Sign Nothing You Haven't Vetted. 16 Checks Before The Rate Con.
Double-brokering and non-payment both rely on you skipping the boring checks. Work the list; the score keeps the honest tally. Saved in your browser only.
- 16 checks
- Risk verdict
- Saves locally
/ Vetting Score — Live /
Weighted score — critical checks count 3×
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High risk — walk away or keep digging — 7 critical checks open
0 of 16 checks done. A perfect standard-item score can't read low-risk while a critical check is open.
/ Run the lookups /
This is the same class of screening our dispatch team runs before every booking — credit, authority, and fraud tells — done for you, on every load, at 2 AM too.
How the risk score works
Critical checks count 3 points and standard checks 1. The score is the share of points you have cleared. Low risk needs every critical check done and at least 85% of the points; under 50% is High; everything between is Medium. Three example checklists, scored by the same function the panel uses:
- The points7 critical checks × 3 + 9 standard × 130 points
- Every critical check7 critical × 3 + 5 standard = 26 of 30, no critical open87% · Low risk
- One critical open6 critical × 3 + 9 standard = 27 of 30, 1 critical open90% · Medium — gaps to close
- No critical checks0 critical × 3 + 9 standard = 9 of 30, 7 critical open30% · High risk
What the score cannot tell you
- It counts what you ticked, not what you found. A box ticked without doing the check raises the score and protects nothing.
- The weights are a judgment, not a measurement: the critical checks are the ones double-brokering relies on you skipping.
- Low risk is not no risk. A clean paper trail is the minimum for booking, not a guarantee of payment.
- Your ticks are kept in this browser only. Use "Clear for the next broker" before you vet another one, or the score carries over.
What to do with it
- Start with the critical checks. While any one is open, the verdict cannot read Low, whatever else you tick.
- Use the FMCSA SAFER snapshot and the Licensing & Insurance search linked in the panel for authority, bond and insurance history.
- Make the callback on the FMCSA-listed number before you sign the rate con, not after pickup.
- Keep what you found — the snapshot, the bond filing, the callback — with the load's paperwork, in case the load is disputed later.
Further reading: Vetting a broker in four minutes — where these checks come from, and the federal rules behind the bond and the paperwork.
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