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Enhancements to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s have gone live.

The agency said the design changes are intended to provide more intuitive navigation, and user-friendly features and descriptions to clarify SMS’s role as FMCSA’s prioritization tool for interventions. They also will consolidate agency safety information so users do not have to go to multiple sites, and provide improved access to detailed information and new performance-monitoring tools.

SMS uses data collected from roadside inspections, state-reported crashes and investigations to quantify the relative safety performance of motor carriers. The agency uses the data to prioritize high-risk motor carriers, allocate its investigative resources and identify motor carriers for other actions such as a warning letter.

The enhancements do not alter the SMS methodology or affect a carrier’s safety rating, FMCSA said. The agency plans to conduct webinars on the enhancements Aug. 20-21.