Carrier profile · USDOT 2134952 · MC-855665 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

FELIX E HERNANDEZ

DBA RIVAS SERVICE

8 power unitsavg 10.4 yrLocal · 1 statesJESSUP, MD94/100
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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 13.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 41 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-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

40 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jul '25 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈2.6 / 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
8
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 55 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 7 total · 4 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20242012
20211001
20181011
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 12, 2026MD01Yes
Nov 8, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 7, 2024MD02Yes
Mar 12, 2021MD00Yes
Oct 9, 2018MD01Yes
Dec 17, 2016MD00Yes