LP-DOCTRINE-001 | THREAT MODEL
The 16 Exposure Patterns That Reach the Authority.
Each one is documented. Each one maps to a specific federal regulation. Each one has ended operating authority for carriers who did not know it was happening.
Every motor carrier failure leaves a paper trail.
The investigator writes it down after the fact.
LaunchPath surfaces the patterns before pressure does.
Most new carrier authorities do not fail because the operator was reckless. They fail because the patterns that cause failure are invisible until an investigator documents them. These are the 16 patterns LaunchPath is built to close. Each one has a corresponding control. Each one reached the authority through a gap that was preventable.
WHY THIS GUIDE
Aligned with FMCSA's New Entrant Safety Assurance Program — the same audit framework investigators use during the first 18 months of authority.
Covers the same core domains investigators pull during audits: drivers, drug and alcohol, HOS and ELD, vehicles, insurance, accident register, and audit response.
Compresses what's spread across multiple CFR parts and FMCSA PDFs into a single field-ready reference — with consequence details and prevention protocols for every pattern.
THE 16 DEADLY SINS — AT A GLANCE
Most new authorities do not fail from one major violation. They fail from several smaller failures that go unnoticed until an investigator documents them.
Authority & Administrative Failures
Driver Qualification Failures
Drug & Alcohol Failures
HOS & Dispatch Failures
Maintenance & Inspection Failures
Incident Reporting Failures
Below are the 5 most common authority-ending behaviors. The full list — with prevention protocols — is in the checklist.
FEATURED VIOLATIONS
The 5 most common authority-ending behaviors — documented below in full
These are 5 of the 16. The remaining 11 — including prevention protocols for all 16 — are in the full checklist.
LP-LEAD-001 | CHECKLIST DOWNLOAD
Download the 16 Deadly Sins Checklist
A self-audit tool for new motor carriers. Review your operation against all 16 behaviors that most commonly end authority — with CFR citations, consequence details, and prevention protocols.
No spam. Just the checklist and relevant compliance resources.
THE REMAINING 11
The full checklist includes these additional failure patterns:
Each includes the full description, CFR citation, consequence details, and prevention protocol.
LP-RES-001 | POCKET GUIDE
Get all 16 — with full prevention protocols
CFR citations, consequence details, and prevention systems for every sin. A permanent reference for your operation.
CONCLUSION
If two or more of these patterns are active in your operation, the audit window is already open.
Every pattern on this list has ended a motor carrier's authority. Every pattern has a corresponding control that prevents it.
The REACH Diagnostic shows you which of these are active in your operation right now — before an investigator does it for you.
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