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2024 compliance update with Trucksafe – Taking the Hire Road

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Brandon Wiseman, owner and president of Trucksafe Consulting, sat down with host Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach and Project 61, to review important compliance-related changes to trucking’s landscape that come with Phase II of the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse program.

Trucksafe is a DOT consulting company that helps transportation companies stay in compliance with DOT regulations.

“Our goal is to help trucking and bus companies of all sizes...

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Preparing for phase 2 of the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse regulation

There are currently over 175,000 CDL/CPL drivers with “prohibited” statuses in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse. This will be a bigger problem for these drivers and their employers in the coming months.  The FMCSA initially slated the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse regulation for a two-phase rollout. Phase one officially took effect on Jan. 6, 2021, introducing the Clearinghouse as a centralized database designed to record and track violations of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/preparing-for-phase-2-of-the-drug-alcohol-clearinghouse-regulation

Annual Clearinghouse queries are easier than you think

Jan. 5 — the deadline for conducting annual Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse queries on all existing drivers — has come and gone. Did you get the forms in on time?

The Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse requires motor carriers to keep tabs on drivers, involving a bit of paperwork and inquiry on behalf of fleet managers. Conducting Clearinghouse annuals can be time consuming and arduous, taking time away from your operation. However, the process can be a lot easier than you think.

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