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CALENDAR News iN brief, driver out-of-service violations fell 17.2
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percent for fleets using PSP, as opposed
OF EVENTS to those who haven’t.
“If it hadn’t been for those truck Declines in crash rates were even
drivers, Andi wouldn’t be here. He was bigger for carriers who have between
January blue and he wasn’t breathing,” Kaycee six and 20 drivers, falling 20.6 percent,
said. “They knew what to do and they and those with between 21-100 drivers,
JANUARy 26-28
2014 AMeRIcAn TRuckIng saved my son.” declining 21.1 percent.
AssocIATIons execuTIVe FMCSA also found the number of
MeeTIng fMcsa stUdy says PsP PSP users has steadily increased month-
Capital hilton
Washington, d.C. PrograM loWEriNg crash ly since PSP began distributing informa-
JANUARy 27-31 aNd drivEr oos NUMBErs tion in May 2010.
cVsA coHMeD confeRence A recent Federal Motor Carrier “Currently, there are about 35,000
Sarasota, Florida Safety Administration (FMCSA) report PSP users making about 70,000 requests
February shows that motor carriers using the per month,” the study stated. These
agency’s Pre-Employment Screening requests come from both drivers and
FEBRUARy 13 Program (PSP) are seeing a greater motor carriers, but almost all of these
ATA BoARD of DIRecToRs
MeeTIng decline in crash rates than those who users are motor carrier companies with
are not using it. only a small fraction of requests coming
March
“The overall adjusted improvement from drivers.”
mARCh 10-13 in the crash rates for the PSP group, FMCSA established the Pre-
2014 TMc AnnuAl MeeTIng across all size classes, was statistically Employment Screening Program to
& TRAnspoRTATIon
exHIBITIon significant,” said the report. comply with a law requiring the agency
Nashville City music Center It also found those using PSP expe- to provide information on driver safety
Nashville, Tennessee rienced a drop in driver out-of-service performance to persons conducting pre-
mARCh 23-26 violations. employment screening for the motor
TRuckloAD cARRIeRs Overall it found crash rates carrier industry. The system has around
AssocIATIon AnnuAl
conVenTIon declined 8 percent for carriers while 3.5 million driver records, which varies
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Grapevine, Texas
april
APRIL 1-4 (TENTATIVE)
AMeRIcAn TRuckIng
AssocIATIons WInTeR
sTeeRIng MeeTIng
& nATIonAl sAfeTy
confeRence & exHIBITIon
Arlington, Texas
APRIL 3
ATA BoARD of DIRecToRs
MeeTIng
May
mAy 21-23
ATA AnnuAl BusIness
confeRence AnD VenDoR
sHoWcAse
hilton Branson Convention Center
Branson, missouri
July
JULy 10-12
ATA TRuckIng
cHAMpIonsHIp
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Rogers, Arkansas

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