Carrier profile · USDOT 3501062 · MC-1155583 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GAMU LLC

40 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 19 statesLAREDO, TX94/100

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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 14.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 92 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.6% · 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 1.8 pts 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

123 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jun '26 · 9

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

≈1.6 / 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: 40
Inspections · 24 mo: 128
Annualized: ≈64 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

64%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

86%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

91%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

66%

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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 6 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 9 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 5 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness15 · 5 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

47ELD device issues

4No log / no ELD

9False logs

3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 2 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026		1	0	1	1
2023		1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 15, 2026	TN	0	2	Yes
Dec 30, 2023	AL	0	0	Yes