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• National Safety Code in

April 22, 2004
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What is NSC?

• The National Safety Code (NSC) is a set of safety
  standards for motor carriers, drivers and
  vehicles operating in Canada.
• Provides support through regulation for drivers
  and carriers to implement management processes to
  improve safety.

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How was the NSC established?

• In 1989 the Canadian Council of Motor Transport
  Administrators (CCMTA) established the NSC
  standards.
• All provinces and territories have adopted the
  NSC standards and use them to develop their own
  regulations.

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NSC Weight Threshold

• Vehicles included in NSC in BC are
• Trucks or truck tractors with GVW exceeding 5000
  kg
• Buses
• Vehicles licensed under the Motor Carrier
  operating authority (taxis and buses)

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Carriers Obligations

• As a carrier, you are responsible for
• educating yourself and all drivers who work under
  your Safety Certificate
• ensuring that all vehicles that are operated
  under your Safety Certificate are properly
  maintained

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Carriers Obligations Cont.

• ensuring only competent and qualified drivers
  drive your vehicles
• establishing policies for monitoring hours of
  service, vehicle maintenance, safety programs,
  and ensuring your safety policies are followed

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Carrier Profile Elements

• Carrier profile incorporates all of the
  information as required by NSC Standard 14
• Points are assigned for
• OOS CVSAs (3)
• At-fault Accidents (2, 4, 6)
• Deemed Guilty Contraventions (1, 2, 3, 5)
• All info. received through CDE on the above

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Requesting a Carrier Profile

• Fax request to [phone]
• Include carrier name, NSC number, and specific
  date range (if applicable)
• Carrier profiles are provided to the carrier free
  of charge

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Progressive Intervention Process - Risk Bands

• Carriers are divided into 7 risk bands based on
  fleet size

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Progressive Intervention Process - Thresholds

• Within each risk band, the provincial median is
  calculated in each of the 4 categories
• Contraventions
• Inspections
• Accidents
• Total Points
• Thresholds for warning letter, interview, audit,
  and hearing are established based on the median
  in each risk band

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Progressive Intervention Process - Carrier
Profile Scores

• Points are calculated using a 12-month moving
  window (12 months is established from deemed
  convicted date)
• Points are based on a per vehicle score
  (established by dividing the points by the
  12-month average fleet size) Note 1
  vehicle365 days of licensing

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Progressive Intervention Process - Warning Letter

• Warning Letters are triggered automatically at
  the beginning of each month
• 1545 carriers (or 6.9 of active carriers) were
  triggered for a warning letter in 2003

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Progressive Intervention Process - Interview

• Carrier interviews are triggered at the beginning
  of each month.
• 461 carriers (or 2.1 of active carriers)
  participated in an interview in 2003
• Other sources of interviews are
• Carrier selected for random audit (not previously
  interviewed or audited)
• Carrier Requested
• Requested by enforcement or 3rd party

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Progressive Intervention Process - Audit

• Carrier audits are triggered at the beginning of
  each month.
• 379 audits (or 1.7 of active carriers) were
  conducted in 2003
• Other sources of audits are
• Random (Clean, NSC Random, Motor Carrier Random)
• Follow-up (1st or 2nd follow-up)
• Carrier Requested
• Requested by enforcement or 3rd party

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Progressive Intervention Process

• Warning Letter
• Carrier Interview
• Quantifiable Audit
• Show Cause Hearing

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Carrier Audit

• Audit points are assigned on the basis of
  non-compliance
• Audit statuses are assigned as follows
• 1-10 points - Satisfactory
• 10.1-20 points - Conditional
• 20.1 points - Unsatisfactory

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2003 Safety Rating Statistics
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Record-keeping

• Records must be kept for the four areas of your
  NSC obligations
• drivers
• hours of service
• vehicles
• special safety requirements

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Driver Records

• You must keep records on each of the following
  for every driver who works under your Safety
  Certificate
• driver license
• transportation of dangerous goods training
  certificates
• driver abstracts
• driver incident records

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Hours of Service

• As a carrier, you are responsible for ensuring
  that your drivers obey hours-of-service
  regulations
• Drivers of almost all NSC vehicles must follow
  these rules.

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Hours of Service Cont.

• Your obligations are to
• understand the hours-of-service rules
• ensure your drivers do not drive for longer
  periods than they are legally allowed to do

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Hours of Service Cont.

• ensure your drivers get the rest periods they are
  required to have
• keep accurate records that show your drivers are
  working within the legal limits

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Vehicle Maintenance

• You must ensure every vehicle that operates under
  your Safety Certificate is properly maintained.

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Vehicle Records

• As a carrier, you must
• Retain all manufacturer recall notices and
  evidence of corrective action
• Retain all vehicle maintenance, inspection, and
  repair records
• Maintain, inspect, and repair all vehicles
  according to the regulations

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Vehicle Records Cont.

• Ensure trip inspections are properly conducted
• Take appropriate action on all defects found
  during trip inspections
• Ensure you retain all required trip inspection
  reports

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Safety Rating Legislation

• 4-level Safety Rating process implemented
  November 2001

• Enacted in BC legislation under the Motor Vehicle
  Act Regulations (MVAR 37.061) on April 2, 2001

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Rating Carriers in BC

• Safety ratings are assigned to BC base-plated
  carriers only
• All BC Carriers receive a Safety rating.
• On December 31, 2003, there were 22,259 active
  base plated carriers in BC

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Safety Rating Categories

• BC may assign one of four safety ratings
• to a carrier (MVAR 37.061)
• Satisfactory-Unaudited
• Satisfactory
• Conditional
• Unsatisfactory
• Active in 2003

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Progressive Intervention Process - Show Cause
Hearing

• 22 NSC certificates were cancelled in 2003
• Audits are conducted prior to a recommendation
  for cancellation
• CCMTA is notified when a decision is reached to
  cancel a certificate in BC

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Hours of Service

• Summary of Changes
• Requirement for 10 hours off within every 24
  hours
• Limitation to 14 hours of elapsed time between
  periods of 8 hours off
• 48 hour averaging
• Must identify cycle
• 36/72 hours off to switch cycles or reset cycle
• Only team drivers can split sleeper time
• 2 cycles - 70 hours in 7 days
• - 120 hours in 14 days
• Once in every 14 days a driver must take at
  least 24 hours off duty