Since warnings for speeding count in the Safety Measurement System (SMS), what can a carrier or driver do if they feel like they received an unwarranted speeding warning ticket?
Speeding violations documented on a roadside inspection report are used in the SMS. If a carrier or driver receives a warning for speeding documented on a roadside inspection that they feel is not warranted, they should use the DataQs process (https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov) to request review of the data. It is important to understand that the State might give the driver a separate State violation, which can be appealed through the State court system. Since the roadside inspection data and the State violation data are separate, one would have to request review of each independently to have them both removed from one’s record.
