Driver "Red List" Maintained by FMSCA

[ATeam]

From TheTrucker.com:

"'I can tell you that I recently found out that FMCSA does keep what they call a ‘red list’ of drivers. They consider them the worst drivers in the country and they carefully monitor what companies have hired those drivers....'

"'...they’ve gathered all that data over time, and out of all that they’ve come up with what they deem as the worst drivers. They actually monitor the drivers themselves.'"

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[Turtle]

Is there anyone who didn't think was either already going on, or wouldn't be? They're inputting violations of drivers and carriers into a database. It's real easy to filter database entries.

Former FMCSA Administrator John Hill said he was not aware of an official list of bad drivers, but drivers with repeated violations will receive a “designation of a red flag” in the computer system.

“It just means you’re going to be subject to more scrutiny in a compliance review. It helps investigators identify where the weak parts are in a carrier’s performance,” Hill said. “As far as I know, there isn’t any red-flag list that abides in a vault somewhere that they pull out when they go talk to a carrier.”

Well, duh, they don't need one in a vault somewhere. One, it can become stale after a week. Two, with a few keystrokes they can create the list as needed on the fly.

But the list of "red flag" violations are pretty cut and dry, and pretty serious, so if you violate them more than about once, you shouldn't be in this business, anyway.

BTW, good article, good headsup. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Moot]

Currently, there are 11 such violations which are outlined in the table below, along with the corresponding respective BASIC.

-Allowing driver to operate with more than one Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Driver Fitness 383.37(b)

That one is pretty funny considering one of the main reasons for the CDL was to eliminate multiple driver's licenses issued by different states. I guess there was no provision for multiple CDLs.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Currently, there are 11 such violations which are outlined in the table below, along with the corresponding respective BASIC.

-Allowing driver to operate with more than one Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Driver Fitness 383.37(b)

That one is pretty funny considering one of the main reasons for the CDL was to eliminate multiple driver's licenses issued by different states. I guess there was no provision for multiple CDLs.

Moot..you are a lowly VAN driver....whatta you know? Get outta here....*LOL*