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May 10, 2006 8:20 AM, EDT

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he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed changing the formula that it uses to run its SafeStat carrier rating system, alterations that may change the fleets identified as posing a crash risk.

In a May 3 Federal Register notice, FMCSA said the “proposed improvements are intended to make the algorithm more effective in identifying motor carriers posing a high crash risk.”

Among the changes are a broader indicator of a fleet’s traffic violations and a shorter time frame for considering a fleet’s safety data.

A DOT report last year found problems with the formula FMCSA currently uses to identify so-called “at-risk” carriers. “About 90% of the carriers identified as at-risk . . . did not have a high crash risk in the post-selection period,” the report said.

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