With over 65 years combined experience in the Commercial Trucking Industry, we have worked both on the enforcement side and with the motor carriers helping them comply with both state & federal regulations. We know what state and federal officials are looking for and provide peace of mind and preparedness for the trucking industry.
When you partner with us, we put together a comprehensive plan and do regular audits, inspections, reviews, and training. This takes the headache and high cost out of trying to keep up with compliance and safety requirements.
The United States Department of Transportation has a checklist which all trucking companies must comply to. This includes obligations such as completing the right inspections and physical examinations, ensuring the driver carries compliance documents in the truck with them at all times, marking DOT numbers on the trucks and recording hours of service, and much more.
DOT safety standards help keep vehicle drivers and their shipment safe. Complying with the standards and regulations also guarantees safer trucks on the roads, failure to which your company could easily be put out of commission.
DOT compliance standards keep changing, and may even be different across state lines. A regular safety audit is the surest way to remain up to date with these standards. At Commercial Truck Consulting, we will make it our business to keep your company’s compliance records up to date and make sure you can do business all year round across all 50 states.
We Specialize In
Our trucking industry consultants cover the full range of federal and California state regulations. Whether your fleet operates in California, Oregon, or Washington, or you run routes nationwide, we know the program requirements and how they apply to your specific operation.
- California BIT program
- Pre-BIT/DOT inspection consultations
- Bus regulations & inspections
- Comprehensive safety analysis (CSA)
- DOT new entrants
- DOT safety & truck regulations
- DOT truck inspections
- Compliant Drivers Program
- Cannabis Transport and Required Permits
- Hours of Service Compliance
- Driver Qualification File Management / Maintenance & driver logs
- PSIP Compliance
- Hazardous materials (TDG, PHMSA)
- Truck safety consultations & regulations
- California CARB regulations
- California Employer Pull Notice program
- Drug & alcohol programs
- Traffic accident investigation
- Federal regulations (USDOT)
- Federal & California loading regulations
- DOT annual inspection training
- California BIT Inspector Certification Training
- Safety training
Core Trucking Compliance Consulting Services
You don’t have time for inspections, audits, and safety documentation to pull you away from running your business. Our consultants work directly with your team on the compliance requirements that matter most.
DOT & Safety Compliance
DOT compliance involves more than paperwork. We help fleets manage documentation, prepare for FMCSA audits, and build safety management systems that hold up under federal review.
BIT Inspections & Audits
California’s BIT program has requirements that most compliance software can’t fully address. Our consultants have run these inspections from the CHP side. We prepare your records and coach your team on exactly what officers look for.
Training & Seminars
Regulations only protect your operation when your team understands them. Our training covers DOT, BIT, and driver safety requirements at a level your managers and drivers can apply to daily operations.
Civil Litigation
When a compliance issue becomes a legal matter, our enforcement background gives your case an advantage. We provide expert witness testimony, accident investigation, and documentation review for both carriers and their attorneys.
The Consulting Background That Changes What You Get
Our specialty is California BIT regulations, and we know that market because we helped build it. We trained the companies now offering BIT services in this space. With a combined 45 years running CHP enforcement and inspections, we know what officers look for during a BIT audit because we ran those audits ourselves.
That background doesn’t just inform our advice. It changes the depth of it.
When we train your team, we work through the operational details: what gets flagged during an inspection, why it gets flagged, and what your drivers and supervisors can do daily to stay clean. Our expertise covers FMCSA, CHP, CARB, and DOT requirements across state and federal programs. We’ve helped hundreds of carriers and fleet managers build compliance programs that hold up under pressure.
What Working With Us Looks Like
Our consulting engagement starts with a full review of your records, safety programs, and inspection history. From there, we build a program around your operation’s actual needs.
As your fleet compliance consultants, we:
- Confirm every driver on your team meets FMCSA requirements and is documented correctly
- Provide regular safety training to keep your team current on DOT, BIT, and state-level rule changes
- Flag driver records that fall out of compliance before an inspection finds them
- Review your registration and application forms to confirm they are complete and correctly submitted
- Work with your team to build and maintain strong safety scores and compliance accountability
- Support your operation through periodic audits and year-round program maintenance across all 50 states
I have worked for Columbia Distributing for 6 years, and for 5 of those years, I have had the pleasure of working closely with Wes Curtis at Commercial Truck Consulting. We have worked together in many capacities, including day-to-day consultation, mock audits, process, procedure, and policy structuring.
Wes is a wealth of information and expertise when it comes to DOT regulation, both on the federal and state level. He also offers educational resources in the form of requirements, referrals, and even teaches on various subjects himself. In my position, I oversee compliance for three states, 14 branches, and on average 600 regulated CDL holders.
Wes is an invaluable resource for myself and Columbia Distributing. The relationship and reliable resource that Wes and Commercial Truck Consulting provide to Columbia Distributing is priceless!
We have worked with Wes on multiple PHMSA and FMCSA mock audits. The combination of Wes’ in-depth knowledge of the regulations and audit process, mixed in with a watchful eye on litigious situations helped propel our compliance program forward. Wes is thorough and acted as a true business partner!
Frequently Asked Questions
DOT Compliance is aimed at maintaining safety for all road users. Being DOT Compliant also saves your company money that would be used in paying fines or money that would be lost if your operations had to be suspended for non-compliance.
Most carriers hire us before a safety audit, after a failed inspection, or when they are scaling their fleet and the documentation load outgrows what they can manage internally. If you are not sure where your compliance program stands, a free initial consultation is the right first step.
If your driver fails the DOT Inspection you will have to send another driver to take over the truck. If the vehicle is the one serious violation, then it could be put out of service. If the non-compliance is minor, the vehicle will either be repaired on site or towed to a place where repairs can be done.
This is compliance by all commercial vehicle operators to the set list of rules and regulations governing all aspects of commercial vehicles for public safety as required by the United States Department of Transportation.
A trucking compliance consultant reviews your fleet’s safety programs, driver files, and inspection records to find gaps before an inspector does. We build the compliance systems your operation needs, train your team on federal and state requirements, and stay involved as your programs and the regulations evolve.
DOT Compliance is attached to both the vehicle and the driver. Sometimes the shipment is inspected too. Depending on the level of inspection, either one or both of the elements would be subjected to inspection when a vehicle is stopped on the road.
You can conduct regular internal audits on your vehicles and drivers using a checklist from the Department of Transportation. We can help you create this list and also train your drivers and staff on how to be compliant and inspection ready.
Software tracks due dates and generates reports. A consultant brings judgment, industry experience, and the ability to interpret regulations in the context of your specific operation. We have been on the enforcement side of this process. Software has not.
We will help you by keeping your company informed, updated and compliant on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSA) requirements. We can also help you come up with a company checklist for you to conduct regular internal audits to make sure you remain compliant.
Yes. At CTC, we have a training program that begins by educating your drivers on the requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSA) requirements and goes on show them how to remain compliant in readiness for a DOT inspection.
Updated: August 4, 2026