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- NSC
- National Safety Code: Canada's standards for commercial vehicle safety, administered by each province.
- SFC
- Safety Fitness Certificate: the provincial certificate a carrier needs to operate under the NSC.
- CVOR
- Commercial Vehicle Operator's Registration: Ontario's carrier registration and safety record.
- CVOR violation rate
- Ontario's overall safety violation rate as a percentage of the threshold; 35% and up starts interventions.
- CTQ / NIR
- Quebec's Commission des transports and its registry number (NIR, e.g. R-123456-7).
- NEQ
- Quebec enterprise number (Registraire des entreprises).
- C-SNAP
- Manitoba's public Carrier Snapshot.
- R-Factor
- Alberta's risk factor score based on convictions, inspections and collisions.
- USDOT / MC
- US carrier identification number and operating-authority docket.
- BASIC
- FMCSA's seven safety categories (e.g. Unsafe Driving, Hours of Service).
- ISS
- Inspection Selection System score, 1–100: PASS, OPTIONAL or INSPECT.
- OOS
- Out of service: a vehicle, driver or carrier ordered off the road.
- BIPD
- Bodily injury and property damage liability insurance.
- BOC-3
- Designation of process agents, required for US for-hire authority.
- Chameleon carrier
- A carrier that reappears under a new identity to escape its record; found by shared phones, addresses, officers and trucks.
- Double brokering
- Re-brokering a load without the shipper's or broker's consent.