Carrier profile · USDOT 3247569 · MC-1021343 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GLIDER EXPRESS INC

46 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 36 statesARLINGTON, TX87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1021343 ACTIVE
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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 30.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 86 vehicle and 129 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.3 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

125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 11

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
129
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 87% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 4 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251011
20242012
20233003
20223013
20212012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026OR01Yes
May 22, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2026WY00Yes
Jul 9, 2025LA01Yes
Apr 22, 2024NJ03Yes
Jan 18, 2024WY00Yes
Sep 11, 2023AR00Yes
May 27, 2023OR00Yes
Feb 9, 2023SD00Yes
Sep 27, 2022TN00Yes
Sep 3, 2022TX02Yes
Jun 12, 2022NE00Yes
Sep 1, 2021TX02Yes
May 2, 2021OH00Yes