
Course details
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Overview for Drivers (US)
This online Compliance, Safety & Accountability for Drivers course is designed to provide commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with important high-level information about the new CSA program.
Course Overview
In 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) introduced new measures to improve the effectiveness of the agency's compliance and enforcement program. The Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program's goal is to reduce large truck and bus crashes, injuries and fatalities.
This online Compliance, Safety & Accountability for Drivers course is designed to provide commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with important high-level information about the new CSA program.
After completing this course, an understanding should be gained of:
- Explain the purpose of the CSA program and operational model
- Explain components of the CSA program
- Identify driver responsibilities according to the CSA program
- Recognize differences between the CSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) and the previous SafeStat System
- Explain the Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs)
- Describe how the Driver Safety Measurement System (DSMS) works
Topics Covered
- What is the CSA program?
- Components of the CSA program
- Data collection
- What is an intervention
- When do interventions happen?
- CSA program strengths
- How to comply with the CSA program
- Why comply with the CSA program?
- The end of safestat
- Safety measurement system
- Behavior analysis and safety improvement categories (BASICs)
- Basic measurements
- More information
- Driver safety measurement system (DSMS)
- Dsms process
- Summary
This course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete
A passing grade of 80% or higher required. Up to 3 attempts are provided.
A certificate will be provided upon the successful completion of this course