Can you prove you chose a safe carrier?

After Montgomery v. Caribe, carrier selection is no longer just a dispatch call. Brokers increasingly want a documented process that shows they checked the carrier's federal records and reviewed the safety signals before the load moved.

LongMile is carrier and broker intelligence for freight teams: 100-point carrier and broker scoring, safety analysis, authority checks, bond checks, and chameleon carrier detection built on federal data sources. Search by USDOT, MC number, company name, address, phone, email, or the principal on record.

What the Montgomery ruling changes for brokers

The question is no longer just whether the carrier was active. It is whether your team checked the carrier's records, reviewed the risk signals, documented the decision, and kept a record of the diligence steps it performed. Negligent carrier-selection claims against brokers may now move forward under the motor vehicle safety exception. Authority, insurance, safety history, crash and out-of-service signals, and ongoing monitoring all belong in the record. This is general information about industry developments, not legal advice.

Verify active authority before dispatch
Check insurance and operating status
Review safety rating and inspection history
Flag crash, OOS, and high-risk signals
Save every lookup and decision
Monitor carriers after approval
Keep an audit trail your team can explain

See the burn before it happens. Then see the proof.

Chameleon and identity risk. Shared phones, emails, officers, and business addresses are surfaced before the score. If the carrier looks recycled, you see it immediately.
Authority and insurance hard stops. Inactive authority, OOS status, missing BMC-91X filings, and broker bond gaps appear on the main card instead of hiding in tabs.
A score that explains the call. The 100-point score is the proof trail. Tap any signal to see the math, evidence, and national-average comparison.

One number. Out of one hundred.

Every carrier and broker reduces to a single score you can put in front of dispatch and sales: Safety (55 points — BMC-91X filings, BASIC alerts, OOS hints, crash count weighted against the national average), Authority (25 points — MC operating status, full filing timeline, BMC-84 / BMC-85 broker bond verification), and Identity (20 points — chameleon detection across shared contact patterns, related entities, and stop-booking risk signals).

Complete risk picture. Checked every lookup.

Not a static third-party scrape. Every new search checks independent federal records, identity signals, and booking risk — operating authority, insurance and bond coverage, safety history, identity patterns, and federal watchlists — and timestamps each source so you know how current it is.

Pricing

Start free — search any carrier or broker with no credit card. Upgrade when your team needs monitoring, alerts, exports, and team workflows. Flat monthly price, hard lookup cap, zero overage charges. See pricing for current plans.

Common questions

Where does the data come from, and how fresh is it?: Every new lookup checks federal sources — operating authority, BMC-91X insurance filings, BASIC alerts, inspection and crash history, and BMC-84/85 broker bonds. Each profile shows exactly when every source was last checked, so you always know how current the record is before you act on it.
How is the carrier score actually calculated?: Safety counts for 55%, Authority for 25%, Identity for 20%. Safety weighs filings, BASIC scores, OOS hints, and crash count against the national average. Authority covers MC status, filing timeline, and bond verification. Identity flags contact reuse, related entities, and chameleon patterns.
Does LongMile cover brokers, not just carriers?: Yes. Search by USDOT or MC and we surface the right profile. Broker records include BMC-84 / BMC-85 bond verification and the same identity checks used for carriers.
Can I monitor carriers I already work with?: Save a carrier to your book and you'll get alerts when authority changes, insurance lapses, BASIC scores cross a threshold, or identity patterns shift.
How does this help with negligent-selection exposure?: Every lookup is logged with the data shown and the time it was reviewed, so your team can build a timestamped, tamper-evident record of the vetting steps it performed. This is general information, not legal advice.
What can I search by?: USDOT, MC number, company name, address, phone, email, or the principal on record. The same query also surfaces related entities, so reused contacts and chameleon registrations stand out.
What counts as a lookup?: A carrier or broker risk profile opened by search, bulk lookup, monitoring refresh, or enrichment workflow. Re-opening the same profile in the same month doesn't count again.
What happens when I hit the monthly cap?: Lookups pause at the cap. There are no auto-charges and no per-lookup overage billing. Billing and technical support are handled by the LongMile team.

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