[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was 
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-186. A concurrent resolution adopted by the General 
     Assembly of the State of Ohio urging the United States 
     Congress to encourage the Administrator of the Federal Motor 
     Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to change the crash 
     indicator Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories 
     (BASIC) regulation standards to consider only crashes in 
     which the driver was at fault for the crash; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

                  House Concurrent Resolution Number 8

       Whereas, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
     (FMCSA) uses the Safety Measurement System (SMS) to assess 
     commercial motor vehicle carriers in seven Behavior Analysis 
     and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs); and
       Whereas, The BASICs include Unsafe Driving, Crash 
     Indicator, Hours-of-Service Compliance, Vehicle Maintenance, 
     Controlled Substances and Alcohol, Hazardous Materials 
     Compliance, and Driver Fitness; and
       Whereas, SMS data allows the FMCSA to assess carrier 
     noncompliance with the regulations promulgated by the FMCSA 
     and provides the commercial motor vehicle carrier industry 
     and other safety stakeholders with comprehensive, 
     informative, and regularly updated safety performance data; 
     and
       Whereas, SMS data is used to make safety-based business 
     decisions using all available sources of information; and
       Whereas, The Crash Indicator BASIC includes data concerning 
     all state-reported crashes, regardless of the carrier's or 
     driver's role in the crash; and
       Whereas, By including crashes in which a carrier or driver 
     was not at fault, the current data creates an inaccurate, 
     incriminating, and imbalanced portrayal of the carrier's or 
     driver's crash record, with the potential for devastating 
     personal and business consequences for otherwise upstanding 
     and safe carriers and drivers: Now therefore be it
       Resolved, That we, the members of the 133rd General 
     Assembly of the State of Ohio, urge the Congress of the 
     United States to encourage the Administrator of the FMCSA to 
     change the Crash Indicator BASIC regulation standards to 
     consider only crashes in which the driver was at fault for 
     the crash; and be it further
       Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
     transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the 
     President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States 
     Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of 
     Representatives, the President of the United States, the 
     members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news 
     media of Ohio.

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