**
**Hire staff**
**Implement strategies to enforce FMCSRs and HMRs**
**Conduct roadside inspection**
**Review motor carrier FMCSR compliance**
**Detect and correct **
**CMV defects**
**Driver deficiencies**
**Unsafe motor carrier practices**

## Performance & Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM)
Tie motor carrier safety with vehicle registration
Identify at the vehicle level who is responsible for safety
Continuous monitoring prohibiting carriers from operating by removing license plates

**Tie motor carrier safety with vehicle registration**
**Identify at the vehicle level who is responsible for safety**
**Continuous monitoring prohibiting carriers from operating by removing license plates**

## Research and Technology
Gain fundamental and applied knowledge in order to develop new methods and technologies to enhance truck and bus safety and security

**Gain fundamental and applied knowledge in order to develop new methods and technologies to enhance truck and bus safety and security**

## Border and International Safety
Develop compatible motor carrier safety requirements and procedures
Ensure motor carriers, drivers, and vehicles from Mexico and Canada operating in the US meet the same safety standards as US carriers

**Develop compatible motor carrier safety requirements and procedures**
**Ensure motor carriers, drivers, and vehicles from Mexico and Canada operating in the US meet the same safety standards as US carriers**

## Safety Education and Outreach
Implement educational strategies to increase motor carrier compliance with the safety regulations
Reduce the likelihood of a CMV crash
Messages are aimed at all highway users
Passenger car drivers
Truck drivers
Pedestrians
Bicyclists

**Implement educational strategies to increase motor carrier compliance with the safety regulations**
**Reduce the likelihood of a CMV crash**
**Messages are aimed at all highway users**
**Passenger car drivers**
**Truck drivers**
**Pedestrians**
**Bicyclists**
**  **

## Household Goods Program
Regulate interstate household good movers
Register with the agency
Enforcement focused
Capability increased
Program strengthened

**Regulate interstate household good movers**
**Register with the agency**
**Enforcement focused**
**Capability increased**
**Program strengthened**