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DQReady Get my free Gap Check
For new carriers

Your safety audit is coming.

Your Gap Check starts with what's public in your FMCSA record, then walks you through the documents an auditor will ask to see.

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Built from your own FMCSA record. No account. No card. No sales call.

Owner-operator standing beside his semi truck at sunset
16
automatic-fail items
16 violations that fail your safety audit automatically
49 CFR 385.321
$15,846
Max recordkeeping penalty per violation
The most the government can fine you for one recordkeeping violation
49 CFR 386, App. B
18 mo
New entrant monitoring period
How long the government watches every new carrier
49 CFR 385.307
How it works

Ready in four steps

Step 1

Start with your public record

Your Gap Check is built from your public FMCSA record — the same record the auditor will pull.

Step 2

Get your free Gap Check

Enter your USDOT. Your report is generated from your public FMCSA record.

Step 3

Review your report

All 16 automatic-fail items, laid out for your company: what your record shows, and what you must be able to show.

Step 4 (optional)

Build your Audit Pack

Want the documents done for you? Get the pack built with your data already filled in.

The product

This is your Gap Check

Sample — illustrative carrier
DQ Gap Check
BLUE MESA TRANSPORT LLC
USDOT — sample · Springfield, MO
16
Items checked
2 power units 1 driver Monitoring window: 18 months
Drug and alcohol testing program
49 CFR 382.115
On record
Random testing pool
49 CFR 382.305
Not visible in your public record
Driver medical certificates
49 CFR 391.11
On record
Annual vehicle inspections
49 CFR 396.17
Not visible in your public record

What the stamps mean — On record: it appears in your public FMCSA record. Not visible in your public record: it does not appear there — you must be able to show it.

+ 12 more items — the full list of 16 is published below, in full.
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Sample — illustrative carrier. The company and record above are invented to show the format.

Yours is built from your own public record: your name, your USDOT, your dates.

Each item tells you exactly what to be able to show.

49 CFR 385.321(b)

The 16 automatic-failure items, in full

Any ONE of these violations fails the new-entrant safety audit on its own. This is the exact list your Gap Check works through — and it is public law, so here is all of it, before you give us anything.

  1. No drug & alcohol testing program49 CFR 382.115
  2. Driver at 0.04+ alcohol on duty49 CFR 382.201
  3. Driver who refused a required test49 CFR 382.211
  4. Driver who tested positive49 CFR 382.215
  5. No random testing program49 CFR 382.305
  6. Driver without a valid CDL49 CFR 383.3 / 383.23
  7. Driver with a disqualified, suspended or revoked CDL49 CFR 383.37
  8. Allowing a disqualified driver to drive49 CFR 383.51
  9. No required insurance — freight49 CFR 387.7
  10. No required insurance — passenger49 CFR 387.31
  11. Knowingly using a disqualified driver49 CFR 391.15
  12. Physically unqualified driver49 CFR 391.11
  13. No records of duty status49 CFR 395.8
  14. Running an out-of-service vehicle49 CFR 396.9
  15. DVIR defects not corrected49 CFR 396.11
  16. No periodic (annual) inspection49 CFR 396.17

Which items apply depends on your operation. Drug & alcohol program and random testing items apply to CDL operations.

Who runs DQReady

A person, not a platform

DQReady is operated by a sole proprietor in Nevada City, California. We prepare Driver Qualification (DQ) paperwork for new motor carriers — the files an FMCSA safety auditor asks to see.

Questions go to a person, not a ticket system: support@getdqready.com. We answer within one business day — Monday to Friday, not counting U.S. federal holidays.

Free Gap Check

Get your own Gap Check — free

Five fields — your name, company name, USDOT number, email, and how many drivers you run. No card, no call. Your report is generated from your public FMCSA record and emailed to you within one business day.

Your Gap Check is generated from your public FMCSA record. We store the report and the record details needed to deliver it. We never sell them. Email us and we will delete them.

This is preparation material, not legal advice, we never pull motor vehicle records, and no outcome is guaranteed.

What does the Audit Pack cost?

Audit Pack: $99 for 1 driver · $149 for 2–5 drivers. One-time. Your exact price appears again on your report — before you pay anything.

Optional expiration tracking — we watch your CDL, medical card, annual inspection and MCS-150 dates and email you before each lapses — is $19/mo, billed separately, and you can cancel any time. It is never required to buy the Audit Pack.

We never call you. We never charge a card you didn't hand us, for a price you didn't see printed first.

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Driver checking a tire during a pre-trip inspection

Paperwork is the part you control

Auditors check records. Passing also takes a real operation: real tests, real inspections, real logs.

Questions

Straight answers

Can't I just buy the $35 template pack?

You can. A template is 40 blank forms. The pack arrives filled in with your company data, your driver files, and your audit countdown.

Will this make me pass my audit?

No one can promise that. We prepare your files - we do not run your compliance. Passing takes a real operation behind the paperwork.

Are you FMCSA or the government?

No. DQReady is a private document-preparation service, not affiliated with FMCSA or the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Do you run my drug testing or pull my records?

No. We never pull MVRs, query the Clearinghouse, or enroll drivers in a consortium. The policy and forms are ready - running the program stays with you.

See what your record shows before the auditor does.

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