FMCSA Extends Electronic Off-Site Audit Testing

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is extending through December its operational testing in several states comparing off-site new electronic motor carrier entrant audits to the traditional new entrant safety audits conducted at the motor carriers’ place of business.

FMCSA said it is extending the testing, which began in July 2013, to “ensure sufficient data is available to calculate the established metrics in order to make an informed decision on any future actions.”

The agency also said it is updating its technology systems for the pre-screening process to identify high-risk applicants who need an on-site safety review and to give low-risk applicants a way to file automatically.

When an automatic failure violation is identified based on the records the motor carrier provides during the electronic document submission process, the carrier will automatically fail the new entrant safety audit and be placed into the corrective action process, FMCSA said.