Know which drivers need a word, and why.

A 0–100 safety score sounds precise until you ask what's behind it. Most start at 100 and subtract, so a driver nobody has any data on looks like your best driver. That's not a number you want to defend in front of an auditor.

Now every driver is High, Medium or Low, and the list of records that put them there sits right under it. Each reason is one record with its own date: a conviction on the MVR, a licence status, a crash you reported, a roadside inspection, an hours violation, a telematics event. Open any one and you're looking at the record itself.

High is a DUI, reckless driving or a CDL-disqualifying conviction on the MVR in the last 36 months. Or a suspended or revoked licence, on an MVR from the same 36 months or on the driver's profile today. Or a critical MVR violation, a major or critical crash in the last 12 months, or being put out of service at roadside in the last 12 months.

Medium is a moving violation on the MVR, any other crash, or driver violations written up at roadside — all in the last 12 months. Two or more major or critical hours violations in 12 months count too, and so do 3 or more high or critical telematics events in 30 days when Samsara, Motive or Geotab is connected.

Low is none of that, with an MVR from the last 12 months on file. No MVR, no Low. A clean-looking record with nothing behind it says “Not enough data yet”, even when telematics has nothing to report.

The rules come from the regulation. §391.25(b)(2) says you “must consider the driver's accident record” and “must give great weight to violations, such as speeding, reckless driving, and operating while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.” The tier doesn't make the call for you. It's the paperwork, sorted. Whether a driver stays qualified is still your decision.

That decision lives in Compliance, under Driver review. It lists who's due — a year after their last review, or a year after their hire date for the first one — with each driver's tier and reasons beside them. You pick Still qualified, Needs training or Does not meet. Still qualified won't save without an MVR from the last 12 months, because there's nothing to review. Does not meet needs a reason, and it keeps the driver off dispatch. Either way the reviewer's name and the date go into the driver's qualification file, which is what §391.25(c)(2) asks for.

Roadside inspections go in from the paper report: the date, the state, the CVSA level (I through VI), the report number, each violation with its code, and whether the driver or the truck was put out of service. Attach the scan and it lives on the driver's record. A driver put out of service is High. Driver violations are Medium.

Hours come off the ELD. On Samsara or Motive, Dockex syncs duty status every day and runs its own checks for the 11-hour driving limit, the 14-hour window, the 30-minute break, the 60- and 70-hour limits and the 34-hour restart, alongside whatever the vendor reports. No ELD connection? Upload a CSV export and the same checks run. Each violation is tagged Minor, Major or Critical and stays open until someone resolves it.

Drivers see their own records in the Dockex app, in English or Spanish — “2 moving violations on your MVR” — but never the tier. A “High risk” badge on a driver's own phone would read like you'd already made the call.

Paperwork misses land on the same inspection report as driving ones. The Oklahoma fleet compliance checklist covers that side (registrations, medical certs, insurance, IFTA, UCR).