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technology A whole new ballgame Fleet executives open the playbook at Qualcomm Vision conference I t's a swing and a miss. If the rules of transportation were like baseball, you still would have two more chances at redemption. But in trucking, any errors are too risky to repeat. At the Qualcomm Vision 2012 user conference in San Diego last month, a lineup of industry experts and fleet executives opened the playbook to discuss how technology can be a competitive differentiator in this "whole new ballgame." Annette Sandberg, principal of TransSafe Consulting and former head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said no new regulations will be going into effect before the 2012 presidential election. A number of regulations still await in the bullpen, including changes to the hours-of-service rule like the 34-hour restart provision. "Once the election is over, there is probably going to be a flood of regulations that hits the industry no matter who is elected," Sandberg said. During a breakout session, Jeannie Gordon, vice president of 46 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JULY 2012 compliance for Jacksonville, Fla.-based Landstar System, denounced FMCSA's Compliance Safety Accountability initia- tive as "broken," saying the program as it currently stands measures compliance but not safety. Gordon cited numerous examples of ELECTION-YEAR INACTION: New regulations are unlikely to go into effect before November. 'BROKEN' PROGRAM: FMCSA's CSA initiative doesn't measure safety, a fleet executive said. 'CRYSTAL BALL': Several fleets praised FleetRisk Advisors' predictive modeling platform. ways carriers can improve their safety but not their CSA score. "A lot of these viola- tions have nothing to do with safety, " she said. "We are going to be in trou- ble if we don't turn it around. We are all in this together. " Gordon urged carriers to visit www.regulations. gov to comment on