Optimizing Your Safety Score | Virtual Fleet Solutions LLC

Policy & Procedure Development

Not sure where to start when it comes to required DOT driver files, hours-of-service records, or maintenance files?

Missing or incomplete records can lead to costly fines or shut downs. Let us help you develop your policies and records to ensure they are and remain in compliance with the safety regulations.

New Entrant Safety Assurance Program

For decades, freight brokers have been largely immune to litigation, acting as load matching entities with the liability for safety events passing through to the carrier and their insurance underwriter.

Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II changes all of this. You can read the details of the case here.

Brokers and other industry players are now asking how they can properly vet carriers during the booking process. An old standby has been the carrier's Safety Score. However more than 90% of authorized motor carriers do not currently have a Safety Score. This is akin to a young person having zero credit history, which affects their buying power.

If you are reliant on brokers for most of your work or want to attract better shippers for direct loads, it would be a good move to get ahead of the game and start optimizing your safety score now.

If you would like to proactively improve your CSA score, we can handle everything from maintaining drivers' roadside inspection reports to monitoring driver violation trends, and enrolling drivers in corrective action training. We analyze the data to gain a comprehensive view of your CSA performance, identifying violations and patterns to address problems quickly.

Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA)

CSA stands for Compliance, Safety, Accountability. It is the safety compliance and enforcement program of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that holds motor carriers and drivers accountable for their role in safety.

CSA affects motor carriers, including owner-operators, by identifying those with safety problems to prioritize them for interventions such as warning letters and investigations.

CSA affects drivers because their safety performance and compliance impact their safety records and, while working for a carrier, will impact their carrier’s safety record.

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Hazardous Materials Regulations and Registration

Are you a transporter of regulated hazardous materials and/or hazardous substances?

Your company may be required to register as a transporter. We can assist in determining what applies to your operation to ensure you are in compliance. Some of the basic requirements are registration, employee training, driver licensing and insurance, just to name a few.

DataQ Challenge Support

DataQs is an FMCSA system that allows users to request and track a review of Federal and State data issued by FMCSA believed to be incomplete or incorrect.

If you have a driver that received an erroneous violation in a roadside inspection or collision, we can assist in correction and possible removal of that violation through the DataQ system.

The system enables all users—motor carriers, drivers and their representatives, as well as FMCSA and its State partners—to improve the accuracy of FMCSA’s data-driven safety systems that help prevent crashes, injuries, and fatalities related to commercial motor vehicles.

Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II

and how it affects the way your safety score is viewed

New Entrant Safety Assurance Programs affect US and Canada-based motor carriers. A New Entrant is a motor carrier that applies for a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) identification number, in order to initiate operations in interstate commerce.

Starting a trucking company is an exciting milestone but if you're a New Entrant, one of the most important things you'll face in your first 12 months of operation is a New Entrant Safety Audit by the Department of Transportation (DOT) through the FMCSA or state partner. Its purpose is to assess whether your company has basic safety systems in place.

Let us help you take the guesswork out of preparing for this important step.

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