FMCSA investigation due to ELD violations? What to expect?

Hey i got an email saying fmcsa wants to investigate my company. Im a single truck owner operator. They called saying i had multiple eld violations so they want to do an investigation? Anyone ever had it done? Im kinda scared. The cop on the phone said its mainly an educational thing, but im not sure he’s just saying that.

i know i have several eld violations and my logs are probably pretty bad. Would they shut ur business down?

 

For the eld violations i already got put “oos” and did the 10 hour or 34 hour shutdown before they let me drive again.

he said because i had multiple violations they want to investigate to see if i was safely operating it.

 

Yeah i know for sure because i totally go over on my eld. Usually if im near home and my hours run out i’ll just keep going. So its a bit of a mess. He did mention id they spot a lot of things, they will show me how to correct it but i will have to do my due diligence. I just dont want some big fine or be put out of business. Maybe im over worried.

 

Yeah thats what im worried bout, i have a lot of days where if im just an hour away from home n run out of drive hours, i’ll just keep driving home.

 

I didnt ask for your sympathy