DOT Inspection

How to ace the roadside inspection

Scott Dewey, manager of safety process and compliance at FedEx Freight, said it is important to educate drivers on CVSA’s most comprehensive Level 1 inspections, how to properly interact with inspectors, and the documents they will need to present.

“Drivers should have available their commercial driver’s license, health card, shipping documents, and hazmat paperwork,” Dewey explained.

Drivers should also have their registration, insurance, any applicable lease agreement, and receipts used as supporting documents for an electronic logging device readily available, said Kerri Wirachowsky, CVSA’s director of roadside inspection program.

Drivers should be prepared to retrieve their current day’s electronic log as well as the logs for the previous seven days. They also need to have either a printed ELD user manual or an electronic user guide available.

Wirachowsky noted ELDs continue to cause confusion for some drivers. “If the driver is utilizing an electronic device for his hours of service, he needs to know how to use it, how to navigate it, and if he is using an ELD or an automatic onboard recording device,” she explained.

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