x3allamerican MVR Disqualifying Offenses
Per § 391.15, certain offenses disqualify a person from driving a CMV in interstate commerce. These are federal — state DQ rules may be stricter.
Federally disqualifying offenses
- DUI/DWI: 1-year minimum disqualification (3-year for hazmat)
- DUI involving fatality: lifetime disqualification (10-year minimum)
- Felony involving CMV: 1-year minimum
- Two serious traffic offenses in 3 years: 60-day disqualification
- Three serious traffic offenses in 3 years: 120-day disqualification
- Leaving the scene of an accident involving a CMV: 1-year minimum
- Drug-related offense: 1-year minimum (lifetime if second)
What's a "serious traffic offense"
- Excessive speeding (15+ mph over)
- Reckless driving
- Improper lane change
- Following too closely
- Drug-related offense (any)
- Driving CMV without CDL
- Driving CMV with suspended/revoked CDL
- Causing injury or death in a CMV-related incident
Disqualification triggers (cumulative)
- Two serious in 3 years → 60-day DQ
- Three serious in 3 years → 120-day DQ
- This is per the driver — runs across all employers
Reinstatement
- After DQ period, driver may apply to reinstate CDL
- Some states require road test or written exam
- Driver must self-certify the disqualification ended
What carriers must do
- Check MVR for disqualifying convictions at pre-employment
- Annual review of MVR for new convictions
- Investigate driver's prior 3-year history for cumulative offenses
- Disqualified driver cannot operate CMV during DQ period
Compass tracking
Compass MVR module:
- Pulls historical convictions from state MVR
- Flags any disqualifying offense within DQ period
- Calculates cumulative serious-offense count
- Alerts on new convictions if continuous monitoring is enabled
- Generates required reporting documentation
Common pitfall
Driver moves between states; convictions in former state are not automatically transferred. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration maintains the federal record (CDLIS — Commercial Driver License Information System), which is what continuous monitoring services query.
CFR citations
- 49 CFR § 391.15
- 49 CFR § 383.51
How Compass surfaces this
This skill is searchable in Compass Ask and runs against the carrier's actual fleet data when invoked from the relevant tracker. Read-only; no actions taken without explicit user approval.
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