Carrier profile · USDOT 2372515 · MC-814088 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GENERAL FREIGHT EXPERTS INC

19 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 23 statesBRUNSWICK, OH94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-814088 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 18.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 8

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
≈1.9 / 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
19
Inspections · 24 mo
73
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
62%
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 Driving48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20243013
20213023
20202012
20196006
20182022
20172002
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 8, 2026TN00Yes
Oct 29, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 4, 2024WV01Yes
May 2, 2024KS00Yes
Dec 28, 2021SC01Yes
Mar 2, 2021FL01Yes
Jan 13, 2021FL00Yes
Dec 16, 2020TN00Yes
Dec 15, 2020IL01Yes
Nov 11, 2019WY00Yes
Nov 5, 2019IN00Yes
Jul 23, 2019MN00Yes
Jun 6, 2019GA00Yes
May 24, 2019NC00Yes
Apr 11, 2019MN00Yes
Sep 12, 2018IL01Yes
Feb 25, 2018OR03Yes
Sep 30, 2017IL00Yes
Mar 28, 2017FL00Yes
Dec 10, 2016ID00Yes