While most U.S. voters are concerned about getting employment and the economy back on track, one of the top representatives for the trucking industry says its biggest issue is the implementation of the Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA 2010) performance model. An initiative of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the safety measurement tool will help improve the nation’s highways by holding drivers and carriers accountable for their actions, something much needed according to the American Trucking Associations’ president and CEO, Bill Graves. Other industry concerns include hours-of-service regulations, distracted driving and funding to maintain the nation’s roads and bridges.

According to Gov. Bill Graves, president & CEO of the American Trucking Assns.(ATA), a poll done in June indicates U.S. voters are most concerned about jobs and economic growth, followed by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal deficit, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, national security and terrorism, health care and social issues.

Graves, the keynoter for the annual PeopleNet User Conference being held in Boca Raton, FL, this week, spoke to a packed ballroom of some 500 attendees about the issues facing trucking and the country as a whole as the mid-term Congressional elections approach.

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