1 IRP Registration Maintenance Assignment of Motor Carrier Responsible for Safety Version 1.2

2 Provides mechanism for tying vehicle information to the motor carrier responsible for safety. This linkage between the carrier and vehicle enables State and Federal Governments to: 1) Identify the motor carriers responsible for the safety of the vehicles 2) Monitor the safety performance at both the carrier and vehicle level. IRP Registration Process

3 ABC Motor Carrier registers its three trucks and does not lease any of its trucks. EntityDOT # ABC Motor Carrier Registrant DOT # Vehicle: DOT # of Carrier Responsible for Safety N “N” in column 22 indicates that Carrier Responsible for Safety is not expected to change during registration year. N N Example 1

4 Big Truck Lease registers its three trucks and long-term leases them to XYZ Motor Carrier. EntityDOT # Big Truck Lease XYZ Motor Carrier Registrant DOT # Vehicle: DOT # of Carrier Responsible for Safety N N N Example 2

5 Big Truck Lease is renewing its registration. The motor carrier responsible for safety, XYZ Motor Carrier, is expected to change in 4 months. EntityDOT # Big Truck Lease XYZ Motor Carrier Registrant DOT # Vehicle: DOT # of Carrier Responsible for Safety The DOT # of the motor carrier responsible for safety at the time of registration should be recorded. The Y indicator is recorded to indicate the carrier is expected to change. Carrier information should not be bar-coded. on the registration cab card if the carrier responsible for safety is expected to change during the registration year. Y Y Y Example 3

6 Default Motor Carrier Vehicle registrant becomes a “default motor carrier” responsible for safety when: - Responsible carrier is expected to change in 29 days or less - Responsible carrier not known at time of registration Note: The USDOT number at the vehicle level (motor carrier responsible for safety) must be a “motor carrier” number and cannot be a “registrant only” number.

7 Big Truck Lease registers its three trucks. Truck 1 is long-term leased to ABC Motor Carrier. Truck 2 is long-term leased to XYZ Motor Carrier. Truck 3 is continually trip leased to various customers. Entity DOT # Big Truck Lease ABC Motor Carrier XYZ Motor Carrier Registrant DOT # Vehicle: DOT # of Carrier Responsible for Safety N N Y Example 4

8 ABC Motor Carrier has a fleet of 3 Owner operators on its IRP account. The owner operators all have their own authority and their own DOT numbers. However they are all long-term leased to ABC Motor Carrier for the entire registration year Registrant DOT # Vehicle: DOT # of Carrier Responsible for Safety EntityDOT # ABC Motor Carrier Owner Operator Owner Operator Owner Operator N N N Example 5

9 Owner Operator X registers his own truck. He trip leases to different motor carriers throughout the year. Entity DOT # Owner Operator X Registrant DOT # Vehicle: DOT # of Carrier Responsible for Safety Owner Operator X is the default motor carrier. Y Example 6

10 Owner Operator Y registers 3 trucks that he leases from Big Truck Lease. He in turn is long-term leased to XYZ Motor Carrier. EntityDOT # Big Truck Lease Owner Operator Y XYZ Motor Carrier Registrant DOT # Vehicle: DOT # of Carrier Responsible for Safety N N N Example 7