List of companies that don't use DAC

If you go to www.ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Default.aspx and you can put in a specific carrier's DOT or MC number and bring up their data.

 

Thank you so much for the information. I hear people on here say things about a carrier having a good score, so I was kinda confused on where you could find this info. Thank you for replying..

 

You are welcome. I am not sure how much faith that I would put in to the numbers. Some of it is a matter of interpretation. Under the old system, the lower the number the better. A high number was not good. The new system can give you a trend, but it will take time before the numbers can give you an accurate picture of a carrier. I believe that it is updated monthly, as was the old system.

 

When looking at the numbers on the new system, the same applies, the higher the number the worse the company is. I would suggest taking a look at the details of inspections and issues, as it will give you an idea of whether it's driver issues or company issues, especially with the vehicles.

 

I will say this that I went to the DOTjobhistory.com and paid the money to be able to see my stuff. It is cheap and the info for the DAC(USIS) shows up in 5 to 10 days as well as my MVR was the next day along with my nonexistent criminal record. They do a through check over everything, and then you can use their site to try and find a job. VERY CONVENIENT!!! I was worried about it then I went and spent the money for it, and I know now what is on there and it wasn't as bad as i thought. Not to mention the fact that they have a link so you can dispute with DAC itself, and get a resolution or at the least a rebuttal posted on there for other companies to see.

Just sayn,

Stiffride...

 

I was playing around with it the other night and saw where a company I drive for years ago had the highest number of anybody I checked out. it was up in the mid 70 percentage. It is interesting reading the individual issues that they have listed, speeding I think is a major one w/most companies I checked out.

 

It's interesting how some of that stuff works out. Speeding was one that we saw a lot. No seat belt was another one.

One company my hubby and I were looking at had some serious vehicle violations that were company problems . . . brake chambers not matched, cracked frames, and all sorts of other scary crap.

 

Just checked the one Hubby and I are going to - it was almost all driver stuff - speeding/improper lane change/no seat belt etc... I'm glad that is something we can control - company equipment would be harder to do something about, beside just not working there.

 

That's the cool thing about the new system and how easy it is to look and see what is behind the numbers. You can see who is to blame for the stuff that's on there!

 

Speeding was the biggest one I believe that I saw but is that speeding on a Driver's logbook, you know when you log it wrong and you get a violation for speeding. I just find it hard for a company driver to get very many speeding tickets on a governed truck. I even looked at JBHunts record b/c I used to work for them and speeding was a big deal there also. When I was there my truck was governed at 61.5. Unless these drivers are getting tickets in 35 mph zones I dont see how speeding could be such a big factor on the FMCSA website where all the info is.