Companies who are in the transport industry, owe it to themselves to stay in compliance with safety regulations under the Department of Transportation.  What I'm about to mention in this post, is nothing new to many of you, who are in the transport industry; however it bears repeating because violating DOT's safety requirements will render serious consequences.  The transportation industry is very fast paced and the focal point of transport companies is to ensure that passengers or goods are transported to the desired locations within a timely fashion.  While it is important to satisfy the transport time of goods and passengers, it is extremely important to take safety requirements mandated by DOT very seriously.  In this post, the two points of focus will be on safety requirements that are enforced by DOT and the consequences for not complying with such safety requirements.