# Presentation: 384559

## PRISMOVERVIEW

- Law Enforcement Training
- January 2009

## What is PRISM?

-  Cooperative Federal/State Program to link safety
-      fitness to state vehicle registration
-  Feasibility Study mandated by Section 4003 of
-         the ISTEA of 1991
- 	> Five state pilot concluded in 1997
- 	> Report submitted to Congress in 1998 verified
- 	   PRISM is feasible, cost effective and
- 	   improves safety

**Notes:**

The Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program was developed to meet the challenge of reducing the number of commercial vehicle crashes of a rapidly expanding interstate carrier population.  It has increased the efficiency and effectiveness of federal and state safety efforts through a more accurate process for targeting the highest-risk carriers, which allows for a more efficient allocation of scarce resources for compliance reviews and roadside inspections. The PRISM program requires that motor carriers improve their identified safety deficiencies or face progressively more stringent sanctions up to the ultimate sanction of a Federal out-of-service order and concurrent State registration suspensions.   The PRISM program has proven to be an effective means of getting motor carriers to improve their compliance and performance deficiencies.

PRISM links the commercial vehicle registration process to motor carrier safety to achieve two purposes. One is to determine the safety fitness of the motor carrier prior to issuing license plates and two is to influence the carrier to improve its safety performance through an improvement process and, where necessary, the application of registration sanctions.

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## PRISM State Implementation Map – January 2009

**Grant Approval – *****BLUE****** ***
- (7 States: CO, HI, IL, ND, RI, VA, WI)
**States Developing Implementation ****Plan for Approval – *****PURPLE***** **
- (4 States + DC: FL, MA, NJ, WY)
**States Implementing****an Approved Plan – *****GREY***** **
- (6 States: CA, DE, MS, MT, NY, OK)
**PRISM Level  1**** – *****RED****** *****Collecting/Validating USDOT Number ****of Carrier Responsible for Safety**
- (8 States: AK, AZ, ID, IN, LA, OR, PA, TX)
**PRISM Level 2**** – *****YELLOW****** *****Enforcing MCS-150 Update**
**Checking Carrier Safety Status **
**Submitting Targeted Vehicles to SAFER**
- (1 State: NC)
**PRISM Level 3**** – *****GREEN***** ****Denying, Suspending, Revoking for Federal OOSO ****Bar Coding PRISM Specs **
**Enforcement Stopping Targeted Vehicles**
- (21 States: AL, AR, CT, GA, IA, KS, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE,
- NH, NM, OH, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WA, WV)
** *****N/A –                ***(3 States: MD, MI, NV)             _**Total PRISM States:  30**_

**PRISM State Implementation Map – January 2009**

*WHITE*

## Benefits of PRISM

** ****Improves Safety**

-  Improved performance required to exit program
- Carriers identified based on safety data
- Effectiveness study validates SafeStat ability to
-       identify carriers with future crash risk

** ****Performance Based System**
** ****Accurate Identification of High Risk Carriers**

**Notes:**
Safety – PRISM requires that motor carriers improve their identified safety deficiencies or face progressively more stringent sanctions up to a federal out-of-service order and concurrent State registration suspensions.  For carriers with less severe safety problems, the PRISM program pioneered the use of a Warning Letter as an alternative to an on-site review.  The Warning Letter has proven to be an extremely effective and inexpensive means of improving safety performance.
In the pilot, thirty percent of the carriers that received warning letters improved.  Thirty percent of the at risk carriers also improved after the first compliance review and those carriers identified by SafeStat were nearly three times as likely to be involved in accidents.  These are the carriers that are targeted for the improvement process.  Registration officials checked the safety fitness before issuing plates and suspended registration to improve performance.   
Performance-based and accurate ID - The primary means for identifying potentially poor performing carriers is through an accumulation of carrier, vehicle and driver-specific safety events that is then linked to the carrier through the carrier’s USDOT number.  Carriers are identified, treated and released from a safety improvement program based upon demonstrated highway performance after safety treatments have been applied.

