DOT Audits
What to expect during FMCSA compliance reviews and safety audits — how audits are triggered, what investigators look for, critical and acute violations, safety rating determinations, and practical strategies to prepare your fleet.
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How DOT compliance affects mergers & acquisitions
Trucksafe's president Brandon Wiseman recently joined the Tenney Group's In The Hot Seat podcast to discuss how DOT compliance can impact transportation-related mergers & acquistions. "Not enough private equity groups or carriers, in my experience, are even looking as heavily at DOT compliance as they should be. We encounter so many situations where we are coming in after the fact. A carrier has acquired another motor carrier and now they're coming to us saying ‘we've got all these problems,’ an
The mechanics of a DOT audit (and practical tips for surviving one)
In a recent webinar, Trucksafe's Brandon Wiseman and Jerad Childress discussed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA's) auditing methodology, including how the agency prioritizes motor carriers for investigation, what types of audits it conducts, what records it requests, what types of violations it looks for, and the consequences of a "bad" audit. Check out the replay below. As discussed in the webinar and in our prior article, it's important for fleets to proactively examine
5 things fleets should know about DOT audits
No motor carrier expects to be audited, and most do little to prepare until it’s too late. But simply understanding the process goes a long
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What prompts a DOT compliance audit?
The DOT prioritizes motor carriers for audits based on a few different factors. We break them down in this article.
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The case for mock DOT audits
Click here to download a copy of our Mock DOT Audits whitepaper, which offers details on the process as well as helpful FMCSA data on real audits. A few years back, we were asked to conduct a mock DOT audit of a large carrier as part of its annual risk assessment. As is typically the case, we conducted that audit using the same methodology as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), looking for so-called "critical" and "acute" violations across six factor areas: general complianc
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No slowing down for DOT's burst in offsite audits
The number of offsite audits conducted by the FMCSA has risen dramatically over the past 4 years, which has significant implications.
8 essential steps to prepare for a DOT audit
DOT audits are nerve-racking. Check out these 8 steps to help you prepare for an audit.
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