Hire a CDL driver in 72 hours, not 3 weeks.
Background check, MVR, drug screen, PSP, Clearinghouse query, employment verification, and a signed DQ file — kicked off from one form, tracked on one board, audit-ready on day one.
From "we want to hire him" to a signed DQ file.
You send one driver an SMS link. We orchestrate every check 49 CFR 391 requires — in parallel, in the right order, with a real person calling each previous employer.
Invite the driver
You enter name + cell. We text a secure link. Driver completes the application + signs FCRA / FMCSA consents on their phone.
MVR + PSP pull
Motor Vehicle Record from state of issue + Pre-Employment Screening Program (5-yr crash & inspection history) — fired the moment consent lands.
Drug screen scheduled
Driver gets the closest of 20,400+ collection sites. eCCF dispatched. SAMHSA-certified lab. MRO review on positive.
10-yr employment verified
Real humans dial every previous DOT-regulated employer. Drug-program history, accident register, attendance — captured per 391.23.
Clearinghouse + medical
Full Clearinghouse query (drug/alcohol violations across all carriers). DOT physical med-cert verified or scheduled with a NRCME provider.
DQ file generated
Eleven required documents, indexed and bundled per 49 CFR 391.51. Dropped into your portal. Driver enters the random pool the same day.
The eleven checks, ticked off without you.
Every line FMCSA requires under 49 CFR 391.51, plus PSP and Clearinghouse. Each card is a real workflow with a regulation citation and an SLA.
Background check
SSN trace, county & federal criminal, sex-offender registry, OFAC. FCRA-compliant adverse-action workflow if needed.
MVR — every state held
Three-year minimum per 391.25. We pull every state where the driver has held a license in the last decade.
FMCSA Pre-Employment Screening
Five years of crash data + three years of roadside-inspection history, pulled from FMCSA's MCMIS database.
DOT drug screen
5-panel non-DOT or 10-panel DOT urine. SAMHSA-certified lab. MRO review of any non-negative. eCCF end-to-end.
DOT physical & med card
NRCME-certified examiner located near the driver. Med card uploaded automatically. Expiration tracked & auto-renewed.
Full pre-employment query
Drug & alcohol violation history across every prior carrier. Driver consent captured electronically. Logged for audit.
Employment & gap verification
We dial every prior DOT-regulated employer per 391.23. Captures drug-program participation, accidents, and unaccounted gaps >30 days.
CDLIS verification
Commercial Driver License Information System cross-check — confirms valid CDL and surfaces any out-of-state suspensions.
Compiled DQ file
Eleven required documents, indexed in the order an FMCSA auditor expects. Stored in your portal with a version-locked PDF export.
One driver record. Audit-shaped.
Every check, every signature, every timestamp — stitched into a single driver record that a DOT auditor can walk through in five minutes.
Driver enters the random pool the same hour the last document clears. Annual reminders auto-fire 30 days before expiration.
- SSO + role-based accessPer terminal
- API + webhooksDriver lifecycle events
- Tenstreet, Idelic, Samsara, MotiveNative
- Audit-ready PDF exportVersion-locked
- Annual MVR + Clearinghouse re-checksAuto
Whoever does the hiring at your shop.
You don't need a compliance background. Pick your role — we'll show what you actually have to do.
Stop being the bottleneck between recruiting and dispatch.
You found the driver. The last thing you should be doing is dialing five previous employers, faxing MVR requests, and rewriting consent forms in a Google Doc.
- ✓ One form launches every check in parallel
- ✓ Driver completes everything from their phone — no portal account
- ✓ SMS + email reminders to the driver, not to you
- ✓ Adverse-action letters generated automatically when needed
- ✓ Hand the cleared file to dispatch in 72 hours
Your day, after
Audit-shaped files. Annual cycles handled. Zero tribal knowledge.
Safety directors live and die by the audit binder. We build it the way the auditor reads it — and re-build it every year automatically.
- ✓ DQ files indexed per 391.51 — auditor walks straight through
- ✓ Annual MVRs, Clearinghouse limited queries, med-cert tracking
- ✓ Real-time view of every driver's compliance status
- ✓ Violation alerts the same day the state record changes
- ✓ Mock-audit dashboard before FMCSA shows up
Audit-readiness
You're hiring yourself. We still build the file.
If you're an owner-operator under your own authority, FMCSA still wants your DQ file. We onboard you exactly the same way we onboard a fleet hire — minus the parts you don't need.
- ✓ Self-onboarding (no recruiter middleman)
- ✓ Pre-employment drug screen scheduled within 4 hours
- ✓ Solo-driver DQ file template (391.51 compliant)
- ✓ Random pool placement same business day
- ✓ Annual review reminders so you don't forget yourself
Owner-op onboarding
New authority? Your first hire is your first audit risk.
FMCSA new-entrant safety audits land between months 9 and 12. The DQ files for your first hires will be the auditor's primary document set. We make sure they're spotless.
- ✓ Bundle: DOT/MC application + UCR + BOC-3 + first DQ file
- ✓ Mock new-entrant audit before month 9
- ✓ Driver-handbook + drug-program policy templates
- ✓ One onboarding rep through your full first-year cycle
- ✓ Same-day random pool enrollment for hires #1, #2, #3
New-authority bundle
Per-hire, flat. No file-storage tax.
Three packages, priced per onboarded driver. Pick what your operation actually needs — you can mix per hire.
Drivers, dispatched on time.
"We were losing recruits because background checks took 12 days. Vertical's average is now 67 hours. We've stopped losing them."
"FMCSA new-entrant audit, month 11. Auditor walked through our first eight DQ files and didn't write a single finding. That's never happened to me before."
"The pipeline view is the only place I log into now. I can see exactly where every hire is stuck and ping our rep without leaving the screen. Wild that this didn't exist."
Things HR usually asks first.
Don't see yours? Call (800) 720-0304 — a real human will answer.
How does the driver actually take the application?
What's a DQ file, and why does it have to be 11 documents?
Do you actually call previous employers, or just send forms?
What if the MVR or background check finds something?
Can drivers re-use their file if they change carriers?
Do you integrate with our ATS?
Start a hire in 90 seconds.
Enter the driver's name and cell. We'll do the rest. First three hires are free for new-authority carriers.