## Benefits of PRISM

** ****Improved Efficiency and Productivity of Federal **
**   ****and State Resources**

-  CRs on highest risk carriers
-  Warning letters

** ****Improved Data Accuracy**

-  Automatic Census updates with registration renewals
-  Bar codes reduce inspection data entry errors
-  Ability to correct non-match inspection and accident     	records through registration records

**Notes:**
Productivity – PRISM  has increased the efficiency and effectiveness of federal and state safety efforts through:
         Efficient allocation of scarce resources through more accurate targeting of compliance reviews to focus on the highest-risk carriers, and
         The use of a warning letter as an effective, inexpensive method for carriers with less severe safety problems.
Data Quality - PRISM has shown that an improvement in the accuracy and timeliness of data will result in better resource allocation and heightened efficiencies in the administration of major federal and state safety programs.  Several of the most notable data improvement are the procedure for obtaining current census and operational data on interstate motor carriers as part of the state’s annual vehicle registration renewal process, a procedure for using plate numbers as a means to more effectively assign inspection and accident data to the responsible motor carrier, and use of automated procedures e.g.barcoding, for data collection in the field to eliminate typing errors on critical fields on accident and inspection reports, like USDOT number, plate number and VIN.  

## Benefits of PRISM

** ****Customer Service**

-  	Promotes “one-stop shop” for USDOT 	Number and Plates

** ****Accountability for Safety**

-  	Every interstate truck registered must have
-           a USDOT Number to identify carrier 	responsible for safety.
- Can’t register if prohibited from interstate operations

**Notes:**
Customer Service - PRISM provides a one-stop shopping opportunity for carriers to obtain a USDOT Number, meet Congressionally mandated data update requirements, and get their IRP license plates simultaneously.  Through the PRISM program, the state registration offices can issue these numbers for the federal government. 
Accountability - Identification of the carrier (via their USDOT number) responsible for the safe operation of the vehicles being registered has produced a major safety benefit.  It helps ensure motor carriers that have been ordered by the FMCSA to cease interstate operations do not continue to maintain interstate license plates. In addition, safety events (e.g. inspection, accident, driver moving violations) affecting a PRISM registered vehicle can be more accurately tied back to the responsible motor carrier.

## PRISM...Two Main Processes

-  Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Process
-  Commercial Vehicle Registration Process

**Notes:**
The PRISM program includes two major processes - the Commercial Vehicle Registration Process and Enforcement, which work in parallel to identify motor carriers and hold them responsible for the safety of their operation.  The performance of unsafe carriers is improved through a comprehensive system of identification, education, awareness, data gathering, safety monitoring and treatment. 

## PRISM AND

**VEHICLE **
** ****REGISTRATION **

## Commercial Vehicle Registration

**Process**

** ****The Commercial Vehicle Registration process **
**	****provides the  framework for PRISM**

- Establishes link between the _**motor carrier**_
**   ****	**_**responsible for safety**_ and every vehicle 	registered commercially
-      * Plate number (OR VIN) can always be traced
-                      back to the responsible carrier
-          * Brings safety down to the vehicle level

**Notes:**
The International Registration Plan (IRP) commercial vehicle registration process of the states provides the framework for the PRISM program.  It serves two vital functions. 
The principal objective is to establish the initial "link" between every vehicle registered and an entity that will be responsible for its safe operation during the registration year.  This will enable the safety checks to be done during the registration process.
All PRISM actions are based on the actual safety performance of a motor carrier.  Therefore, it is critical that all safety events (crashes, roadside inspections, etc.) be properly assigned to the motor carrier that was responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle at the time of the event. The linkage established by this requirement also provides for the proper assignment of these events.

## Definitions (Who’s Who)

**Definitions (Who’s Who)**

**Registrant** -- Entity to whom the vehicle registration
-                               and the plate is issued** **
**Motor Carrier –**Entity responsible for the safe operation of
-        the vehicle during the registration year
-      **Note:** If there is no actual motor carrier, then the _registrant_
-        serves as the **Default Motor Carrier**
**Default Motor Carrier**** **-- The entity responsible for safety
-        in cases where the actual motor carrier has not been
-        properly identified or cannot be identified

**Notes:**
The motor carrier is the entity who is responsible for the safety of the vehicle.
The default motor carrier is a new term created for PRISM. It is the registrant who has authority but also leases to other carriers when the identity of the motor carrier for safety is not known at the time of registration. 

