The 12 Red Flag Violations for FMCSA Carrier Investigations
According to FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration), they always investigate these 12 violations during a carrier investigation and the list can change at any time. Any driver violations identified and addressed during carrier investigations that are not corrected may result in a driver Notice of Violation or Notice of Claim.
Violation Description and FMCSR (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation)
- Operating a commerical motor vehicle (CMV) with more than one driver’s license – 383.21
- Operating a CMV without a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) – 383.23 (a)(2)
- Driving a CMV (CDL) while disqualified – 383.51 (a)
- Operating a CMV with improper CDL group – 383.91(a)
- Unqualified driver – 391.11
- Driver lacking valid license for type of vehicle being operated – 391.11(b)(5)
- Driver disqualified from operating CMV – 391.11(b)(7)
- Driving a CMV while disqualified – 391.15(a)
- Driver uses or is in possession of drugs – 392.4(a)
- Possession/use/under influence of alcohol less than 4 hours prior to duty – 392.5(a)
- Driving after being declared out-of-service (OOS) – 395.13(d)
- Operating an OOS vehicle – 396.9(c)(2)