Stay informed with updates on Department of Transportation regulations, hours-of-service compliance, and the telematics & training tools that keep fleets safe and audit-ready.
The Clearinghouse-II rule took effect November 2024. By spring 2026, state DMVs are actively pulling CDLs from drivers with unresolved prohibited status — and most carriers find out the worst possible way: a driver shows up Monday morning without a license.
Marc Nault·May 27, 2026· 5 minA 5-minute form most carriers forget about — until their DOT number gets deactivated at a weigh station. Here's how the biennial cycle actually works, the deadline that matters, and why missing it is the easiest fine in the book.
Marc Nault·May 21, 2026· 4 minPre-employment full query, annual limited query, real-time violation reporting. Three different obligations, three different costs if you skip them. Here's the simple cycle most carriers get wrong.
Marc Nault·May 14, 2026· 6 minYou just got your DOT number. The 12-month safety audit clock is now ticking. Here's the short list of what to set up immediately — none of it complicated, all of it expensive to skip.
Marc Nault·May 7, 2026· 5 minThe hour you spend with a Patron compliance specialist going through your files is the same hour an FMCSA Safety Investigator would spend — except we tell you how to fix what we find. Here's what a mock audit actually looks like.
Marc Nault·Apr 27, 2026· 7 minSeven BASICs, percentile rankings, intervention thresholds, peer groups, data-quality flags. The Safety Measurement System looks like a black box — it isn't. Here's how to read your scores and know which one to fix first.
Marc Nault·Apr 18, 2026· 6 minTalk to a Patron specialist about moving your DOT compliance off your plate.
