Since 2004, Ram Services has successfully operated a fleet of right at 15 trucks out of the Dallas, Texas area. When they lost one of their drivers to a single-vehicle fatality accident in July of 2014, they knew a DOT audit was coming. What they didn’t know was just how severe that accident, coupled with one other recordable accident in a 12 month period, was going to substantially impact their business’ bottom line when the audit happened that November.

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