Carrier profile · USDOT 900137 · MC-489923 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cesar Mendoza LLC

DBA CRICKET TRANSPORTATION

18 power unitsavg 10.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesEL PASO, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-489923 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 39.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 46 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 1.6 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

61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 9

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
≈1.8 / 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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
64
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

72 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

45ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 51% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 0 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20171001
20162002
20151001
20102012
20081010
20041011
20032012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2024TX00Yes
May 31, 2017OK00Yes
Oct 5, 2016FL00Yes
May 18, 2016TX00Yes
May 2, 2015AR00Yes
Jul 22, 2010TN04Yes
Jun 20, 2010NM00Yes
Nov 25, 2008SC01No
Feb 17, 2004TX01Yes
Nov 21, 2003TN00Yes
Jul 29, 2003TX04Yes