Carrier profile · USDOT 1605729 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CEQUEL COMMUNICATIONS LLC

DBA OPTIMUM

55 power unitsavg 8 yrLocal · 2 statesTYLER, TX100/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 21 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 3

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 55-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 55
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

10%

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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 59 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	1	1	1
2023	1	0	1	0
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	2	0	0	2
2020	1	0	1	0
2019	4	0	2	4
2018	2	0	1	2
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	2	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 19, 2024	TX	1	1	Yes
Feb 23, 2023	TX	0	1	No
Jun 21, 2022	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 22, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 11, 2021	CA	0	0	Yes
Mar 24, 2020	TX	0	1	No
Oct 10, 2019	OH	0	0	Yes
Jul 15, 2019	LA	0	0	Yes
Apr 9, 2019	TX	0	2	Yes
Jan 23, 2019	TX	0	1	Yes
Jun 19, 2018	TX	0	1	Yes
Apr 9, 2018	MO	0	0	Yes
Oct 27, 2016	TX	0	1	Yes
Dec 4, 2015	OK	0	0	Yes
Dec 31, 2014	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 30, 2013	OK	0	0	Yes
Jul 26, 2013	TX	0	1	No
Jan 11, 2012	TX	0	2	Yes
Jan 26, 2011	LA	0	1	No