-   Makes safe operating performance a requirement
-     for obtaining and keeping a registration plate

-  Does the USDOT Number belong to a sanctioned
-        carrier?

-   Was the vehicle assigned to a sanctioned motor
-          carrier previously?

**  ****How Do the Commercial Vehicle Registration        ****	****     Process & PRISM Affect Safety**

**  **Check the Carrier’s Safety Status

**Notes:**
One of the most important PRISM functions is checking during the renewal process to make sure the motor carrier responsible for safety has not been ordered to discontinue interstate operations by FMCSA.  This is accomplished by checking the safety status when processing IRP registrations.  The MCSIP Step of the carrier responsible for safety of every vehicle is checked prior to completing the processing and issuing credentials.  In addition, the vehicle identification number (VIN) of each vehicle is checked to determine if the vehicle is assigned to a MCSIP Carrier who is prohibited from interstate operations or if the vehicle is suspended or revoked by another PRISM jurisdiction.  (MCSIP steps 54-63.)
Through PRISM, information connections between participating IRP vehicle registration agencies and the FMCSA provide the ability to make this check of  the safety status of motor carriers prior to issuing or renewing IRP license plates. 

##  Create the PRISM Target

**File for Vehicles Assigned to Carriers**
**in MCSIP**

-   A daily file of MCSIP carriers is created by PRISM
- 	central site
-   PRISM State vehicles assigned to carriers in
- 	MCSIP are identified
-   Create the Target File with these vehicles from
- 	all PRISM states

**Notes:**
A file of the highest risk motor carriers in the MCSIP pool is maintained by FMCSA.  This file is compared to all the PRISM states registration files.  Vehicles with a matching USDOT Number for the motor carrier responsible for safety, are added to the carrier information to create a new file called the Target file.  This file is used for the safety check and is also used at the roadside for enforcement to “target” (hence the name) carriers for inspection.
These vehicles are targeted for improvement.  The greater number of good inspections, the better for the carrier.  The SafeStat number will decrease and the carrier will be removed from the MCSIP pool “watchlist.” 

## How Do the Commercial Vehicle Registration        Process & PRISM Affect Safety

-  Barcode the cab card with vehicle and registrant     	information
-  Barcode and print the USDOT Number, the name
-           and address of the carrier 	responsible for
-           the safety if the lease is expected to remain in  	effect for the entire registration year

**Notes:**
If the safety responsibility of the vehicle is not expected to change during the registration year, the cab card reflects the carrier responsible for safety USDOT information in the barcode and printed on the registration card.  If the safety responsibility is expected to change, then the barcode and print should not have any information concerning safety responsibility. 
The use of bar code readers improves the accuracy of information recorded at the roadside and speeds up the inspection process.
All states must follow the PRISM bar code specification so that all readers regardless of state location can read the codes on all states’ cab cards.   

## Carrier responsible for safety

**Carrier responsible for safety**

**Notes:**
Note in addition to the bar code, the printing of the information for the motor carrier responsible for safety at the bottom of the card.  

## ASPEN – Scanning Cab Card Data

## TraCS Common Information Manager

- Carrier Data from Cab Card scanned into TraCS

- Vehicle Data from Cab Card scanned into TraCS

## TraCS Report

- CIRF Form Auto-populated with scanned Cab Card vehicle data

##  How Do the Commercial Vehicle Registration        Process & PRISM Affect Safety

-  		       Impose Sanctions
-  Deny/Suspend vehicle registrations and retrieve
-     plates when a Federal out-of-service order has
-     been issued
-  This concurrent state registration suspension is the
-     ultimate sanction when a Federal order to cease
-     interstate transportation has been issued

**Notes:**
This Federal-State partnership improves safety and strengthens the Congressionally mandated enforcement policies such as those related to the consequences of unsatisfactory safety ratings and failure to pay civil penalties. One of the fundamental tenets of the PRISM program is that State vehicle registration agencies will:

     Suspend a motor carrier’s IRP license plates in conjunction with an FMCSA order to cease interstate operation; and/or
     Deny renewal of IRP license plates to any motor carrier that is prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by the FMCSA.

