Safety Audit... Is It A Thing?

Anything from Foley is a scam.......

 

I cant speak to the safety audit for intrastate..... when I went through a DOT audit within my first year I believe they emailed me to establish contact.

 

In Texas if intrastate someone from the state would contact you,if federal they would contact you directly.

 

Look, next time Foley calls answer the phone and calmly ask them to put you on their do not call list and ask to be taken off their mailing list.

I actually used them in the beginning to help me create a legit driver file. They treated me well and I can’t say anything bad about them. For me they were easy to deal with and communicated well. Once I got what I needed I canceled the service. Never once did they pressure me into staying. Canceling was easy and pleasant.

Nebraska will give you a safety audit within 12 months for intrastate. It’s really not a big deal and will probably just be a document exchange via email. Make sure you are enrolled in a drug testing program and have your clearinghouse setup.

I’m interstate out of Florida and had my safety audit within 6 months I think. Mine was handled by the Florida Highway Patrol. Was initially contacted by phone and then everything was done via email. Was a big document dump for me. They can do the audit in person so just be aware. Typically they save the in person visits for carriers that are having trouble with violations imo.

You don’t need a third party to set you up unless you’re totally clueless. I was clueless about the driver file so that’s why I paid Foley to set it up. Once I saw it I realized how easy it was to do myself.

 

Didn't have the new entrant program when I started. Also wasn't inundated with calls/e-mails. About the only one around was JJ Keller. Get one sample DQ file, copied out the sample across each page and you had everything you needed. Still have a few files that you can see the whiteout on the copy. LOL

D/A was easy, could do it all at one place. Go pee in the morning, few hours later have the results.

 

Get the 'DESK COPY" of the FCMSA Little green book of regulations. throughout each section is inserts of guidance generated from carrier inquiries over the years regarding that section of the regulations. It will be real useful in completing a Part 391 application among many other questions.

Unlike the stone age [J J Keller is a printer] you can just google a DOT driver application from the web where we used to have tablets of forms and limited ability to copy more.

Like mentioned above a sample set from J J Keller white out "SAMPLE" watermark and redrawn lines, etc. provided a ton of application files once copiers became more available.

WAAAY back there was another printer that had a one page 'fill in the blanks' application and it passed audits.

New Carrier audits started the use of the phone and email and widespread use of state personnel to get the program moving.

The actual compliance audit that I experienced in 2008 was a two week on-site affair conducted by a haz mat specialist; she found the false logs too!

I know of another recent audit generated by roadside violations that was handled by email.

In ever case the DOT local field office usually calls and sends a letter.

Anyone else may offer legitimate help But at what cost?