Carrier profile · USDOT 2524985 · MC-876896 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

FRIENDLY FREIGHT INC

15 power unitsavg 11.5 yrMulti-region · 14 statesONTARIO, CA86/100
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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 41.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 89 vehicle and 120 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.3% · 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 18.6 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

115 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈4.0 / 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
15
Inspections · 24 mo
120
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈4.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Alert
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Maintenance42 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance38 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 22 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

87 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

60ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
11False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 8 total · 2 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20241011
20221011
20212002
20171001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 7, 2026AZ00Yes
Sep 4, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 11, 2024OH01Yes
Jun 13, 2022NJ01Yes
Sep 17, 2021CA00Yes
May 28, 2021OK00Yes
Jan 4, 2017TN00Yes
Oct 23, 2014TN00Yes