Carriers will know that they must improve their safety performance or they will not be able to obtain registration in PRISM jurisdictions.  It is easy for enforcement to spot a vehicle without a plate.

## MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

**IMPROVEMENT PROCESS**

**MCSIP**

## Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Process

**What is MCSIP?**

## Motor Carrier Safety Improvement

**Process (MCSIP)**

-  Uses SafeStat to identify and monitor motor
-        carriers
-  Applies progressively harsher treatments to carriers
-        that do not improve
-  Ultimate sanction is a Federal out-of-service order
-        and concurrent state suspension/revocation of
-        vehicle registration privileges

** ****Process to **_**improve**_** the safety of high-**
**  ****risk motor carriers through more accurate**
**  ****identification, treatment, and assessment**

**Notes:**
Enforcement is the means by which carrier safety is systematically tracked and improved.  The process is designed to improve the safety performance of carriers with demonstrated poor safety performance through accurate identification, performance monitoring and treatment.  When a carrier is identified as needing improvement in safety practices, the carrier enters the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Process (MCSIP).  The goal of MCSIP is to improve the level of safety on our nation’s highways by helping carriers identify and correct safety problems. MCSIP carriers that do not improve their safety performance face penalties that are progressively more severe.  These penalties may culminate in a Federal Out-of-Service Order and possible denial, suspension and/or revocation of vehicle registrations by the state.

## MCSIP Identification

**How Motor Carriers Are Identified **
**         ****for Inclusion in MCSIP**

## MCSIP Identification 

** ****SafeStat ****is used to identify motor carriers for **
**	****inclusion in MCSIP**
** ****SafeStat**** is an automated, data driven analysis system  **
**      ****	****designed to measure the relative safety fitness **
**      ****	****of interstate motor carriers using roadside safety, **
**     ****	****compliance review and enforcement data**
** ****SafeStat**** provides relative rankings of motor carriers**
**	****based on performance in four categories -**
**	****Accident, Driver, Vehicle, and Safety Management **

**Notes:**
Within MCSIP, carriers with potential safety problems are identified and prioritized for an on-site compliance review using the Motor Carrier Safety Status (SafeStat) prioritization methodology.  SafeStat makes maximum use of readily available safety performance and compliance data. This information is used to develop an overall score that can be used to prioritize carriers for a possible on-site review. 
SafeStat and MCSIP are data driven processes.  Increasing the quality and accuracy of the available data improves the accuracy and effectiveness of these programs.  Efforts are made within MCSIP to keep safety and general carrier information data current.  For example, when vehicles are registered in PRISM states, the USDOT Number assignment and census data are verified to assure the accuracy of the data.  A focus of the Compliance Review is to gather, validate and correct safety data.  In addition, carriers have the opportunity to update or dispute safety data.  Warning Letters provide carriers with a Data Contact person to contact to discuss accuracy of data and request changes. 

## MCSIP Identification 

-  **SafeStat Data**

** ****Prior 30 month history of National Governors’  **
**	****Association Accidents, Roadside **
**	****Inspections, Compliance Reviews, **
**	****Enforcement Cases and Census Data**
** ****Data is **_**time**_** weighted**
** ****Data is **_**severity**_** weighted**

**Notes:**
The algorithm for determining the safety score uses the information available from safety events, e.g. accidents and inspections, and analyzes the information to determine the safety ratings of motor carriers.  More recent events are more important in the analysis as is a more serious accident over a poor inspection.   

## MCSIP Identification 

_**SafeStat Score**_
**Accident SEA = 95**
**Driver SEA = 90**
**Vehicle SEA = 65**
**SM SEA = 80**
**Overall SafeStat Score:**
**Accident x 2 + Driver x 1.5 + Vehicle x 1 +**
**SM x 1 = SafeStat score**
**(95x2)+(90x1.5)+(65x0**)+(80x1) = 405**
**Note: (**) When a SEA is under 75, the SEA is dropped from the equation**
**SEA Values approximate the carrier’s percentile rank relative to the population on which there is sufficient data and count toward an overall score when 75 or above **
**Motor Carriers with Two or more SEA values at or above 75 are included in MCSIP**

