Big DataQ and PSP proposal news. This week, Representatives Tracey Mann and Sharice Davids introduced the Motor Carrier Safety Screening Modernization Act, and it addresses something that’s frustrated safety-conscious carriers for years. The bill has bipartisan support and backing from ATA, OOIDA, CVSA, the National Safety Council, and just about every major industry organization. When you see that kind of coalition, you know the problem they’re solving is real. Carriers can already run a Pre-Employment Screening Program report when they hire a driver. That PSP pulls from FMCSA’s database and shows you five years of crash data and three years of roadside inspection results, warnings, violations, out-of-service orders, the whole picture. It’s one of the best tools we have for understanding a driver’s actual safety history, not just what showed up in court. Under current law, once you hire that driver, you’re locked out. You cannot run another PSP to see what’s happened since they came on board. That driver could spend the next six months collecting violations at every scale house from here to California, and unless something results in a conviction that hits their MVR, you have no idea. The Mann-Davids bill fixes this by allowing carriers to access PSP records for current drivers, not just applicants. That means continuous access to the broader safety event history, the roadside reality that tells you how a driver actually operates, not just the courtroom outcomes that made it onto their MVR. Why This Matters I’m often asked about the difference…
