PeopleNet has introduced two new service offerings to help the trucking industry comply with recent CSA 2010 and EOBR (electronic onboard recorder) regulations that are scheduled for implementation soon. And the company is sufficiently confident that they can have a positive impact on a carrier’s CSA 2010 score that it’s offering a no-cost guarantee.

Under CSA 2010, carriers and drivers will be assessed on the most recent 24 months of on-road performance and crash data by the new Safety Measurement System (SMS). The system is designed to identify unsafe driver behaviour earlier, ultimately reducing crashes, injuries and fatalities.

PeopleNet’s EOBR is compliant with current safety regulations and will remain compliant with the recent FMCSA ruling 395.16. The bundle is said to be a low-cost fleet-management offering with eDriver Logs that enables fleets to electronically log drivers’ hours of service and fully comply with hours-of-service regulations.

The CSA 2010 bundle is a more comprehensive approach to meeting safety goals. In addition to managing drivers’ HOS with eDriver Logs, the CSA 2010 bundle includes other safety applications such as onboard event recording, ‘Speedgauge’, engine-fault-code monitoring, speed alarms and more. This bundle also includes onsite help by PeopleNet Professional Services to ensure CSA 2010 readiness by helping customers understand how to use the technology to assess, measure and impact safety performance.

PeopleNet notes that more and heavier fines are on the horizon, according to an FMCSA report. It estimates that carriers will have an 8.5 times greater chance of incurring heavier fines and being mandated as to what their operation must do to become compliant. Five of the top 10 most frequently cited violations in 2009 were HOS-related, the company says, with ‘driver log form and manner’ and ‘driver record of duty status not current’ the most frequent.