**Notes:**
The accident SEA includes all carrier reported accidents regardless of assigned fault.
The driver SEA includes
  driver OOS violations cited during roadside inspections
  driver moving violations cited in conjunction with roadside inspections
  driver related critical/acute violations cited during on-site compliance reviews
The vehicle SEA includes 
  vehicle OOS violations cited during roadside inspections
  vehicle related critical/acute violations cited during on-site compliance reviews  
The SM SEA includes
  HM OOS violations from roadside inspections
  History of “Closed” FMCSA enforcement actions against the carrier
  SM related critical/cute violations cited during on-site compliance reviews

## MCSIP Identification

** ****SafeStat Categories A – C establish the**
**  ****pool of MCSIP carriers**

** ****Category A**
**      ****> Score Range 350 and Above**
**      ****> Recommend for Compliance**** ****Review**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	**
** ****Category B**
**      ****> Score Range 225 – 349 **
**      ****> Recommend for Compliance**** ****Review**
**                 **
** ****Category C****	****	****	**
**      ****> Score Range 150 – 224**
**      ****> Recommend for PRISM Warning Letter**

## CSA 2010 pilot

** ****CSA 2010 is a new major initiative of FMCSA to improve safety.  This program will also add carriers to the list of targeted carriers for roadside inspection.  **

**	****	****      **

## MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

**IMPROVEMENT PROCESS (MCSIP)**

**Actions taken to address **
**	****MCSIP Carriers **

**Notes:**
The performance of unsafe carriers is improved through a comprehensive system of identification, education, awareness, data gathering, safety monitoring and treatment.

## MCSIP Treatments

**	****targeted at the roadside for increased inspection**
**Targeting can be done by several options**
** ****Query Central **
** ****NLETS Query to PRISM Target File**
** ****CVIEW**
** ****Inspection Selection System (ISS) Software**

**MCSIP Treatments**

**    ****Increased Roadside Inspections**** **

**Notes:**
The PRISM Target File contains information on all motor carriers in MCSIP and the vehicles assigned to those carriers.  Enforcement personnel access the PRISM Target File to assist them in making decisions on which vehicles to inspect.  Targeted vehicles should receive more enforcement attention while non-targeted vehicles receive less scrutiny.  Targeted Carrier or Vehicle data can be accessed through FMCSA’s Query Central, ISS, NLETS, or CVIEW can be maintained locally by a state.  The State must decide how they will identify vehicles in MCSIP. 
Training coordinator; Please customize for the methods you have employed in your state. 

## MCSIP Treatments PRISM Warning Letters

**PRISM Warning Letters are recommended for newly identified **_**SafeStat Category C**_** motor carriers that have **_**not**_** had a recent CR.**
**What is the purpose of the Warning Letter?**
**Reach a greater number of carriers than CR resources alone would allow**
**Encourage safety improvement**
**Serve as a diagnostic and educational tool**

## MCSIP Treatments

**   ****SafeStat Category A & B motor carriers**
** ****Compliance Reviews:**
** ****Are conducted at the carrier place of business**
** ****Document compliance violations and performance data**
** ****Recommend safety improvements**
** ****Serve as a basis for enforcement penalties**
** ****Generate a Safety Rating**

**MCSIP Treatments**

**Compliance Reviews**

**Notes:**
The carriers in the MCSIP pool with the worst scores (Categories A and B) are scheduled for a physical compliance review with a compliance enforcement officer. 

## MCSIP Treatments Registration Sanctions

**    ****In what situations will FMCSA order a carrier to cease interstate operations?**

## MCSIP TreatmentsRegistration Sanctions 

**Imminent hazard**
**Extremely rare**
**Immediate shut-down at time of CR closeout **
**Final unsatisfactory safety rating**
**Shut-down if carrier fails to improve a “proposed” unsatisfactory rating within 45/60 days**
**CR and proposed rating Letter notifies motor carrier of possible state registration sanctions **

## MCSIP TreatmentsRegistration Sanctions 

**Failure to pay fines**
**Shut-down if carrier fails to pay fine or enter into a payment agreement within 90 days of a final agency order (FAO)**
**FAO notifies motor carrier of possible state registration sanctions**
**Failure of a new entrant safety audit**
**Must be audited within 18 months of entry**
**Newest Sanction reason – failed audit**

**Notes:**
This table is repeated in the training document.  FMCSA encourages a yes in all columns.however if state law cannot do so, this table represents the minimum. 
Training coordinator: This table must be customized in the last column to reflect the process selected by your state.  

