Why is there no driver rating? Why aren’t drivers more accountable?
While FMCSA will not be using this or any other system to assign formal safety ratings to individual drivers, the Agency recognizes that holding drivers accountable for safe driving behavior is an important part of the safety compliance and enforcement process. Specifically, in the Operational Model Test, Safety Investigators (SIs) will systematically investigate drivers with egregious violations when investigating a carrier. By design, these egregious driver safety violations are always investigated as part of a CSA 2010 carrier investigation. Additionally, SIs will use the Driver Safety Measurement System, an internal safety assessment tool, to review drivers with strong patterns of noncompliance. Any violations that are not corrected may result in a Notice of Violation or Notice of Claim for the driver.
While FMCSA will not be using this or any other system to assign formal safety ratings to individual drivers, the Agency recognizes that holding drivers accountable for safe driving behavior is an important part of the safety compliance and enforcement process. Specifically, in the Operational Model Test, Safety Investigators (SIs) systematically investigated drivers with egregious violations when investigating a carrier. By design, these egregious driver safety violations were always investigated as part of a CSA 2010 carrier investigation. Additionally, SIs used the Driver Safety Measurement System, an internal safety assessment tool, to review drivers with strong patterns of noncompliance. Any violations that were not corrected may have resulted in a Notice of Violation or Notice of Claim for the driver.
