New FMCSA Investigative Techniques

New FMCSA Investigative Techniques

The FMCSA recently announced that they are changing their process for performing compliance reviews. Specifically they referred to expanded interviews with members within the organization. Truth is – they have been doing this for a while, but recently completed all of the training and therefore made the announcement. Does this mean that compliance reviews have changed?

Yes and No. FMCSA had already trended from full reviews to focused reviews. However, there are some things that we are seeing with regards to compliance reviews. From our perspective here are five items that we are seeing:

1. Many reviews are occurring due to complaints vs CSA scores.
2. Hours of service, in particular false logs, is still the most common violation.
3. The DVIR process has now popped up as an easy target with the new DVIR process in place.
4. Changes to the medical card verification process causing compliance concerns.
5.Drivers operating with suspended or invalid CDLs.

Craig Safety Technologies has cloud-based software that makes compliance manageable, no more expiration surprises, letting you focus on training, and keeping tabs on your business. We also have the training programs your drivers need to over come HOS violations and retrain areas that are concerning, such as the DVIR processes. We have a tenured group of consultants that can help you with issues and concerns.