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 Here is a SAMPLE of part of 
One HUGE, ESSENTIAL Step 
toward starting your own trucking or bus company
and making sure that you earn
an official SATISFACTORY safety rating
in your Safety Fitness & Compliance Review.
 
Even under the new CSA Program's
Safety Measurement System (SMS),
FMCSA will still conduct targeted
Safety Audits and Compliance Reviews
in Areas that prompt "Alert" Letters.
 
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for information on everything you need
to face government audits and assessments.
 
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Step #1 - Begin the New Entrant Safety Assurance Program
 
     Once you officially have your DOT and FMCSA MC (ICC) Numbers, FMCSA automatically enters your company into the "New Entrant Safety Assurance Program." The FMCSA will schedule your company for a government Safety Fitness Review within 18 months. You need some time operating as a company to build up a history that the government auditors can examine. So, you MUST begin immediately keeping a wide variety of records and documents.
  
Step #2 - Decide Recordkeeping Practices

     It is very important that you decide how to establish and maintain all the documentation that you need to satisfy the requirements of governments, shippers, drivers, and everyone else doing business with your company. Traditionally, FMCSA auditors and reviewers prefer to follow a “paper trail.” So even if your records are stored electronically, it may be a good idea to print materials when audits or inspections come due. There is something very satisfying for examiners to handle paper with the requested information on it, from roadside inspection reports to detailed financial data.

     Until you are ready to complete your business set-up, you probably will not need print copies of regulations, unless you lack Internet access or prefer using regulations on paper for reference. However, once you have a Safety Audit or Safety Fitness Review scheduled, you should have at least one current (published within 12 months) print copy of the FMCSR to show the examiner, as well as proof that you can access the regulations via the Internet. We recommend a “management edition” print copy of the FMCSR. Print copies are also convenient references when you are not around an Internet access point or your computers are down. Buy a new print copy every year of whatever regulations are required for your type of operations (FMCSR, HazMat [HMR], etc.). It is also a good idea to provide each vehicle with a current driver’s copy of the FMCSR and the latest Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG), even if you do not haul HazMat. The ERG is a handy, easy, quick reference for first arrivals at a HazMat accident scene.
 
     You can purchase print editions of the FMCSR at a government facility that carries them, directly from the government printing office (difficult to find out how to order), or from commercial businesses, such as Foley Services, JJ Keller, and LabelMaster. NOTE: There are also pocketbook editions for truck and bus drivers, as well as HazMat, ERG, and many other publications. Place a current FMCSR driver pocketbook in every power unit.
 
 
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