A full audit-readiness review — we find the gaps before a regulator does.
A Mock DOT Audit is an advisory, point-in-time review; it does not guarantee any particular outcome in an actual FMCSA audit.
A DOT audit is a records exam. Investigators do not watch your drivers drive; they read what you wrote down about them. That is why carriers with good safety records still fail, and why the fix is almost always paperwork discipline rather than a change in how the fleet operates.
A mock audit runs the same request list an investigator would: driver qualification files against Part 391, the drug and alcohol program against Parts 382 and 40, hours-of-service records against Part 395, maintenance and DVIRs against Part 396, and the accident register for completeness. The difference is that when we find a missing annual MVR review or a pre-employment query that was never run, you still have time to fix it.
The most common findings are not exotic. They are a DQ file missing the annual review of driving record, a road test certificate that was never signed, a random testing pool that has drifted out of sync with the current roster, and supporting documents that cannot be reconciled against the logs. Each of those is cheap to correct in advance and expensive to explain on the day.
What you get back is a prioritized gap report: what would be cited, the likely severity, and a corrective action plan ordered by what actually moves your rating. Not a list of everything imperfect, a list of what counts.
For most fleets the record review takes a few days once files are provided, and you get the gap report and corrective action plan after that. Larger or multi-terminal operations take longer, mainly because the records live in more places.
Driver qualification files, your drug and alcohol program records and Clearinghouse query history, six months of hours-of-service data with supporting documents, maintenance and DVIR files, the accident register, and proof of insurance. If some of that does not exist, that is itself a finding worth knowing about early.
No, and be skeptical of anyone who says otherwise. It is a point-in-time advisory review. It finds the gaps a regulator would find, but passing depends on whether you close them and keep them closed.
Annually for most carriers, and sooner if you have had a recent crash, a spike in roadside violations, rapid driver growth, or a change in who handles compliance.
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Find the unsafe practices and blind spots that lead to accidents and claims.
Root-cause analysis and corrective action that keep the same event from happening twice.
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