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This chapter describes the survey approach, specific methods, and provides principal results. The carrier owner/manager survey asked respondents questions about safety problems they faced, what safety management practices they used, and the effectiveness of these practices.
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• (33) Other comments regarding safety management in small motor carriers.
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Two different Likert scales were used in project surveys: • A 5-point scale on the importance of various safety problems. Choices ranged from "not important" to "extremely important." • A 5-point scale rating the effectiveness of carrier safety management practices.
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At-risk driving behaviors (6) Recruiting/selecting good drivers Mean Importance Rating on 0-4 Likert Scale FIGURE 1 Mean importance ratings for 14 safety problems.
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Crash History -- frequency, severity of DOT-defined crashes 8 1 Total Responses: 124 41 TABLE 2 BIGGEST CSA COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 Most Challenging CSA BASICs Trucks Buses FIGURE 2 Proportion of respondent votes for biggest CSA BASIC compliance challenges for truck and bus respondents.
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Compliance Challenges Trucks Buses a) Unsafe Driving -- speeding, reckless driving, improper lane change, inattention 15 4 b)
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Table 7 provides the results for Question 32, disaggregated by trucks versus buses. As one would expect, the Rating or Statistic: Safety Management Practice: 0 1 2 3 4 N Avg.
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Monitoring carrier CSA scores and other safety performance measures 11 3 Total Responses: 237 102 TABLE 6 MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY MANAGEMENT AREAS 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 Most Important Safety Areas Trucks Buses FIGURE 3 Proportion of "most important" votes for ten areas of safety management for truck and bus respondents. Areas of Safety Management Trucks Buses (a)
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Written Comments Question 33 asked respondents if they had, "Other comments regarding safety management in small carriers." The comments received are provided here and are presented in four general categories: driver management, vehicles and cargo, enforcement and compliance, and general management. Some comments have been edited for clarity and context.
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Thus, unless otherwise stated, response statistics for all other survey questions in this report are limited to those respondents. Question 35 asked respondents how many nondriver employees they had (not including themselves)
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was not provided as an option because these carriers are rarely small and were not targeted in the survey solicitations. Specific survey findings are noted in chapter four, Evidence Review, as part of the discussion of various safety management topics.
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