{"id":3572,"date":"2023-08-04T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/bill-would-set-carrier-selection-safety-standards-for-brokers-shippers\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:42:09","slug":"bill-would-set-carrier-selection-safety-standards-for-brokers-shippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/bill-would-set-carrier-selection-safety-standards-for-brokers-shippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Would Set Carrier Selection Safety Standards for Brokers, Shippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed US legislation would require the DOT to set a safety selection standard for those contracting with motor carriers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As, Truckinginfo.com reports, the bill \u2013 called the Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act \u2013 proposes to give brokers and third-party logistics providers a national \u201csafety fitness determination\u201d standard for due diligence in selecting motor carriers and help shield them from negligent-hiring claims. The bill would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a national standard for shippers and brokers to use to ensure trucking companies are licensed, registered, and insured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposed standard would require that motor carriers:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Be registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.<\/li>\n<li>Meet at least the minimum insurance requirement.<\/li>\n<li>Not have an unsatisfactory safety rating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this standard is followed, a 3PL would be considered to have selected a carrier in \u201ca reasonable and prudent manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill also sets interim requirements to help ensure shippers and manufacturers hire safe, reliable drivers that are properly licensed, registered and insured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWithout a clear federal standard, the result is a confusing patchwork of standards that threaten the nation\u2019s economy and public safety,\u201d said Ben Campbell, chief legal officer of C.H. Robinson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not the first time bills to set such a standard have been introduced since a 2012 $5 million jury verdict that may have been the first punitive damages verdict against a transportation broker in a case involving a negligent hiring claim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It that case, it was shown in court that the motor carrier did not have insurance or operating authority when the broker tendered the load.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truckinginfo.com\/10203224\/bill-would-set-carrier-selection-standards-for-brokers\">story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed US legislation would require the DOT to set a safety selection standard for those contracting with motor carriers. 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