PSP is five years of crashes and three years of inspections. We still run it. It is not the Clearinghouse

What the notice actually said

The PSP print is not the Clearinghouse. FMCSA launched the Pre-Employment Screening Program so carriers can pull a driver’s inspection and crash history from MCMIS: up to five years of crashes, three years of inspections, all states.

PSP exists because a CDL print does not show every inspection. MCMIS is the federal well. DataQs is how a driver fights a bad inspection sitting in that well. The snapshot refreshes monthly.

Drivers can review and dispute. Fees apply. psp.fmcsa.dot.gov. Privacy and consent work as designed; we treat the fee as a cost of a hire, not a garnish surprise on a driver’s first settlement.

A clean PSP with a Clearinghouse fail is still a no. Three tools: PSP, Clearinghouse, 391.23. We use more than one.

Safety Performance History is the prior-employer call. Clearinghouse is drug and alcohol. Skipping PSP because “we have the other two” is how you miss a roadside pattern that never became a failed test.

What it changes on Monday

Safety runs PSP plus Clearinghouse plus 391.23. We do not skip PSP to hire faster. A driver who refuses the PSP process is an incomplete file — that is a no.

DataQs when the inspection is wrong: DataQs. Clearinghouse duty: 2020 go-live. Prior employers: 391.23.

Drivers: you can see your PSP. Bring the truth. Apply. Hiring desk: +1 (847) 702-8181.

We still want a road test. A clean print is the floor, not a waiver of the yard.

What we will — and will not — do

We will run PSP as part of hire. We will not treat it as the Clearinghouse, and we will not skip it to start someone Friday.

We will not garnish a surprise PSP fee onto a first settlement as a gotcha. It is a cost of a hire. A refused consent is still a no.

Apply with the truth. +1 (847) 702-8181. Human on the hiring desk.