OOIDA Sues FMCSA over Pre-Employment Screening Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s pre-employment screening program violates drivers’ rights, claims the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in a lawsuit. OOIDA told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that under the program, drivers can be in effect found guilty of safety violations before they get due process in court.

The program gives employers access to the records of drivers who are applying for work, but OOIDA claims that the data in the system is not always accurate and is difficult to correct.

OOIDA cites the experience of three drivers who were cited for alleged violations. The drivers challenged their citations in court and were either acquitted or had their cases dismissed, the association said.

But when they tried to use the agency’s DataQ system to get their records corrected, the agency refused to make the changes, OOIDA claimed in its suit.

Find out more about the plans OOIDA President Jim Johnston has for the lawsuit at Trucking Info.

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