Editorial standards
What this site says about inspections, regulations and the On Duty app has to hold up in front of a safety director and an auditor. This page explains where it comes from, who checks it, and how to tell us when something is wrong.
The process
We write from primary sources. Regulatory statements are taken from the regulation itself, chiefly 49 CFR Part 396 (including 396.11 and 396.13) as published in the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, and from guidance published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Statements about the app are taken from the app as it is built, not from plans.
Some of our content is drafted with the help of AI writing tools. An AI draft is a starting point only: nothing is published until a person has checked it against the sources and approved it. AI tools are never the source of a regulatory claim.
Every regulatory reference is checked against the current text of the rule it cites. Every product statement is checked against the current build of the app. Anything that is not yet in the current build is labelled as coming soon, or left out.
An editor reviews every article before it is published. Articles about safety regulations are also reviewed for safety and compliance accuracy by Shakir Shafeek. The review asks whether a driver, mechanic or safety director could act on the page and stay compliant.
Primary sources
Corrections
Email support@ondutysafetysolutions.com with the page and what you believe is wrong. We check it against the source and correct the page if we got it wrong.
