Carrier profile · USDOT 273702 · MC-186516 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BAY LINES INC

24 power unitsavg 8.6 yrRegional · 4 statesMOBILE, AL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-186516 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 60.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.3 pts 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 24-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
21 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 105 total · 2 in 24 mo

105
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
54
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262112
20244023
20231001
20222012
20201001
20192022
20182012
20173123
20155125
20142002
20134004
20124014
20112012
20102112
20094124
20085025
20064034
20059049
20046066
20033022
20025135
20012011
20003023
19996035
19984023
19977057
19964032
19953013
19942011
19901001
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026FL11Yes
Feb 1, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 20, 2024AL01No
Mar 18, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 24, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 12, 2024AL01Yes
Oct 10, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 30, 2022GA00Yes
Apr 1, 2022GA01Yes
Apr 26, 2020GA00Yes
May 7, 2019FL01Yes
Feb 4, 2019AL01Yes
Jun 29, 2018FL01Yes
May 18, 2018AL00Yes
Jun 12, 2017FL01Yes
Apr 2, 2017FL11Yes
Feb 3, 2017GA00Yes
Oct 25, 2015FL00Yes
Oct 2, 2015FL00Yes
Sep 30, 2015FL01Yes
Mar 23, 2015FL00Yes
Jan 26, 2015FL13Yes
Dec 19, 2014GA00Yes
Feb 18, 2014IN00Yes
Aug 27, 2013FL00Yes