Recently a survey conducted LexisNexis states that as many as half of the driver qualification files motor carriers keep are incomplete or inaccurate.
“Those driver files, required by the Department of Transportation, either lack necessary documents or have records that were completed incorrectly, the company said in its first annual Commercial Driver Safety Report, released Monday.
“It could be something as simple as missing a signature, or it could be something substantial, like a revoked drivers license,” said Hayley Hitchcock, director of vertical strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions.”
Driver qualification files will become even more important to carriers under the DOT’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 initiative, Hitchcock was quoted saying…
“Where DQFs really come into play is in an audit,” said Hitchcock.
“We recommend the industry go through the process of completing an internal risk assessment, especially if they are a very paper-based organization.”
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