The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) is now providing motor carrier companies with access to its safety database, which can be used to screen applicants for driving positions. The pre-employment screening program gives employers five years of an applicant's crash history and three years of inspection history. Note that a company must receive the permission of the applicable driver before gaining access to the crash and inspection history database. The information found on the database will be compiled from the Motor Carrier Management Information System and will include the same information currently used by FMCSA staff and state police for enforcement purposes. Drivers will have access to the information as well. While the program is voluntary, trucking insiders believe that use of the FMCSA’s driver database could become a standard industry practice in short order.
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