Carrier profile · USDOT 343695 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Donald B Rice Tire Co Inc

DBA RICETIRE

97 power unitsavg 5.9 yrRegional · 6 statesFREDERICK, MD82/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksricetire.comFMCSA SAFER

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 6.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.5 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 10

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 97-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
78%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
9%
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
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 29 total · 7 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252012
20243113
20223023
20211001
20201111
20191001
20171001
20131101
20091010
20081001
20072011
20063003
20011011
20002022
19971001
19961011
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2026VA00Yes
May 8, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 13, 2026MD00Yes
May 22, 2025VA01Yes
Apr 7, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 31, 2024VA10Yes
Aug 23, 2024VA00Yes
Feb 5, 2024VA04Yes
Dec 21, 2022MD01Yes
Aug 8, 2022VA00Yes
May 3, 2022MD01Yes
Feb 11, 2021MD00Yes
Dec 1, 2020WV11Yes
Nov 12, 2019MD00Yes
Jun 28, 2017VA00Yes
Jul 25, 2013MD10Yes
Feb 23, 2009MD01No
Apr 30, 2008VA00Yes
Aug 1, 2007VA01No
Jul 25, 2007VA00Yes
Nov 27, 2006VA00Yes
Feb 20, 2006VA00Yes
Jan 20, 2006VA00Yes
Jul 31, 2001MD01Yes
Aug 30, 2000VA01Yes