PSP (Pre-Employment Screening Program)
The Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) is an FMCSA-administered service that gives motor carriers access to a commercial driver's most recent five years of crash data and three years of roadside-inspection data from the federal Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS).
What it is
PSP is run by FMCSA in partnership with NIC Inc. Unlike an MVR - which lists license-status history at the state level - PSP pulls the driver's federal crash and inspection record. A PSP report shows reportable crashes, roadside-inspection violations (including hours-of-service, brake, tire, and load violations), and the carrier with whom the driver was operating at the time. PSP requires the driver's signed consent and is sold per-pull, with discount tiers for high-volume carriers.
How it applies
PSP is not required by FMCSA - §391.23 does not mention it. But it is one of the most useful supplementary screening tools for serious carriers, because it surfaces what the driver was actually doing on the road, not just what the state DMV recorded against the license. A clean MVR with a PSP showing six hours-of-service violations in three years tells a different story than the MVR alone. Many sophisticated carriers run MVR + CDLIS + PSP as the standard pre-hire bundle, especially for long-haul and hazmat drivers.
Why it matters
PSP is a useful complement to the MVR, not a replacement. It cannot substitute for §391.23 - a PSP report is not an MVR - but it adds depth that a state DMV record will never contain. For brokers and shippers vetting a carrier's drivers, PSP is the closest thing available to a federal-level driver report card.
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