Carrier profile · USDOT 3434495 · MC-1113713 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Always Towing & Recovery Inc

DBA MOES TOWING SERVICE

23 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 4 statesWASHINGTON, DC82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1113713 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

101 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 10

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 23
Inspections · 24 mo: 102
Annualized: ≈51 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

30%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

19%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

42%

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness13 · 5 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 130 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 6 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Tow
2026	2	0	2
2025	1	0	1
2024	1	1	0
2023	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Tow-away
Feb 16, 2026	DC	0	Yes
Feb 7, 2026	DC	0	Yes
Aug 9, 2025	DC	0	Yes
May 16, 2024	GA	1	No
Aug 9, 2023	DC	0	Yes
Feb 13, 2021	MD	0	Yes