Compliance Monitoring
Compliance monitoring: every deadline and your CSA scores, watched daily
You get alerts when they are useful (60, 30 and 7 days out), a monthly scorecard showing what we caught and handled, and a human who reviews anything unusual.
What we do
Daily automated scans
Every expiration, renewal window and filing date checked daily against your profile.
Escalating alerts
Text and email at 60/30/7 days: early enough to act, repeated enough to stick.
Safety-score watch
New inspections and violations on your public record flagged in plain language.
DataQs triage
When a violation looks wrong, we review it first and tell you honestly whether a challenge is worth filing, including when it is not. If it is, we draft it for $99 as a member ($169 standalone) and you submit it from your own DataQs account. We never use your login, and no outcome is promised.
Monthly scorecard
One page a month: what was due, what we handled, what needs you. Proof of work, not just promises.
Who it's for: Included with every TenFour membership. This is the core of the service, and everything else on the site feeds it.
What actually needs watching
A small carrier runs roughly fifteen recurring compliance dates at once, on five different cycles: quarterly IFTA, annual UCR and MVR review and vehicle inspection and Clearinghouse query, biennial MCS-150, plus medical certificates on their own 24-month-or-less clocks and insurance on the policy term.
None of them arrive together, almost none send a reminder, and several are derived from your USDOT number rather than any date you would naturally remember. That is the entire problem this service exists to solve.
How your safety score is calculated
FMCSA’s Safety Measurement System groups violations into seven BASICs and scores them on a rolling 24-month window. Recency matters more than most carriers realize: a violation in the last six months counts three times as heavily as one from eighteen months ago, and anything older than 24 months drops out completely.
For a small carrier this cuts both ways. A bad inspection hurts disproportionately at first because you have few inspections to dilute it, but it also decays, and a run of clean inspections genuinely repairs the picture.
Two BASICs you cannot see publicly
Under the FAST Act, the Crash Indicator and Hazardous Materials Compliance BASICs are hidden from public view. Property carriers have to log in to see their own complete results. It is worth doing, a problem you cannot see publicly is still a problem an investigator can.
On the “new CSA system” you keep reading about
FMCSA has been previewing an enhanced Safety Measurement System that reorganizes the BASICs into compliance categories. As of August 2026 it is still a preview. FMCSA said a follow-up Federal Register notice would announce the launch date, and none has been published; the production methodology document still uses the seven BASICs.
A lot of compliance marketing states flatly that the 2026 overhaul is live. It is not. We will tell you when it changes, and we will not use a pending rule as a reason to sell you something.
How recent a violation is changes what it costs you
| Age of violation | Weight in SMS | Practical effect |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 6 months | 3× | Maximum impact on your score |
| 6 to 12 months | 2× | Still significant |
| 12 to 24 months | 1× | Fading |
| Over 24 months | Not counted | Drops out of the calculation |
What this costs
TenFour membership: first truck
$99/month
Billed annually ($1,188/yr) · $119 month to month · +$59/month per additional truck
Billed annually; each additional truck +$59/month, every driver included. Daily monitoring, the 60/30/7-day alerts, the safety-score watch and the monthly scorecard are the core of the membership.
Every price for 1 to 6 trucks is published, no quote form, no sales call. See full pricing. Running 7 or more? Contact us for custom pricing.
What happens if you skip it
Nothing about unmonitored compliance fails loudly. It fails on a date, quietly, and you find out from somebody else.
- A broker’s vetting system declines you and nobody explains which number caused it.
- An insurance renewal is quoted higher, or declined, on safety data you had not looked at.
- A deadline passes (medical card, annual inspection, biennial update), and the first notice is a roadside inspection.
- By the time a problem is visible enough to notice on its own, it is usually already in the 24-month scoring window.
Sources
- FMCSA: SMS Methodology (current production version)
- FMCSA: Safety Measurement System
- Federal Register: Enhanced Carrier Safety Measurement System (still in preview)
Last reviewed September 26, 2026. TenFour is a compliance service, not a law firm, and is not affiliated with FMCSA or any government agency. This page explains federal requirements in plain English, verify specifics for your operation against the sources above.
Common questions
How do alerts arrive?
Text message first (it is how truckers actually communicate) with email copies for your records.
What does AI do, and what do humans do?
Automation watches dates, drafts reminders and chases documents. A person reviews anything official before it goes anywhere. Automation watches; humans approve.
What if I ignore an alert?
We do not fire one text and move on. Alerts escalate, and anything that goes overdue gets flagged for a personal follow-up. The system is designed around the assumption that you are driving, not reading email.
What are the CSA BASICs?
Seven categories in FMCSA’s Safety Measurement System: Unsafe Driving, Crash Indicator, Hours-of-Service Compliance, Vehicle Maintenance, Controlled Substances/Alcohol, Hazardous Materials Compliance and Driver Fitness. Two of them (Crash Indicator and Hazardous Materials Compliance) are hidden from public view under the FAST Act.
How far back do violations count against me?
Twenty-four months, with recency weighting: violations in the past six months carry a weight of 3, six to twelve months a weight of 2, and twelve to twenty-four months a weight of 1. Events older than 24 months drop out of the calculation entirely.
Has FMCSA replaced CSA with a new system?
No. The enhanced Safety Measurement System remains in preview as of August 2026, FMCSA said it would announce a launch date in a follow-up Federal Register notice, and no such notice has been published. Articles claiming the 2026 overhaul is live are wrong, and the production methodology still uses the seven BASICs.
Can I see my own complete scores?
Yes, from your own login. Property carriers must log in to see their full SMS results, because the public view leaves out the hidden BASICs. We watch the public record for new inspections and violations, so a change does not first reach you through a broker declining a load, and we can walk you through your own logged-in results while you look at them. We never ask for, hold or use your FMCSA Portal login or any other government login.
Handled, for one published price per truck.
Part of the TenFour membership: $99/month for the first truck on the annual plan, +$59/month for each additional truck, every driver included. Built for carriers with 1 to 6 trucks; fleets of 7 or more are priced by conversation.
$99/month is the annual plan for one truck, billed $1,188 up front, about two months free against $119 month to month. Each additional truck is $59/month ($69 month to month), every driver included, up to six trucks. Cancel any month; remaining full months refunded.