## Slide 36

**Notes:**
Out of service carriers can be seen by the public as well on the FMCSA website. 

Training Coordinator:  Replace above page with page for your state’s carriers. 

## Why do all this?

**Notes:**
The next few slides point out that through the PRISM program requirements, the IRP representative can stop the unsafe motor carrier from obtaining registration through fraud. 

## ABC Express Trucking

- Hey Bob – Here’s a good one for you. Some Clown from the DOT just sent us a letter that says we can’t operate trucks across state lines.

## ABC Express Trucking

- Looks like I’ll have to change our company name to **XYZ Express Trucking**, get another USDOT Number, and keep on trucking !

## State Registration OfficePlate Renewal Time

**DOT Number Check**: “The USDOT Number for XYZ Express Trucking is A – OK”
**Vehicle Check**: “Wait a minute! The SAFER/PRISM database indicates vehicles with these VIN #’s are linked to ABC Express Trucking. We’re gonna have to see a transfer of title, a lease agreement to another carrier, or some kind of evidence that ABC and XYZ are not the same company.”

## “Chameleon Carrier” Example from CT

**“****Chameleon**** ****Carrier”**** ****Example from CT**

## Summary

- IRP collects USDOT numbers and validates
- FMCSA issues OOS to unsafe carriers
- IRP checks safety and refuses /suspends registration
- if OOS
- Carrier stops operating
- Right?

**Notes:**
In many cases, when a carrier receives an OOSO, the vehicles are not operated
But, ....

## Wrong

**This is why we are here.  It is law enforcement’s job to stop these vehicles from operating on the highways.**

**Notes:**
In some cases, the carrier ignores the letters and continues to operate.

## Slide 44

**Notes:**
Carriers under an out-of-service order are being inspected and crash reports are being done yet the vehicles are not being cited or stopped.  
Why?
Law Enforcement is NOT using the tools at the roadside to determine these vehicles are under an out-of-service order.

When FMCSA and/or state determines this is the case and the carrier has not returned the plates the IRP office, enforcement is asked to pickup the plates. 

## YOU

- When a vehicle is stopped at the roadside, you should always check the target file whenever it is possible
- If OOS,  Pick up plates
- If OOS, Confiscate vehicle

- Last point of contact

**Notes:**
Law Enforcement must use the target file on the roadside. Otherwise the unsafe carrier continues to operate.
When a motor carrier has been prohibited by a federal agency from conducting interstate operations and State registration has issued a Suspension Order and the motor carrier does not comply with the orders and has been stopped at the roadside, enforcement should detect this and if the law allows,  pick up the plates at that time,  and if the law allows, confiscate the vehicle.
Training Coordinator: customize the pick up and confiscate information from your law 

## Access to Carrier and Vehicle Data

** ****Query Central **
** ****NLETS Query to PRISM Target File**
** ****CVIEW**
** ****Inspection Selection System (ISS)**

**Notes:**
Training Coordinator: Customize to the methods you have in your state

## Carrier Information Data Timeliness

**MCMIS Database**

***Key Enforcement Data***

**MCMIS Update**Monday – Thursday @ Midnight
- Saturday @ 8:00 am

**SAFER **
**Website***(ad-hoc)*

- CVIEWT0031*(batch)*

- SAFER - PRISM

**NLETS***(ad-hoc)*

**ISS*****(batch)***

***Authoritative ***
***Source***

**OOSO**** ****Status**

***USDOT Number******Carrier Name******Targeted Indicator******OOSO Status***

- After
- MCMIS Update*(Real-time for **OOSO Status)*

- After
- MCMIS
- Update

- After
- MCMIS
- Update

- Monthly
- Data
- Refresh

*** ******Freshest Data***

***Stalest Data***

***Data Availability***

**SAFER****FTP Site**

- States download
- from SAFER FTP
- after 8:00 am

**Query **
**Central***(ad-hoc)*

**Notes:**
Query Central is the most current especially for the OOSO.  OOSO is up-to-the minute information. ISS is the stalest data of all the systems 

