A topic I rarely see discussed, how was your new entrant safety audit?

When I had my about 6 years ago in PA, I found it to be a teaching/learning session as verse to pointing out what was wrong. I found it be a positive experience. tks

 

I've talked to a few guys about them. Either they never had it done, or they had to send in their paperwork and have it checked. The auditors told them a list of things they were doing wrong, told them to change up and they would check back and they never heard from them again. Some states are different I'm sure though

 

I had my new Entrant Safety audit for VA in September... He wanted to see 30 days of logs, IFTA, Cab Card, Authority Letter, Insurance, Title for the truck, etc... EVERYTHING

Total of 20 pages were faxed and it took him 3 months to get back with me.. When he finally did get back to me he said I passed. He said keep up the good work and hope you stay in business.

 

South Dakota, was really simple, sent in the required documents, he went over maintenance record requirements, asked if he could answer any questions with no penalties and awhile later I was granted permanent authority !

 

I never spoke with the auditor. I paid $150 to a local consultant to handle the audit for me. I sent the requested documents to the consultant, and everything was handled.

 

My PAPUC and federal audits both went easy without a problem. They were just checking basic paperwork that has to be in place and proper for all carriers. Logs in order, maintenance and inspection records, equipment and driver lists, drug test consortium and pre employment test.

There are various checklists available online to help prepare for it. My PAPUC audit was done on location. Federal was also conducted by PAPUC, but they wanted the paperwork faxed in for that and both audits were essentially exactly the same. Certainly not something I'd stress over too much.

 

Letter from fmcsa in DC. Sent in requested paperwork. Six - seven weeks later a letter from GA compliance officer. By email she requested more paperwork and numbers. About 5 weeks after that I got an email stating that I passed.