Carrier profile · USDOT 2316729 · MC-790871 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bugtussle Transportation Inc

3 power unitsavg 15.7 yrRegional · 5 statesGAMALIEL, KY88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-790871 ACTIVE
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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 100.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 2

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
≈2.0 / 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
3
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
43%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
Vehicle Maintenance
20measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.15 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20231011
20222012
20213013
20201011
20182002
20171011
20162022
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 19, 2024GA01Yes
Jul 19, 2023KY01Yes
Dec 26, 2022KY00Yes
Feb 16, 2022TN01Yes
Jun 20, 2021KY02Yes
Apr 9, 2021TN00Yes
Mar 6, 2021TN00Yes
Jul 22, 2020TN01Yes
Nov 24, 2018KY00Yes
May 1, 2018TN00Yes
Jun 26, 2017IN01Yes
Oct 26, 2016KY03Yes
Jul 12, 2016KY01Yes
Aug 12, 2014TN00Yes