Carrier profile · USDOT 823677 · MC-245072 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Friendly Messenger Service Inc

DBA FMS TRANSPORTATION

2 power unitsavg 4.3 yrLocal · 2 statesLANCASTER, PA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-245072 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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

≈2.0 / 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: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

46%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

32%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

1.33measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2019	2	1	2
2013	1	1	1
2012	1	1	0
2008	1	1	0
2007	1	0	1
2006	2	1	1
2003	1	0	1
1997	1	1	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 16, 2019	PA	0	Yes
Mar 15, 2019	PA	6	Yes
Aug 14, 2013	PA	1	Yes
Jan 9, 2012	PA	1	No
Apr 2, 2008	PA	1	No
May 1, 2007	PA	0	Yes
Nov 24, 2006	PA	0	Yes
Mar 22, 2006	PA	1	No
Oct 22, 2003	PA	0	Yes
Jun 2, 1997	PA	1	Yes