Your FMCSA safety score, in plain words.
Your pull-in score, all seven CSA categories against FMCSA's line, the truck and driver behind every write-up, and the dates that matter, checked against FMCSA every day.
No card, no sales call. We email a 6-digit code to the address on your FMCSA record.
Which truck. Which driver. Which write-up.
FMCSA charges every write-up to your company. Scale Clear sorts them by the truck they came from, and by driver once you tell us who drove, so you fix the one unit or the one habit that's doing the damage.
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See the year, not just today.
Your pull-in score month by month, with the lines that matter drawn on it. You see when it started climbing, which stop did it, and how far you are from coming back down.
- Two years of score history, month by month
- Which category moved, and which inspection moved it
- Where the points come from: by truck, by driver, by violation
Every date that can cost you, in one list.
The day a write-up loses weight, a driver's medical card or CDL expiring, IFTA and MCS-150 deadlines, and your insurance renewal. Scale Clear emails you before each one.
- Write-up step-down dates, so you know when the score drops on its own
- Driver CDL and medical card expirations
- IFTA quarterly returns, MCS-150 updates, insurance renewal
See the links underwriters see.
Underwriters and brokers check whether your DOT number shares an address, an officer, a phone or trucks with other carriers, especially ones that closed with a bad record. If you're linked, you'll be asked about it at every quote. Scale Clear shows you first, and helps you write your side of the story.
- Other DOT numbers tied to yours, and exactly what you share
- Predecessor carriers and their authority history
- Your explanation, saved and ready for the underwriter
The seven categories, and what puts you over.
FMCSA ranks you against carriers like you in seven areas, from 0 to 100. Higher is worse. Each has a line; over it, FMCSA can step in and scales are told to look at you. Write-ups count for two years: triple for the first six months, double for the next six, then once.
Speeding, unsafe lane changes, phone use, following too close.
Driving over hours, log and ELD problems, false logs.
Brakes, lights, tires, and anything an officer finds on the truck or trailer.
Driver fitness: CDL, medical card, and the driver's qualification file.
Controlled substances and alcohol, at the roadside or in testing.
Placards, packaging and paperwork, for carriers that haul hazardous materials.
Reportable crashes in the last two years, weighted by how serious they were.
The rest of your record, worked out.
- Pull-in scoreOne 0 to 100 number for how likely a scale is to pull you in, in the three bands scales use.
- Every write-up, pricedThe points each one costs today and the exact day it steps down.
- A safety plan from your inspectionsWhat gets each category under the line, and what only time can fix.
- DataQs challenge draftsA written request to FMCSA for any write-up worth contesting.
- Out-of-service rate vs nationalThe first number an underwriter looks at, next to the national average.
- Daily check and alertsA new inspection, crash or score change by email, the day FMCSA posts it.
Safety score questions carriers ask.
What is a CSA score?
CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) is FMCSA's program for ranking carriers. It scores you in seven categories as a percentile against carriers like you, from 0 to 100, where higher is worse. FMCSA doesn't publish one single number; Scale Clear estimates each category and a pull-in score from the same public data.
How long do violations stay on my record?
For your scores, two years. A write-up counts triple for its first six months, double for the next six, and once for the second year, then it drops off. Scale Clear shows the exact day each one steps down.
How do I get a wrong violation removed?
File a DataQs request with FMCSA, with your evidence. The state that wrote it reviews it and may agree or deny it. Scale Clear's Safety Coach drafts the request for any write-up worth contesting; nothing is promised.
What is a chameleon carrier?
A carrier that reopens under a new DOT number to escape a bad safety record. Underwriters and brokers look for shared addresses, officers, phones and trucks between DOT numbers. Being linked doesn't mean you did anything wrong, but you will be asked, so it pays to know first.
When is my MCS-150 due?
Every two years, in a month set by the last digits of your DOT number. Scale Clear shows your date and reminds you before it.
Does FMCSA record which driver was stopped?
Not in the public record your scores come from. Tell Scale Clear who drove each inspection once, and you get a report of write-ups by driver.
See your safety score the way the scale sees it.
No card, no sales call. We email a 6-digit code to the address on your FMCSA record.