FMCSA drops mandate that drivers report traffic Violations to Their Employers

From Transport Topics.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has amended its regulations to eliminate a requirement that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers annually prepare and submit to their employers a list of their convictions for traffic violations and ordinances.

In adopting a Dec. 14, 2020, proposed rule, the agency said it withdrew the requirement because it is largely duplicative of a separate mandate that requires each motor carrier to make a motor vehicle records inquiry for each driver it employs from every state in which the driver holds or has held a CMV operator’s license or permit. This requirement, which does not require checks for parking violations, will remain in effect, the agency said.

However, effective May 9, FMCSA has added a requirement for carriers to also annually check traffic violations for drivers licensed by a foreign authority — rather than by a state — to each driver’s licensing authority where a driver “holds or has held a CMV operator’s license or permit.

“This change requires motor carriers to request MVRs from Canadian and Mexican driver’s licensing authorities,” FMCSA said.

The carrier also must retain certification of no violations in a driver’s qualification file.

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