The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is launching a pre-employment screening program for driver positions that will allow commercial motor carriers to electronically access applicants’ driver inspection and crash histories. Starting in December, FMCSA will provide commercial motor carrier companies with access to driver applicant’s electronic federal driver inspection and crash records as a part of the hiring process. The information available to employers will include roadside inspection history, compliance review results, enforcement data, state-reported crashes, and motor carrier census data. Drivers first must give written consent to have the records released.
“Increasing transparency by allowing greater access to driver safety records will greatly improve the hiring of safe commercial vehicle drivers and help raise the safety bar for professional truck drivers,” said Dave Oslecki, ATA vice president of safety, security and operations. “Providing employers a more in-depth look at a driver’s safety and compliance history will also help ensure that repeated safety violators do not escape the consequences of their actions.”
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
