Carrier profile · USDOT 2554662 · MC-879988 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Grid-line Transportation Inc

DBA GRID-LINE

73 power unitsavg 17 yrRegional · 4 statesSCHERERVILLE, IN81/100
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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 22.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 12.4 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

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 73-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
73
Inspections · 24 mo
51
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
17No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 5 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20252002
20241001
20236045
20221001
20211001
20204004
20192112
20185015
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 7, 2026IL01No
Mar 31, 2026IN00Yes
Jun 9, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 9, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 20, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 29, 2023IN01Yes
Aug 17, 2023IL01Yes
Jul 17, 2023IN00Yes
May 12, 2023IN02Yes
Mar 7, 2023IL01No
Feb 27, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 29, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 21, 2021IN00Yes
Aug 28, 2020IN00Yes
Jul 7, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 24, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 16, 2020IN00Yes
Jul 29, 2019IN11Yes
May 13, 2019IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2018IN01Yes
Oct 17, 2018IN00Yes
Jun 6, 2018IL00Yes
May 21, 2018IL00Yes
Apr 13, 2018IL00Yes
May 22, 2017IN00Yes