Communications Specialists Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 115
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 18
- Annualized
- ≈9 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 3 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 11, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2024 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2022 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2022 | NY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2022 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2020 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2019 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2016 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2014 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2007 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 22, 2000 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 1999 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |