FDOT Motor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW) Work Unit

Description: The Motor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW) Work Unit is part of the FDOT Office of Maintenance. Senate Bill 2000 appropriated the move of Motor Carrier Compliance July 1st, 2011 from the Florida Department of Transportation to the Department of Highway Safety and the Florida Highway Patrol. The weigh stations and their operations remain under FDOT. Motor Carrier Size and Weight is staffed by regulatory weight inspectors. MCSAW assists FDOT in fulfilling its mission of providing a safe transportation system by performing commercial vehicle size and weight enforcement. The primary purpose of the MCSAW weight enforcement program is to protect Florida's highway system and bridges from damage from overweight vehicles. Vehicles are weighed at its 20 fixed weigh station locations and mobile enforcement with portable scales statewide.

Inventory Elements:

• MCSAW Central System
• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites
• MCSAW Field Devices
• MCSAW Static Sites

Projects:

• FDOT CVO Container Theft Check
• FDOT CVO Highly Compliant Carriers Bypass
• FDOT CVO Mainline Screening
• FDOT CVO Tire Pressure Monitoring
• FDOT WIM Station Interconnection

Roles and Responsibilities:

FDOT CVO Container Theft Check Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities, including static scales and weigh-in-motion facilities that are or will be equipped with ITS electronic clearance and safety inspection equipment.
• Provides supplemental inspection services such as expedited brake inspections, the use of operator hand-held devices, mobile screening sites, on-board safety database access, and the enrollment of vehicles and carriers in the electronic clearance program.

FDOT CVO Highly Compliant Carriers Bypass Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities, including static scales and weigh-in-motion facilities that are or will be equipped with ITS electronic clearance and safety inspection equipment.

FDOT CVO Mainline Screening Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities, including static scales and weigh-in-motion facilities that are or will be equipped with ITS electronic clearance and safety inspection equipment.

FDOT CVO Tire Pressure Monitoring Roles and Responsibilities
• Operate FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities, including static scales and weigh-in-motion facilities that are or will be equipped with ITS electronic clearance and safety inspection equipment.
• Provides warnings to the commercial vehicle drivers, their fleet managers, and proper authorities of any safety problems that have been identified, accessing and examining historical safety data, and automatically deciding whether to allow the vehicle to pass or require it to stop with operator manual override.

FDOT WIM Station Interconnection Roles and Responsibilities
• Collects current road restrictions.
• Operate FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities, including static scales and weigh-in-motion facilities that are or will be equipped with ITS electronic clearance and safety inspection equipment.
• Provides supplemental inspection services such as expedited brake inspections, the use of operator hand-held devices, mobile screening sites, on-board safety database access, and the enrollment of vehicles and carriers in the electronic clearance program.
• Provides warnings to the commercial vehicle drivers, their fleet managers, and proper authorities of any safety problems that have been identified, accessing and examining historical safety data, and automatically deciding whether to allow the vehicle to pass or require it to stop with operator manual override.