Carrier profile · USDOT 2105257 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cook Out Inc

53 power unitsavg 4.3 yrMulti-region · 12 statesTHOMASVILLE, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 7.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 149 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 4.4 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

146 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 11

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 53-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
53
Inspections · 24 mo
149
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
18%
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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 40 total · 10 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20257057
20244124
20234004
20225034
20214024
20203013
20191011
20182002
20173023
20161011
20151001
20141010
20122022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 6, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 16, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 19, 2025VA01Yes
Nov 9, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 30, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 21, 2025GA01Yes
May 15, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 27, 2025MS00Yes
Feb 22, 2025VA01Yes
Dec 22, 2024VA00Yes
Jun 8, 2024GA01Yes
May 28, 2024GA11Yes
Apr 25, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 17, 2023AL00Yes
Oct 20, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 21, 2023GA00Yes
May 23, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 29, 2022SC01Yes
Nov 29, 2022TN00Yes
Jul 6, 2022TN01No
Apr 3, 2022TN01Yes
Feb 16, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 14, 2021VA01Yes
Jun 12, 2021MS00Yes
Mar 17, 2021GA00Yes