USDOT Agency Nixes Upgraded Rear Impact Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
Late last week, members should have received a notice from Mohave Insurance which included an attached letter from ICSA. We also sent it to ICSA members earlier this week to be certain that all members are in the loop on important changes coming to ICSA in January for Platinum-level Members who are insured through ICSA’s Risk Purchase Group as well as those who have cameras purchased through ICSA.
First, the method by which Platinum-level members receive and pay for in-cab camera service will change. Members who purchased SmartDrive cameras through ICSA signed a contract to pay the ongoing monthly cost of the monitoring service charged by our vendor partner, Solera/SmartDrive. These members have been paying their monthly camera subscriptions as part of their monthly insurance premium. Effective January 1, 2024, members’ camera subscriptions will be billed by ICSA separately each month to each member. The monthly amount to be invoiced is $30 per month per active camera to cover the costs incurred by ICSA to provide the service to its members.
Secondly, the monthly ICSA invoice will also include a Telematics Surcharge to support key enhancements to the safety assistance our members receive from ICSA. Earlier this year, ICSA’s board of directors approved a program to require each member to provide access to data from the member’s ELD provider automatically. This data will be used to match drivers to trucks for better ongoing safety monitoring and consulting as well as to enable ICSA and insurers or prospective insurers to provide improved insurance coverage and pricing options for members. You will soon be receiving information about how to provide ICSA with access to that data. Associated with this program, there will be an additional $30 per power unit telematics service fee on the monthly invoice.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and now Hurricane Helene in 2024, with Milton bearing down on the Gulf Coast! Major storms, with major disaster areas and the need for emergency supplies, most of which come by truck.
FMCSA is hard at work on a new online registration system, to “improve the transparency and efficiency of FMCSA’s registration procedures”.