“TMI” for “too much information” is a common, joking expression for overdisclosure of personal details in conversation or social media.
Now it appears that trucking companies with bad safety records yelled “TMI!” loudly enough, and spent enough money on “K” Street lobbyists and campaign contributions to impede public access to their safety records.
Five years ago, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched a new trucking safety initiative called the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program. At the heart of this program was a Safety Measurement System (SMS) designed to analyze violations from inspections and crash data. The idea was