For the first time Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles will have a Safety Profile developed by DSMS -Driver Safety Measurement System. Points will be assigned to each violation, not just Out of Service Violations, that is considered to be a Driver Violation. This includes in-operative lights, brake violations, logs, log violations to include form and manner violations such as Miles missing from the log, Shipping Document Information and do not forget about Speeding tickets and other Motor Vehicle Law convictions. These points range from 1 to 10 and are weighted by time periods. Violations within the current 12 months have a factor (multiplied by) 3; 12 to 24 months have a factor of x 2; and 24 to 36 months would be the assigned points.
These points will stay with the Driver, even if he leaves the employ or lease of the current Motor Carrier. Well you would think that would be enough, not quite. There are plans to outsource this Driver Data to third parties and will be able, upon a request and release from the Motor Carrier, to provide the Driver information before or at time of being hired.
Driver's can also be determined to be UNFIT by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. If this should occur the Driver will not be able to operate a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) for anyone. They will have to wait a time period for points to fall off the report, in order to go back to work as a Driver of a CMV.
Motor Carriers will be under pressure to not hire Drivers with unacceptable Safety Profiles. Eventually Insurance companies will get involved and demand Drivers have an acceptable score, which is yet to be determined.
Below is a link to the points assigned by violation. Also visit our website and join our Forum to ask and receive answers to questions you may have. If you are the Motor Carrier, get this information out to your Driver's
Link to the Points assigned - http://tinyurl.com/yek89tf
RMR Consultants Link (Also join our Newsletter) - http://www.rmrconsultants.com/
Our next segment will be on the Motor Carrier Intervention
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