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FMCSA New Entrant Safety Audit

The audit letter lists sixteen things. Here they are, filled in.

Every new trucking company gets a safety audit in its first year. The auditor asks for a written drug and alcohol policy, a file on every driver, records on every truck, an accident register, hours-of-service records and more. CrewPapers turns your company details into that packet - every document, in the order requested, with the rule cited on each page.

Get the Audit Packet - $149

One-time. Not per driver, not per month. HaulLegal walkthrough owners pay $99.

3 of the 16 documents are free to read and print right now, no signup - including the automatic-failure self-check.

16
documents, in the auditor's order
12 mo
every new carrier is audited within
16
automatic-failure items, self-checked
$149
one time - not per driver, not per month

Why a chatbot is not enough

A chatbot writes the one document you ask for. An audit asks for sixteen, and the auditor checks that the driver receipt is signed, the annual inspection is on the right form, and the accident register exists even when it is blank. The packet is complete by construction: the regulatory text is fixed and cited, and only your company details change.

What is in the packet

+Filled in with your company

Legal name, USDOT number, owner, designated employer representative, consortium, fleet size - entered once, printed on every page.

+The written drug and alcohol policy

Every item 49 CFR 382.601 requires, in the order the rule lists them, with the driver receipt the auditor asks to see signed.

+Driver qualification file, form by form

The 391.51 checklist, the employment application, the previous-employer inquiry, the road test certificate, the annual review note, the medical certificate log.

+Vehicle files

The 396.3 maintenance record and schedule, the annual inspection report with the inspector qualification, and the driver vehicle inspection report.

+The records people forget

An accident register (required even when it is empty), the hours-of-service policy with the short-haul exception spelled out, the Clearinghouse query log, driver and equipment lists.

+The automatic-failure self-check

The violations that fail an audit on their own, as a yes/no list you work through before the auditor does.

+Print or save as PDF

Each document is a clean letter-size page. Print the binder, or save PDFs and upload them to the audit portal.

+Rules cited on every page

Each requirement names its regulation, so you - or the auditor - can check it.

What the alternatives cost

Audit assistance package (folders, forms, instructions)
Motor Carrier HQ
$150
Driver qualification file service, per driver
DOTDriverFiles.com
$50 / yr
Managed driver files, per driver
My Safety Manager
$49 / mo
Full compliance bundle, one truck, one year
TenFour to J.J. Keller
$1,188 - $1,732
Done-for-you New Entrant audit
Compliance consultants
quote only
CrewPapers New Entrant Audit Packet
$149 once

Prices from the sellers' own pages, September 2026. The bundles include things a document packet cannot: consortium enrollment and Clearinghouse queries. You still need those - the packet tells you where they go.

What CrewPapers is not

Not the government, not a law firm, not a safety consultant. We do not file anything, sit in on your audit, or promise its outcome. The packet is a complete, cited starting point that you read, finish and adopt as your own - the auditor is checking that the program is real, and only you can make it real.