The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will host a free session on the changes being made to the Safety Measurement System (SMS). The session will take place on Thursday, January 16, 2025, beginning at 3:00 pm (Eastern time). To register, go to Webinar Registration – Zoom.
The Safety Measurement System is the part of FMCSA’s CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) program which looks at motor carrier violations and compliance issues and prioritizes carriers for Agency intervention. FMCSA has made recent changes to compliance categories (formerly, “BASICs”), violation groups, and severity weighting. The January 16 session will explain these changes. FMCSA will also announce the anticipated date for launch of the updated SMS.
To get a preview of what is in store, visit the CSA Prioritization Preview website (https://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/prioritizationpreview). Motor carriers can log in and view their own numbers and how they will change under the updated SMS. A hypothetical carrier example can also be reviewed there.
PrePass will participate in the January 16 Safety Measurement System session.