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719 Fleet Safety Management
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Driver Qualification Standards

To ensure that potential new and existing drivers meet your company's qualification standards for motor vehicle records as set forth in the Fleet Safety Plan, the following standards should be instituted:

  1. Actions taken should be based on the number of points and violations shown from the MVR checks and evaluations.
  2. Standards and penalties should be enforced for drivers involved in preventable accidents.

You may want to establish a point structure system to evaluate potential new and current driver motor vehicle records. Here is an example of an effective point system.

Take a look at the Sample Point Structure System.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

4-4. To evaluate potential new and current driver motor vehicle records, it's a good idea to _____.