## Vehicle Registration Data Timeliness

**State Vehicle Registration Office**

***Key Enforcement Data***

**NLETS **
**Vehicle **
**Target Status***(ad-hoc)*

**CVIEW****T0041P***(batch)*

**PRISM **
**Target File***(batch)*

- SAFER - PRISM

**Query **
**Central*****(ad-hoc)***

*** ******Freshest Data***

***Stalest Data***

***Authoritative ***
***Source***

*VIN, State/Plate**Registration Expire Date**Carrier Resp. for Safety*

- After
- Daily Updates

- After
- Daily Updates

- States download
- from SFTP Server
- after 5:00am

**Daily Vehicle **
**Record Uploads**
- PRISM PVF - 5:00amCVIEW XML - Throughout the day or evening batch upload. (dependent on State process)

**NLETS**
**Vehicle ****Registration***(ad-hoc)*

***Data Availability***

- Real-Time
- direct from
- State Office

**PRISM****SFTP Site**

- States download
- from SFTP Server
- after 5:00am

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**Query Central**

** ****Query Central supports inquiries using USDOT Number, License Plate & State, or Vehicle Identification Number**

**Notes:**
As stated previously, the OOSO is current as of the minute.  For example, if an order is issued at noon, the officer will see this at 12:01PM.   

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**Note that at the top of the screen there are other categories of data that are also available**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS to PRISM Central Site**

**  ****NLETS Supports Carrier Inquiry by USDOT Number and Vehicle Inquiry by VIN or License Plate & State**

**Notes:**
These two queries are additional queries developed by the PRISM program.  They provide information on targeted carriers and targeted vehicles.

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Carrier Status Response**

**All NLETS Carrier Status Response Messages provide the same data elements.**
**There are differences in the Heading that appears above the data fields.    **
**The following messages can be found depending on the MCSIP Step:**

| NLETS Response Message | MCSIP Steps |
| --- | --- |
| Carrier is NOT Targeted | 00, 30, 99 |
| Carrier is Targeted | 2-22, 31-39, 70-89 |
| Carrier is Under Federal OOSO | 54, 55, 57, 63  |
| Carrier Registration is Suspended/Revoked | 59  |
| Carrier is Under Federal OOSO AND Carrier Registration is Suspended/Revoked | 60, 61, 62  |

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Carrier Status Response**

**MSG FROM NLETS 3511****ACR.AVLIC0000.    TO:DEST IA07710B5*****MRI0054352.****TXT ****NOT ON FILE DOT/0000002.****;200611071036/200611071036****T175 22****MESSAGE FROM NLTS****054379  **

**PRISM**
**DATA**

**PRISM Data is:**
**Not on File – USDOT Number Not Found**

**If a record is not found on the SAFER-PRISM database the response will be:**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Carrier Status Response**
**If carrier is not targeted, the response will be:**

**MSG FROM NLETS 5593****ACR.AVLIC0000.    TO:DEST IA07710B5*****MRI0069282.****TXT ****                  CARRIER IS NOT TARGETED.****DOT/601807.****NAM/EARL L FISH.****ADR/1263 PLEASANT DRIVE.****CITY/WAUKON.ST/IA.ZIP/52172.****CAR TARG‐HIST IND/N.MCSIP STEP/0.MCSIP Date/00000000**
**PAGE/01 OF/01.****;200611081200/200611081200****T175 19****MESSAGE FROM NLTS****069295  **

**PRISM**
**DATA**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Carrier Status Response**
**If carrier is targeted, the response will be:**

**MSG FROM NLETS 3745****ACR.AVLIC0000.    TO:DEST IA07710B5*****MRI0056917.****TXT ****                    CARRIER IS TARGETED.****DOT/600706.****NAM/DOCK TRANSFER INC.****ADR/4951 TERMINAL STREET.****CITY/BELLAIRE.ST/TX.ZIP/77401.****CAR TARG‐HIST IND/T.MCSIP STEP/6.MCSIP DATE/08212006.****PAGE/01 OF/01.****;200611071054/200611071054****T175 36****MESSAGE FROM NLTS****056928  **** **

