New Entrant: fail any of 16 essential rules in 18 months and the audit fails. A new MC is not a cheaper PRIDEUSA

What the notice actually said

A two-month-old MC quoting cheap is not a cheaper PRIDEUSA. FMCSA’s New Entrant Safety Assurance final rule: during the 18-month monitoring period, violating any one of 16 essential regulations is an automatic audit fail.

The 16 are the “you do not get to be permanently registered if you cannot do the basics” list: drugs and alcohol, hours of service, driver qualifications, vehicle condition, financial responsibility. A written corrective plan can be demanded.

Fail and you correct in the time FMCSA sets or registration can go. Roadside hits can trigger an expedited audit or a full compliance review. Serious equals compliance review. That is not a coaching service we sell to a stranger’s MC.

A flash MC with a rented USDOT is exactly what this rule and the later “do not sell numbers” notice are aimed at.

The 2003 program design is the skeleton — on-site audit within 18 months. This 2008 rule is the teeth. Together they are why a two-week-old authority is not interchangeable with a 2012 MC.

What it changes on Monday

Brokers shopping a two-month-old authority for $200 less: we pass. Do not buy an MC. 2003 skeleton: audit within 18 months.

Asset-based since 2012. About. Packet: For Brokers. We will not be your permanent authority via a handshake.

If the rate is $1.50 under market and the MC is 11 weeks old, that is often still this 18-month box. We do not cover their audit with our number.

Named MC on the truck. Quote: Get a Quote. Phone +1 (847) 702-8181.

What we will — and will not — do

We are not a new entrant. We will not rent MC# 875229, and we will not be your audit tutor for a stranger’s authority.

We will not take a two-month-old MC’s cheap freight as if it were interchangeable with a 2012 asset-based carrier. The 16 fails exist for a reason.

Named carrier since 2012. +1 (847) 702-8181. Human on the desk if you want the truck, not a remix.