Carrier profile · USDOT 899830 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Better Brands of South Georgia LLC

DBA BEVERAGE SOUTH-ALBANY

28 power unitsavg 5.1 yrLocal · 1 statesALBANY, GA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksbevsouth.usFMCSA SAFER

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 38.1 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 6

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 28-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
22%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
48%
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 69 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 5 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254024
20241011
20232002
20201011
20192002
20171011
20161011
20151001
20141011
20132002
20121001
20111001
20032011
19981010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 20, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 2, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 8, 2025GA01Yes
Feb 20, 2025GA01Yes
Apr 24, 2024GA02Yes
Dec 12, 2023GA00Yes
Nov 9, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 21, 2020GA01Yes
Jun 8, 2019GA00Yes
Jun 8, 2019GA00Yes
May 4, 2017GA01Yes
Jan 5, 2016GA01Yes
Oct 22, 2015GA00Yes
Sep 11, 2014GA01Yes
Dec 9, 2013GA00Yes
Jun 5, 2013GA00Yes
Mar 26, 2012GA00Yes
Jul 14, 2011GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2003GA00Yes
Oct 10, 2003GA01No
Sep 17, 1998GA01No