Roadworthy HQ
DOT compliance workspace for 1–10-truck carriers
A few people asked what the product actually looks like, so here's a quick walk through the screens that matter most. Everything below is our demo fleet (a fictional carrier, Sun Ridge Hauling LLC) — real UI, not mockups.
Compliance overview — D&A random pool, MVR review status, and upcoming expirations, each tagged with its CFR citation.
Document vault — every file carries a retention clock computed from its CFR window, with legal hold and two-step purge.
Driver qualification file — every 49 CFR §391.51(b) item tracked with plain-English explainers.
New-entrant audit prep — readiness score, auto-fail checks, and one-click binder export with NEWS-ready naming.
Drug & alcohol program — active random pool at the current §382.305 rates, with test history.
Driver roster — qualification status at a glance.
The thread running through all of it: every record knows which regulation it answers to, and retention is enforced by the database rather than by anyone remembering. Still pre-launch and refining — feedback welcome.
Most new trucking companies meet the FMCSA the hard way: a new-entrant safety audit letter shows up, the clock starts, and the "system" is a filing cabinet and a shoebox of medical cards. I'm building Roadworthy HQ for exactly that operator — a carrier running one to ten trucks, too small for the enterprise compliance suites, too regulated to wing it.
The idea is narrow on purpose. It keeps the records an auditor actually asks for: driver qualification files against 49 CFR §391.51, the §382 drug and alcohol program (random-pool math at the current rates, a Clearinghouse query log, consent forms), and DVIR/inspection/maintenance records under §396. The part I'm proudest of is unglamorous — document retention is enforced by the database, not by anyone's memory, so records live for exactly the period each regulation requires and an append-only log keeps the history. When the audit letter comes, one click exports a binder named the way the NEWS portal wants it.
A few decisions I've committed to: flat public pricing ($39/$89/$149 a month by fleet size, no per-driver fees, no sales calls), self-serve signup with a 14-day trial and no card, and every alert or checklist item citing the CFR section it comes from so you always know why. It's a solo, bootstrapped build under Elite Tech Global LLC — no ad budget, no team.
If you've run a small fleet, been through a new-entrant audit, or just have opinions on compliance UX, I'd genuinely like to hear where this is wrong. That's most of why I'm posting here.
3 Comments
The part that stood out wasn't the document storage—it was that every workflow is anchored to the regulation it exists to satisfy.
That changes the product from being a place to keep records into a system that continuously explains why each record matters and what still needs attention.
That's exactly the intent — thank you for naming it so precisely. The carriers I'm building for don't need another filing cabinet; they need to know what an auditor will actually ask for and why each record matters. So every item traces back to the CFR section that requires it, and the system's job is to keep telling you what's still missing before someone official does. "A system that explains why each record matters and what needs attention" is honestly a better one-liner than anything on my landing page — appreciate you.
Appreciate the context.
The shift from storing compliance records to helping teams understand audit readiness is the interesting part here.
Would be good to understand more about how you're thinking about that positioning and what you're seeing from carriers.
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