What Trucksafe says it offers
From Trucksafe's own pages, read on October 14, 2026:
- A DOT compliance firm. Trucksafe Consulting, LLC, run by a team of transportation attorneys and industry experts.
- Consulting. Policy development and review, CSA score improvement, safety program audits (among them mock DOT compliance reviews and driver qualification file audits), hourly consulting, regulatory updates, and safety rating upgrades with corrective action plans.
- Audit preparation. Mock DOT audits that follow the DOT's own methodology, support during and after a real audit, and audit readiness programs with regular reviews of the files.
- Training. Trucksafe Academy's online courses for safety managers and drivers, among them a short course on the driver qualification rules in Part 391.
- Compliance+. A subscription with the courses, fleet compliance reports built from a USDOT number (CSA analysis and BASIC scores), monthly regulatory updates, webinars, a resource library of policy templates, checklists and forms, and the Trucksafe Network community.
- Events and more. A monthly livestream, a two-day Bootcamp, fleet risk control services and expert witness work by its attorneys.
Advice and audits, or the files themselves
Trucksafe's pages describe a firm that advises, audits and trains. Keeping each driver's file current is a separate job that runs every day: 391.51(a) puts it on the motor carrier, and the items in the file come due on their own clocks, the medical certificate within 24 months (391.45) and the annual review of each driving record every 12 months (391.25). An audit, mock or real, reads the files as they stand on the day.
| Kind | What it does | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Consulting firm or transportation attorney | Advice, policies, mock audits and corrective action plans | Trucksafe is this kind |
| Training provider | Courses for safety managers and drivers | Trucksafe Academy is this kind |
| Membership | Updates, templates and a community of peers | Compliance+ is this kind |
| Managed file service | A vendor's staff keep the files | The carrier still answers for them under 391.51 |
| Records software | Files each document against its rule and shows what is missing | FileFlo is this kind |
The first three advise and teach the office; the last two hold the files. A carrier can have one of each.
How to compare on your own records
Name the job before the provider:
- A policy written or reviewed, a rating to upgrade, a question of law: a consultant or a transportation attorney.
- A new safety manager, or drivers to train: a training provider.
- A check before a real audit: a mock audit by a consultant, or the office working through the driver qualification file checklist file by file.
- The files kept current every day: a managed file service or records software. See driver qualification file software, seven compared, and the four kinds of alternative to J. J. Keller.
Then pull three of your own driver files and check each against the documents 391.51(b) lists. What is missing tells you which job is open. Or start from the public record: the free finding sheet reads what FMCSA's record shows about your carrier from your USDOT number.
Switching from Trucksafe: what to keep
Keep the findings of any mock audit and the policies written for you: a finding names what a file lacked on the day and the rule it answers to, and it is the starting list for the next round of work. The files themselves stay yours under 391.51(a), whoever reviewed them. If Trucksafe serves you for advice, training and the mock audit, keep it for those; the files still need keeping every day in between.
Worked example: a nine-truck carrier with a mock audit report
Illustration, not a customer
The carrier's consultant runs a mock audit and returns five findings against the driver files. The owner sorts them by what each one needs:
- Two annual review notes missing. Each needs the reviewer's name and the date (391.25(c)(2)).
- One medical certificate past its date. The driver needs a new examination before driving again (391.45).
- One application missing. The file must hold it (391.21, 391.51(b)).
- One National Registry note missing. The check that the examiner was listed belongs with the certificate (391.23(m)).
The report says what was missing on the day. The next audit asks again, so the owner decides who keeps the files current until then.
Where FileFlo does the work
Most compliance tools track a date someone typed in and send a notice. FileFlo does the work behind the date: it reads each document, finds the date, checks it against the rule, files it where the rule wants it and works out what is due next, for every driver and every recurring item. Your gap report names each missing record, the rule that requires it and who owes it, and says which areas do not apply to you and why. The CFR-indexed audit packet is ready on demand, and a compliance summary report downloads at any time, for the auditor or for your consultant. Nothing goes out to your drivers until you switch each routine on and choose who hears, how and when.
Sources
Checked
- Trucksafe: DOT compliance consulting, training and audits, Trucksafe Consulting, LLC. Read October 14, 2026
- DOT compliance consulting services, Trucksafe Consulting, LLC. Read October 14, 2026
- DOT audit preparation and guidance, Trucksafe Consulting, LLC. Read October 14, 2026
- Trucksafe Academy online courses, Trucksafe Consulting, LLC. Read October 14, 2026
- Compliance+, Trucksafe Consulting, LLC. Read October 14, 2026
- 49 CFR 391.51, driver qualification files and their retention, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.21, application for employment, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.23, investigation and inquiries, and the National Registry check, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.25, annual inquiry and review of driving record, eCFR
- 49 CFR 391.43 and 391.45, medical examination and certificate, eCFR
Questions
What does Trucksafe offer?
From its own pages, read October 14, 2026: DOT compliance consulting by a team of transportation attorneys and compliance professionals, mock DOT audits, safety rating upgrades and corrective action plans, the Trucksafe Academy online courses for safety managers and drivers, a Compliance+ subscription with courses, fleet compliance reports, regulatory updates, webinars and a resource library, and a community with a monthly livestream and a two-day Bootcamp.
Is Trucksafe a consultant or software?
Its pages describe a consulting and training firm. Its Compliance+ resource library offers policy templates, checklists and forms, and its fleet compliance reports read the safety data for a USDOT number.
Can a carrier keep a consultant and use records software?
Yes. A consultant advises, trains and audits; the carrier keeps each driver's file under 391.51 every day in between. The two jobs sit side by side.
What is worth keeping from a mock audit?
The findings. Each one names what a file lacked on the day and the rule it answers to, so the list is the starting point for the next round of work.