MVR
The Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) - is a driving or vehicle report with driving history from a state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Records include a list of all accidents, violation of traffic rules, driving under the influence convictions, the number, type and status of the license (active, suspended, canceled or reduced), license class, license issue and expiration date, restrictions (air brakes, manual transmission, deviation from the norm for medical reasons), endorsements, suspensions and even, unpaid parking tickets and in some states unpaid child support.
Your company should consider MVR monitoring because you likely have more people driving on behalf of your company than you realize. And whether they drive a company vehicle or their own, if they go out and conduct business for your company, this creates liability and puts your company at risk. MVR monitoring can help mitigate this risk.
For owners of companies who have employees driving on behalf of their companies, MVR reports are a good way to identify candidates or employees with unsafe driving records. If you want to employ a new driver, the purpose of an MVR report will help to understand that the applicant/employee can be considered a safe driver. Typically, drivers who have multiple violations – more involved in future accidents.
If you don’t monitor MVR reports you have to start doing this. Suppose that suddenly someone would drive with a suspended license on behalf of your company and they get in an accident involving injuries or fatalities. You will deal with lawsuits and brand damage.
You can have an MVR report when you gather this information: the individual’s full name as it appears on their driver’s license, the driver’s license number, the state where the license was issued. You also can request an MVR report online.
You should know that companies that are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) have to request MVRs on their drivers every year to be sure employees and contract drivers have a current license and clean driving record. Also, MVR background checks must come from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or an equivalent agency.
Violations like speeding tickets usually you can find within 3-5 years. More serious events like at-fault accidents or DUI convictions may remain on your record for significantly longer. Depends on how long your state keeps certain violations on its motor vehicle records.
Vehicle registration in the United States is managed by each state’s department of motor vehicles (DMV), which goes by different names such as the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) in Indiana and Ohio, the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) in Maryland, the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) in Arizona, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) in Massachusetts, etc. In some states another agency manages the same or similar functions such as the Secretary of State in Michigan or the Tennessee Department of Revenue.
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