**PRISM**
**DATA**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Vehicle Status Response**

** **** ****Vehicle Status Response always returns the carrier data for the carrier responsible for safety – when there has been a carrier designated as responsible for safety**
**  ****Carrier data available on the Vehicle Status Response is the same as provided on the Carrier Status Response**
**  ****Designation of “Carrier is Not Targeted”, “Carrier is Targeted”, “Carrier has Federal OOSO”, or “Carrier Registration is Revoked/Suspended” is based on the value contained in the MCSIP Step**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Vehicle Status Response**

** **
**MSG FROM NLETS 3639****AVR.AVLIC0000.    TO:DEST IA07710B5*****MRI0055497.****TXT ****                    CARRIER IS TARGETED.****DOT/572641.****NAM/DALLAS & MAVIS SPECIALIZED CARRIER CO LLC.****DBA/GREATWIDE DALLAS MAVIS.****ADR/625‐55TH ST.****CITY/KENOSHA.ST/WI.ZIP/53140.****CAR TARG‐HIST IND/T.MCSIP STEP/12.MCSIP DATE/03312006.****VMA/INTL.VYR/96.VIN/2HSFBASR4TC010413.****LIC/66568.JUR/WI.REG EFF DATE/04012006.REG EXP DATE/03312007.****VEH TARG‐HIST IND/T.VEH TARG‐HIST DATE/09042005.****PAGE/01 OF/01.****;200611071045/200611071045****T175 29****MESSAGE FROM NLTS****055520  **** **

**PRISM**
**CARRIER**
**DATA**

**PRISM**
**VEHICLE**
**DATA**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Vehicle Status Response**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**NLETS Vehicle Status Response**

**MSG FROM NLETS 3639****AVR.AVLIC0000.    TO:DEST IA07710B5*****MRI0055497.****TXT ****   **** CARRIER DATA NOT AVAILABLE – TARGET STATUS UNKNOWN.****VMA/INTL.VYR/96.VIN/2HSFBASR4TC010413.****LIC/66568.JUR/WI.REG EFF DATE/04012006.REG EXP DATE/03312007.****VEH TARG‐HIST IND/N.VEH TARG‐HIST DATE/00000000.****PAGE/01 OF/01.****;200611071045/200611071045****T175 29****MESSAGE FROM NLTS****055520  **** **

**PRISM**
**VEHICLE**
**DATA**
**ONLY**

**Note that this is a rare occurrence but does occur.**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**SAFER Website**

**      ****(http://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov/**** ****)**

**The first screen presented will display the available data.  The option of “Company Snapshot” should be selected**

**  **

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**SAFER Website**

**Note that there is an OOSO dated January 29, 2007**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**SAFER Website**

**There is significantly more information available on this carrier from this inquiry but we have chosen to only show the Carrier Identification Screen  Some of the additional information is:**

**  ****Operation  Classification**
**  ****Carrier Operations**
**  ****Cargo Carried**
**  ****Inspections/Crashes**
**  ****Safety Rating**
**  ****Insurance**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**CVIEW**

**Training coordinator:  Place state CVIEW screen here**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**ISS**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**ISS**

**When a carrier has been placed OOS ISS will provide this OOS Alert.**
**Press OK and ISS will provide the next screen**

## Carrier and Vehicle Registration Data

**ISS**

**ISS-2 - 3**

**The Red Light indicates the carrier is Out of Service**
**(At the time of the last update of ISS)**

**Notes:**
Officer should check another source, preferably Query Central to determine if the OOSO is still in effect. 

## Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO

**What should you do **
**if you verify the vehicle **
**is under an OOSO?**
**Training Coordinator:  Customize the next slide series for actions authorized by your laws**

## Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO

**Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO**

**I’ll write out this Out of Service Order, stick it on his windshield**

## Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO

**Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO**

**Susan**
**You remember that Smith & Jones Trucking that we have been looking for? I got the plates off of it and I’ll turn them in tonight.**

**IRP Office**

**OK Bill I’ll show the plates as turned in**

## Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO

**Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO**

**FMCSA State Division**

**Email notification of FMCSA State Division that vehicle has been detected and stopped**

## Carrier/Vehicle is OOSO

**Tow the vehicle**