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Secretary LaHood Announces Success of Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program

Commercial carriers and truck drivers conducted 380,000 pre-employment driver safety record searches during the first year of the DOT's new Pre-Employment Screening Program

by Staff
May 24, 2011
2 min to read


Commercial carriers and truck drivers conducted 380,000 pre-employment driver safety record searches during the first year of the DOT's new Pre-Employment Screening Program.


"Our pre-employment screening program is helping us put safe drivers behind the wheel of large trucks and buses," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "PSP will help make our roads safer for everyone."

FMCSA launched PSP in May 2010 to provide access to drivers' inspection and crash records as part of the hiring process.

During its first year, 353,929 users visited the PSP website at www.psp.fmcsa.gov and PSP customer service responded to over 19,000 calls. FMCSA staff traveled to conferences and association meetings across the country to demonstrate the program's benefits. In recognition of PSP's outstanding customer service and stakeholder outreach, the program was selected as a 2011 Government Customer Support Excellence Awards finalist.

"These results show that carriers welcome PSP as an essential tool for making informed hiring decisions that lead to safer drivers on our roads," said FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro. "We know that the majority of our nation's carriers and drivers strive to operate as safely as possible. PSP makes their jobs a lot easier."

PSP provides access for up to five years of driver crash data and three years of inspection data, which includes serious safety violations in the areas of unsafe driving, hours-of-service, controlled substances and alcohol, and valid medical qualifications. It also gives users access to co-driver safety records, post-crash violations and the dates that drivers' records are updated.

The PSP data is updated monthly by FMCSA's Motor Carrier Management Information System. The MCMIS is comprised of driver performance data including inspection and compliance review results, enforcement data, state-reported crashes, and motor carrier census data.


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