What is the Driver Safety Measurement System (DSMS)?
DSMS is a component of the overall Safety Measurement System (SMS). At present, DSMS is simply a tool that enables enforcement personnel to assess individual drivers in the Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) using 36 months of roadside performance data, across employers. Generally, it is used by enforcement personnel to focus on individual drivers as part of investigations of employing motor carriers. At this time, FMCSA will NOT use this system to assign formal safety ratings or Safety Fitness Determinations (SFDs) to individual drivers. Doing so would require new regulations at the very least and possibly specific direction from Congress. Neither drivers nor employing motor carriers will have access to DSMS. However, both drivers and employing motor carriers will have access to driver data through the Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP). PSP differs from DSMS in that it does not compare or assess driver inspection/crash performance. Instead, it pro
