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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