Trucking carrier safety vetting

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# Trucking carrier safety vetting

For one motor carrier, by name or USDOT or MC number.

## 1. Who they are

1. If you only have a name, find the **USDOT number** with @[FMCSA SAFER · Search carriers](alexandria:safer-fmcsa-dot-gov/carriers/search_carriers).
2. Read @[FMCSA SAFER · Carrier snapshot](alexandria:safer-fmcsa-dot-gov/carriers/get_carrier_snapshot): operating authority status, power units, drivers, MCS-150 date and mileage, cargo carried, safety rating, and vehicle and driver out-of-service rates against the national averages.

## 2. How they drive

3. Read @[FMCSA SAFER · SMS overview](alexandria:safer-fmcsa-dot-gov/carriers/get_sms_overview): BASIC percentiles, alerts and any investigations.
4. Pull the records behind the worst BASIC with @[FMCSA SAFER · SMS safety records](alexandria:safer-fmcsa-dot-gov/carriers/get_sms_safety_records) (for example vehicle_maintenance or crash_indicator): violation types, dates and states. Repeated brake or hours-of-service violations are the pattern to flag.

## 3. What others say

5. Search @[CourtListener · Search dockets](alexandria:courtlistener-com/dockets/search_dockets) with the legal and DBA names as party_name: cargo claims, injury suits, unpaid broker disputes.
6. Find the terminal with @[Maps · Business search](alexandria:firecrawl-maps/businesses/search) and read @[Maps · Reviews](alexandria:firecrawl-maps/businesses/reviews) for driver and customer complaints.

## Write the decision

- **Snapshot:** authority, fleet size, drivers, safety rating, out-of-service rates versus national.
- **Safety detail:** BASICs over threshold and the violations behind them.
- **Litigation and reputation:** dockets and review themes.
- **Decision:** approve, approve with conditions (insurance level, lanes), or reject.
- **Sources:** cite each fact to the USDOT number, docket id or feature_id. Say what could not be found.

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